Jim Bearden’s Alternative to Victimhood
Jim Bearden, CSP, facilitates Leadership Development Seminars, conducts Sales Training Programs and delivers customized keynote presentations on personal and professional development. A key component in all of his seminars, programs and presentations is Personal Accountability. In a society where victimhood is not just accepted, but encouraged, personal and professional growth are set aside in favor of waiting, wishing and hoping for “things” to get better or for someone else to make them better. As an alternative to that mindset, Jim provides participants and audience members with humorous anecdotes and a real-world perspective on the relationship between personal accountability and success—in any area of life.
Victimhood
“Professional victims”—and we’ve all known a few—are convinced that their ability to succeed is determined by factors beyond their control. When they encounter life’s inevitable setbacks they are quick to blame, wallow and quit. It doesn’t take them long to conclude that the best way to avoid setbacks, and the “suffering” that goes with them, is to just stick with the status quo. True, there’s no growth or progress, but hey, there’s also no “pain”. Not a pretty picture, but one that’s becoming all too common.
Accountability
Individual accountability—the alternative to victimhood—is the first requirement for individual and organizational success. Accountable people recognize the impact of outside factors on them and their situations, but they also understand that the choices they make about those outside factors are often more powerful, and have more impact on them, than the factors themselves. When they encounter setbacks, accountable people may do some appropriate, rational “grieving”, but after doing so, they’ll determine what they can do to recover or learn from the setback, and then they’ll do it. Jim Bearden, CSP, integrates the power of accountability into all of his performance enhancement seminars, programs and presentations, helping participants take themselves and their teams to the next levels of success.