I’m Jen. I’m a mom, engineer, scientist, psychologist, triathlete, learner, thinker, leader, and someone who finds great satisfaction in the challenges encountered in progress and achievement.

In her viral Ted Talk, Carol Dweck outlined two types of mindsets: The Fixed Mindset and The Growth Mindset. We should teach our children that potential and success is not in any one innate quality, but rather within the processes of the growth mindset. Growth, being an iterative process, is constant.

I identify with such a mindset. Every decision we make brings us another opportunity, we only need to know where to look. One is not “wrong”, rather one is “not quite right” or “it didn’t quite work out”. With the results of that experiment ran, we can iterate, tune, and refine our understanding until we reach our desired goals.

I enjoy experimenting with this approach in my everyday life — I cannot deny it! It runs my thought process. Mind follows body, and body follows breath. With practice, we “automate” and program our brains with effective heuristics so that we may spend time on the things that matter and the things that will help us reach our goals.

It is these thoughts I try and instill in my children.