Who: All of you!

What: To Learn and

Grow!

Where: E362

When: Mondays & Wednesdays

5:00 p.m.

Why: you decide…

Personal Growth & BehaviorSarah Rach-Sovich

3-10-10

Thoughts???

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates

How many times have you said or heard?

I can’t I don’t have a choice I have to Life is full of choices, but you never get any I had nothing to do with…

Victim vs. Creator

*Stimulus*

Choice

Victim Creator

Response ResponseBlaming Seeking solutions Complaining Taking action Excusing Trying something Repeating Behavior new

Result ResultSeldom achieves goals Often achieves goals

Two Questions

Do you believe that you are a victim of your circumstances, or that you are a creator of your reality? In other words, do you believe that life happens to

you, or that you happen to life? Do you act like you are a victim of your

circumstances, or that you are a creator of your reality? Give this some thought. We know what you believe,

but how do you act? What is your honest answer?

Defining Victim/Creator

Victim vs. Creator There is no “Try”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x51EIXjhiEU

You Practice… Creator Responses

Consider this story…

Rank the characters in order of their responsibility for Kim’s failing grade in Psychology 101. Give a different score to each character. Be prepared to explain your choices.

Most responsible 1,2,3,4,5,6 Least responsible Professor Freud, the teacher Kim, the Psychology student Arnold, Kim’s husband Phillip, Arnold’s coworker Cindy, Kim’s classmate Mary, Professor Freud’s secretary

Saying “I can’t”

If you are in shackles, “I can’t” has relevance; otherwise, it is usually a roundabout way of saying “I don’t want to,” “I won’t,” or “I have not learned how to.” If you really mean “I don’t want to,” it is important to come out and say so. Saying “I can’t” disowns responsibility. Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks

Create your own…

What choices do you have in your life right now?

Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Do they fall in categories? Big? Small? In between? How have your choices impacted who you

are? And how you live your life?

Does change = growth?

How do you view change?

A mother brought her son to Mahatma Ghandi. She begged, “Please, Mahatma. Tell my son to stop eating sugar.” Mahatma paused, then said, “Bring your son back in two weeks.” Puzzled, the woman thanked him and said that she would do as he asked.

Two weeks later, she returned with her son. Ghandi looked the youngster in the eye and said, “Stop eating sugar.” Grateful, but bewildered, the woman asked, “Why did you tell me to bring him back in two weeks? You could have told him the same thing then.” Ghandi replied, “Two weeks ago, I was eating sugar.”

What choices did Ghandi have?How do choice and change relate?

What things are holding you back from making

changes?

Identify your barriers…

Have a fantastic Spring Break!