{"id":1410,"date":"2010-09-24T09:21:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T17:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:17","slug":"how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F09%2F24%2Fhow-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>How often have you sat on the couch wondering why life couldn&#8217;t be better?<\/p>\n<p>How often have you used what you learned on the couch to get out and make a difference in the world?<\/p>\n<p>And how often have you knocked on doors, deftly persuading the person who opened it to give you an opportunity you deserved?<\/p>\n<p>I just wrote a blog post on the <em><strong>LWL Worldwide<\/strong><\/em> blog that talks about all those things, including how you can go from the former to the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/from-victim-to-persuader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Victim to Persuader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The universe is waiting to give you what you want&#8230; and now&#8217;s the time to take it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often have you sat on the couch wondering why life couldn&#8217;t be better? How often have you used what you learned on the couch to get out and make a difference in the world? And how often have you knocked on doors, deftly persuading the person who opened it to give you an opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[673,674,672,675,671],"class_list":["post-1410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-career","category-success-wealth","tag-donald-trump","tag-michael-lee","tag-persuader","tag-the-apprentice","tag-victim"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down - Heather Vale Unwrapped<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down - Heather Vale Unwrapped\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How often have you sat on the couch wondering why life couldn&#8217;t be better? How often have you used what you learned on the couch to get out and make a difference in the world? And how often have you knocked on doors, deftly persuading the person who opened it to give you an opportunity [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heather Vale Unwrapped\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-24T17:21:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-18T00:12:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Heather Vale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Heather Vale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Heather Vale\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/65bad31be256e8d986f1b8f382d5dba5\"},\"headline\":\"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-24T17:21:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-18T00:12:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/\"},\"wordCount\":124,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\",\"keywords\":[\"Donald Trump\",\"Michael Lee\",\"persuader\",\"The Apprentice\",\"victim\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business\/Career\",\"Success\/Wealth\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/\",\"name\":\"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down - Heather Vale Unwrapped\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-24T17:21:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-18T00:12:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/65bad31be256e8d986f1b8f382d5dba5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Heather Vale Unwrapped\",\"description\":\"Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/65bad31be256e8d986f1b8f382d5dba5\",\"name\":\"Heather Vale\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b710ffec37bde14f46d4571fad58aa?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b710ffec37bde14f46d4571fad58aa?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Heather Vale\"},\"description\":\"Heather Vale is a seasoned journalist, interviewer and writer who has worked in all media: TV, radio, print and online. Also known as The Unwrapper\u2122, she began working on the internet for the first time in 1998 and for the second time in 2005. She now writes and conducts interviews for herself and high-profile freelance clients. Her work can be seen on some of the top websites, publications and media outlets in the world. Her main beats include personal development, entrepreneurship, internet marketing, tech, art, health and parenting. When not working, the former Toronto native hangs out in her world-class home of Las Vegas and explores life with her young son.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/author\/heather\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down - Heather Vale Unwrapped","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down - Heather Vale Unwrapped","og_description":"How often have you sat on the couch wondering why life couldn&#8217;t be better? How often have you used what you learned on the couch to get out and make a difference in the world? And how often have you knocked on doors, deftly persuading the person who opened it to give you an opportunity [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/","og_site_name":"Heather Vale Unwrapped","article_published_time":"2010-09-24T17:21:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-18T00:12:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Heather Vale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Heather Vale","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/"},"author":{"name":"Heather Vale","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/65bad31be256e8d986f1b8f382d5dba5"},"headline":"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down","datePublished":"2010-09-24T17:21:57+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-18T00:12:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/"},"wordCount":124,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif","keywords":["Donald Trump","Michael Lee","persuader","The Apprentice","victim"],"articleSection":["Business\/Career","Success\/Wealth"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/","url":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/","name":"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down - Heather Vale Unwrapped","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif","datePublished":"2010-09-24T17:21:57+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-18T00:12:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/65bad31be256e8d986f1b8f382d5dba5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/24\/how-to-turn-victimitis-thinking-upside-down\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Turn Victimitis Thinking Upside Down"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/","name":"Heather Vale Unwrapped","description":"Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/65bad31be256e8d986f1b8f382d5dba5","name":"Heather Vale","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b710ffec37bde14f46d4571fad58aa?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b710ffec37bde14f46d4571fad58aa?s=96&d=wavatar&r=g","caption":"Heather Vale"},"description":"Heather Vale is a seasoned journalist, interviewer and writer who has worked in all media: TV, radio, print and online. Also known as The Unwrapper\u2122, she began working on the internet for the first time in 1998 and for the second time in 2005. She now writes and conducts interviews for herself and high-profile freelance clients. Her work can be seen on some of the top websites, publications and media outlets in the world. Her main beats include personal development, entrepreneurship, internet marketing, tech, art, health and parenting. When not working, the former Toronto native hangs out in her world-class home of Las Vegas and explores life with her young son.","sameAs":["http:\/\/heathervale.com"],"url":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/author\/heather\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5049,"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions\/5049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}