Creators and victims are two different people, creators go out and make a way while victims sit back and simply places blame. Dr Downing says the victims are people who don’t feel they can affect the thought happen to them and therefore are likely to experience outcomes in their lives (Dr. Skip Downing).

 

     “A victim response seeks to find blame for a negative situation.” A victim response is generally unhelpful to reaching one’s goals. The first student in this situation is playing the victim. The student decided to blame him not having the book on the bookstore. “The creator asks what can I do to achieve my goal, or what can I do to make this situation better? rather than seeking to lay blame.” The second student is the creator in this situation. Instead of blaming the bookstore the student called around to other campus bookstores and ended up ordering the book online for a cheaper price (Prof. David Mirman's teaching blog).

 

    About four years ago around the time I moved to Okinawa Japan there was a three day youth field trip at the church I was attending that I did not want to go on. I purposely decided to play the victim role so I wouldn’t have to go. I began to try and come up with every excuse I could think of, I told my mom that I didn’t have any friends so if I went I would be bored. My ultimate excuse was that I couldn’t go because my high school freshman orientation was the morning of the day we were supposed to be on the trip and if I went on the trip that meant I would miss it. In the end I ended up going because the organizer of the trip became a creator and decided that whoever needed to go he would make sure they got there.

 

    I’d like to think of my best friend Danielle as a creator. A couple of months ago was our senior prom but she had no idea how she was going to pay for everything she needed. She was unable to ask her parents for help and didn’t know who she was going to turn to. So finally one day she thought of a way to come up with the money. She began to ask her family members and friends if she could do odd jobs for them in exchange for money. They had her doing things like cleaning the shed, cleaning up around their homes, her aunt even had her do her hair. In the end she had made enough money to pay for her dress, ticket, shoes, and anything else she needed for prom. Do to her creative and determined thinking she was able to get everything she needed and made sure she had a great night.

Assuming the role as a victim will only get me but so far in life. Being a creator has many advantages it gives me the satisfaction of knowing I made where I’m at in life on my own. One day I hope to become a neonatal nurse in order to do this; through my college career I have to take the role as a creator to succeed and be the best I can be in my profession.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Works Cited

Mirman, David. "Do You Think like a Victim or a Creator?" You Are The Prime Mover. N.p., 2 Jan. 2012. Web. 23 Nov. 2014.

 

Downing, Dr.Skip. On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life. 7th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2014. Print.