Ever since Covid, there seems to be a common theme with some people. They say that they feel hopeless, scared about the future and don’t see any reason to try to do better. This expressed feeling of hopelessness is an indication of a victim mentality.
Victim mentality is a learned mindset in which people consider themselves victims because of the negative actions of others. This victim mentality rests on three key beliefs:
- Procrastination–Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
- Blame–Other people or circumstances are to blame.
- Victim Thinking–Bad things happen and any efforts to create change will fail, so there’s no point in trying.
How do you turn around the vicious cycle of procrastination – blame – victim thinking? One way to do this is to help your program participants set and achieve goals. Before you try to have them set goals you need to identify the desired outcomes of their goals.
Try to think in the future. As Stephen Covey once said, “begin with the end in mind”.
At Conover, we have developed the Personal Responsibility- Achieving Academic & Career Goals program to help you address this age old problem.
Here is a link to our Personal Responsibility 4 brochure:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HGnrpNGC1hD8XEv_PcUdDDXqCec1VTBd/
Want to learn more? Schedule a short demo with us today to see how this program works!
