Successful
Students
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Struggling
Students
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| ... accept PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for
creating the outcomes and quality of their lives. |
... see themselves as victims, believing
for the most part that what happens to them is beyond their control. |
| ... discover a MOTIVATING PURPOSE, characterized
by personally meaningful goals and dreams. |
... have difficulty choosing a purpose,
often experiencing depression and/or resentment about the meaninglessness
of their lives. |
| ... consistently plan and take EFFECTIVE ACTIONS in
pursuing their goals and dreams. |
... seldom identify the specific actions needed
to accomplish a task. And when they do, they tend to procrastinate. |
| ... build MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS that
assist them in pursuing their goals and dreams. |
... are solitary, seldom requesting, even
rejecting offers of assistance from legitimate resources. |
... GAIN HEIGHTENED SELF-AWARENESS, developing
empowering beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that will keep them
on course.
|
... are slaves of disempowering life scripts that
carry them far off course. |
| ... BECOME LIFE-LONG LEARNERS, finding
valuable lessons in nearly every experience they have. |
... tend to resist learning new ideas and
skills, often viewing learning as drudgery rather than mental
play. |
| ... DEVELOP EMOTIONAL MATURITY, characterized
by optimism, happiness, and peace of mind. |
... live at the mercy of their emotions,
having their success hijacked by anger, depression, anxiety,
and a need for instant gratification. |
| ... BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES, feeling capable,
lovable, and unconditionally worthy as human beings. |
... doubt their personal value, feeling
inadequate to accomplish meaningful tasks and unworthy to be
loved by others or themselves. |