The document provides an activity sheet for a student named Brandon Miller to develop strategies to overcome common negative success indicators. It lists indicators such as making excuses, tardiness, avoiding responsibility, partying over studying, apathy, lack of focus or goals, pessimism, and social isolation. For each indicator, the student is directed to provide at least two positive strategies, such as accepting responsibility, coming to school early, getting duties done first, studying before partying, making promises and improving situations, making to-do lists, asking for support and facing fears, and talking to more people.

1. Activity Sheet:
Overcoming Negative Success Indicators
NAME: Brandon Miller
Directions: Below, you will find a list of some of the most common negative success indicators
for students today. Develop at least two positive strategies to overcome each indicator.
Making excuses and blaming others:
1.accept responsibility
2. be more mature
Tardiness (late for classes):
1.make sure you are the first one there
2. Come to school early
Avoiding responsibility:
1. get duties done first
2. think of it as a challenge to complete
Partying over studying:
1.study first party later
2. avoid parties
Apathy:
1. Make yourself a promise. No matter who you are, you know you deserve to live a great
life and you can bring what you want in reality.
2. Decide how to improve the situation in your "reason."
No focus or goals
1. study more
2. make a to do list for goals
Pessimism:
1. Ask For Support
2. Go For What Scares You The Most
Social isolation (shyness):
1. try to talk to more people
2. find common interests to strike up a conversation
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