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Accepting Personal Responsibility. I accept responsibility for creating my life as I want it. Adopting the Creator Role. Personal responsibility is the foundation of success because without, our lives are shaped by forces outside of us. Victims and Creators .
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Accepting Personal Responsibility I accept responsibility for creating my life as I want it
Adopting the Creator Role • Personal responsibility is the foundation of success because without, our lives are shaped by forces outside of us.
Victims and Creators • People who keep doing what your doing even when it doesn’t work are acting like Victims • People who change their beliefs and behaviors to create the best results they can, they are Creators
Responsibility and Choice • Key ingredient of personal responsibility is CHOICE • The sum of the choices you make from this day forward will create the eventual outcome of your life
Famous Quotes Albert Einstein was not a believer in excuses; “Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility.” President Barack Obama called on all American citizens with; “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Making Wise DecisionThe Wise Choice Process What’s my present situation? Identifying your problems. How would I like my situation to be? Create your desired outcome. What are my possible choices? Create a list. What is the likely outcome of each possible choice? Decide a choice that will turn out. Which choice will I commit to doing? Create your plan When and How will I evaluate my plan? Evaluate your results
Change Your Inner Conversation Person dominated by Inner Critic misinterprets events, Inventing criticism that aren’t there. My friend called to let me know “Something came up, I can’t meet with you tonight.” The Inner Critic responds, “What did I do wrong? I screwed up again!” Our different responses could be understood by realizing that the Activating Event + Our Beliefs = The Consequences
Disputing Irrational BeliefsFour effective ways to dispute your Inner critic and Inner defender
Credits Sources: College Success Strategies Textbook Creators: Nathaniel Larson Paula Stapley