Linda Felbinger
October 29, 2017
English 111
Adopting the Creator Mindset (Edited)
Becoming a Creator
My mind often makes simple situations seem like I am the Victim. Being the Victim means that you let your life hit you as it comes, and everything bad in your life becomes someone else’s fault. Whereas being a Creator means accepting your faults and working on making yourself better for your own good. Someone’s mindset shows a lot about a person. The way your mind lets you view situations will affect how you live your life. In Dr.Downing’s book it is said, “a mindset is a collection of beliefs and attitudes.” I believe that this is a big part of everyone’s life. Each person’s mindset decides whether they are willing to do everything in their power to make life absolutely amazing or simply alright. This year I am pushing myself to become a Creator. I will choose to make my life amazing.
Within Mirman’s article, he focuses his writing towards explaining two different students and how the difference of their mind sets have influenced their lives. The first student blamed the fact that she was not able to get the proper materials for the class due to the fact that the bookstore was out of the books and materials that she needed. The second student, however, decided to overcome the obstacles that she faced. The first bookstore that the second student went to was out of the books. This obstacle pushed the student to go through every way to find what she needed. When all stores near the second student did not have the book in stock, she went online to find the books on a second hand website. She paid the extra money to get the two day shipping. This student is a perfect example of showing a Creator’s mindset at work. She pushed for what she needed in order to satisfy her needs. “Victims don’t tend to achieve the result they wish for while Creators create their own outcomes” (Mirman). This is Mirman’s way of viewing his students and knowing whether or not someone is a Creator or a Victim.
I have been a Victim a countless amount of times. To begin, I have to be honest in saying that I have called out of work many of times. Most days when I feel the need to call out of work it is for good reasons such as: having a high fever, being very sick, needing to be at a family event, or supporting a friend. One day specifically brings me to see that I put myself in a Victim’s mind set. On one specific day, I had made a simple mistake that brought me to make an even bigger one. I unintentionally overlooked the fact that I was scheduled to work on this Friday night. I was at home enjoying game night with my family and friends. The only reason that my mistake was brought to my attention was because one of my coworkers called me to make sure that I was okay, even though I was not at work.. I quickly reassured him that everything was alright, and I proceeded to call my boss. This is where my Victim’s mindset kicked in. I told my boss, Patti that I had been in Newport News with my mother and that we had gotten a flat tire that was just now brought into the dealership. Patti reassured me to take my time to get back to Williamsburg and that if I made it in time to come into work that they would definitely need the extra help. As soon as I hung up the phone, I went back to being with my friends and did not have a care in the world for my selfishness.
Compared to me, my best friend Cole is in every way a Creator. He never waivers in his happiness and his love towards everyone around him. Cole puts everyone that he loves before himself. One important example that comes to mind where Cole was a very headstrong Creator is a time when he really made me feel like I was important. On this night, I was very distraught over a personal matter. Cole quickly reassured me to feel like my life will always be as good as I make it. Cole was my shoulder to cry on and will always be the man who made me use his favorite sweatshirt as a “snot rag”, because we did not have tissues to use. He gave up something that he loved in order to make me feel better about myself as well as my life. The easy thing for Cole to do would have been to let me deal with what I was going through without him, but he did everything to be there for me. Cole has done many things similar to this for me as well as many other people who have had the honor of having him in their lives. In a way, Cole makes others around him feel like they are Creators in their own way.
Within this semester and the entire school year, my main goal is to stay on track and to do my best in everything that I do. Within my school year at Thomas Nelson, I need to be able to focus primarily on my school work. I have already noticed myself slacking in a specific class. To be completely honest, history is my absolute least favorite subject. This is only the case because it does not seem to interest me in the least bit. I listen in class and I zone out. In the past two weeks after reading the articles on Creators vs. Victim mindset, I have noticed myself focusing in on the class and the outside reading that I am required to read. My outcomes of this have already significantly improved my grades within this class. I plan to put this Creator’s mindset towards all of my classes, and frankly towards everything that I put my mind to. I am already on my path to becoming a Creator and leaving behind my habits of being a Victim.
Works Cited
Downing, Skip. On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life. 7th ed., Boston: Cengage, 2014.
Mirman, David. “Do You Think like a Victim or a Creator?” You Are The Prime Mover, 2 Jan. 2012, youaretheprimemover.com/2012/do-you-think-like-a-victim-or-a-creator. Accessed 19. Sept. 2017.