ON COURSE Strategies for Creating Success in College

Accepting Personal Responsibility Successful Students… Struggling Students… • Adopt a Creator mindset • Accept

Adopting a Creator Mindset Victim Mindset Creator Mindset • A collection of beliefs and

Responsibility and Culture Responsibility North American Culture • Internal locus of control: belief that

Responsibility and Choice Key ingredient of personal responsibility is choice • In the brief

Mastering Creator Language Inner Critic inner voice that judges us as inadequate © 2017

Victim vs. Creator Language Victim Focus Creator Focus • I’m terrible in this subject

Language of Responsibility Creator Language • Accept ownership • Make a plan • Take

Making Wise Decisions Step One: What’s my present situation? Step Two: How would I

Change Your Inner Conversation The Curse of Stinkin’ Thinkin’ Disputing Irrational Beliefs Stereotype Threat

Personal Responsibility At Work • VICTIMS give very little effort to choosing or preparing

The CORE Learning System (1) Reading • The Big Picture…actively collecting • Challenges…common challenges

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Accepting Personal Responsibility Successful Students… Struggling Students… • Adopt a Creator mindset • Accept a Victim mindset • Master Creator language • Use victim language • Make wise decisions • Make decisions carelessly © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Adopting a Creator Mindset Victim Mindset Creator Mindset • A collection of beliefs and attitudes • Affects the way you see a situation • Influences your choices • Keeps people from seeing and acting on choices that could lead to their success • Causes people to see multiple options, choose wisely among them and take effective actions that lead to their success. © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Responsibility and Culture Responsibility North American Culture • Internal locus of control: belief that one controls most or • College students are adults all of one’s own destiny • External locus of control: belief that factors beyond one’s control determine one’s destiny © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. • Adults make their own choices • Adults accept responsibility for the consequences of their choices

Responsibility and Choice Key ingredient of personal responsibility is choice • In the brief moment between stimulus and response, we can choose our mindset • • • © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. What are my options? Which option will best help me succeed? How will I use my energy?

Mastering Creator Language Inner Critic inner voice that judges us as inadequate © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Inner Defender inner voice that judges others Inner Guide inner voice that seeks to make the best of any situation

Victim vs. Creator Language Victim Focus Creator Focus • I’m terrible in this subject • I find this course challenging, so I’ll start a study group and ask more questions in class • The instructor is so boring he puts me to sleep © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. • I find it difficult to pay attention in this class, so I’ll challenge myself to stay focused and take at least one page of notes each class period

Making Wise Decisions Step One: What’s my present situation? Step Two: How would I like it to be? Step Three: What are my possible choices? Step Four: What’s the likely outcome of each? Step Five: Which choices will I commit to doing? Step Six: When and how will I evaluate my plan? © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

Change Your Inner Conversation The Curse of Stinkin’ Thinkin’ Disputing Irrational Beliefs Stereotype Threat • Upsets are caused by what we think about our problems • Become aware of the chatter of your Inner Critic and Inner Defender Generalizations about members of a particular group • How we think about the events is the key issue • Change “musts” into preferences © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Resulting anxiety can cause selffulfilling prophesies

Personal Responsibility At Work • VICTIMS give very little effort to choosing or preparing for a career, complain about the jobs they have, make excuses for why they haven’t gotten the job they want, and blame others or their own personal flaws for their occupational woes. • CREATORS explore their career options, make use of the power of wise choices, are proactive, pursue alternative routes, show initiative, go the extra mile, and do their best even when “the boss” isn’t looking. © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

The CORE Learning System (1) Reading • The Big Picture…actively collecting • Challenges…common challenges with reading in higher education • Strategies for Improving Reading…before, while and after reading • Do one different thing this week…a 7 -day experiment © 2017 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.