Taking Risk

I have always enjoyed being active and try to exercise regularly.  It's important to keep my body fit and health.  Recently I have also discovered how important it is to get my brain some exercise too.  Here's what i mean.

I am involved in a book study on Mindset by Carol S. Dweck.  It is early in my learning, but it is becoming clear to me that I have to work on building a growth mindset.  I have to make a shift in the way I think and react to things.  And that all means that my brain is going to have to start working out if I want to reach a growth mindset and the best way to workout my brain is to take some risk!
Growth mindset is about changing the way I look at failure.  It's about taking the risk of writing a blog post that is out there on the line for the whole wide world to read.  It's about stretching both my body and mind to reach for more. To brush myself off and try again when I get knocked down.  It's not that I can't do it, it is that I can't do it yet!

Recently, I have been challenged even more to develop a growth mindset.  As I further my own learning by taking additional classes, I have been challenged in my current class to develop a personal learning network with the help of social media.  This is hard for me as I have always been a very private person, and to put myself out there on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest has been hard for me.  But I am learning and trying to take risks.  It is all about working my brain to become a better educator and coach.