{"id":107,"date":"2023-07-17T00:32:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2023-07-17T00:34:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:34:06","slug":"creators-vs-self-saboteurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"Creators vs. Self-saboteurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Excerpt from\u00a0<em>Turning on the Lights<\/em>: Part II.2 Commitment: Creator vs. Self-saboteur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-111\" src=\"http:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SelfSaboteurCreator_color_rev-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SelfSaboteurCreator_color_rev-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SelfSaboteurCreator_color_rev-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SelfSaboteurCreator_color_rev-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SelfSaboteurCreator_color_rev-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/turning-on-the-lights.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/SelfSaboteurCreator_color_rev-2048x1416.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 6. Creators vs. Self-saboteurs<\/p>\n<p><em>Who are you?<\/em> See Figure 6 as a mirror. Who do you see when you look into this mirror? Do you see a Creator, a Self-saboteur or someone in the middle \u2013 sometimes a Creator, but sometimes a Self-saboteur? Your answer matters, and it matters in our San Diego City College MESA Program. In the MESA Program there is no &#8220;middle,&#8221; and I do not accept Self-saboteurs because you cannot help a Self-saboteur. Even when they are given everything they need to succeed, Self-saboteurs will continue choosing to blame others, complain and make excuses. Either students are truly serious about succeeding or they are just wasting time.<\/p>\n<p>When students are not familiar with the learning culture, it is very easy for them to be unaware of the importance in choosing between being a Creator or a Self-saboteur. But now that you&#8217;re reading <em>Turning on the Lights<\/em>, you cannot say that you don&#8217;t know which choice to make. You also need to know that it isn&#8217;t enough so say that you&#8217;re a Creator. Talk alone is cheap. It means nothing. Talk must be backed up by actions because your actions matter and will show who you really are. It&#8217;s a matter of attitude.<\/p>\n<p>After joining our MESA Program, a new Latina student immediately recognized a difference in the attitude of MESA Creators, and she really liked the way it made her feel. She shared with me, &#8220;I really like being in the MESA Program. No one here is complaining or making excuses. It inspires me to be a Creator and take more control of my learning. But I also realize that my home is a self-saboteur environment.&#8221; Being trained in the learning culture, she was now more conscious of her actions, the people around her, and her environment. This was the beginning of her transformation as a Creator, and it gave her more control and ability to make the choices necessary to create her own success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt from\u00a0Turning on the Lights: Part II.2 Commitment: Creator vs. Self-saboteur Figure 6. Creators vs. Self-saboteurs Who are you? 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