Readings for this session: Types of Thinking; Chapter Activities — Thinking About Thought; Video: KONY 2012; It’s Critical; Problem Solving and Decision Making; and Searching for “Aha!”

Once you reach Nutrition and Weight Control, you are starting Chapter 15 material.

When we have a high skill level and find a subject lacking a challenge we are often bored.  One the opposite end of this, if we feel we have a low skill level and find course material as challenging we feel anxious.  We can’t always control this balance when we are in school or at work.  So if we can find flow in our life elsewhere it can be very soothing.  Finding something we enjoy that gives a little bit of a challenge to keep feeding our growth mindset it can have a ripple effect in other areas.  In this video Carlos Santana explains his idea of flow.