Learning new things.
Bringing a growth mindset to Georgia’s State Senate.
Folks asked me how I thought I was qualified to run for State Senate. I had two answers:
Firstly, I was already a professional problem solver. As a digital product designer, I employ a professional empathy to solve user problems while aligning those solutions with business needs. This design-thinking process is profoundly applicable to the business of state.
Secondly, I have a growth mindset and believe you’re never too old to learn new things. In fact, I’m eager to.
In that vein, I asked my children and friends to help me demonstrate my enthusiasm and open-mindedness to learning new things.
For instance, how had a 47-year-old father of five who did swim team in middle school missed learning how to dive? Who knew! But my son Malcolm (14yo)—who swum with the Roswell Rapids and had just made the team at Roswell High—was a great teacher!
Or how might someone who worked extensively with digital products take to the timeless process of blacksmithing? With enthusiasm and the help of local author Alex White, who thankfully had a fabulous forge right there in Roswell!
There isn no shortage of new things any of us could tackle. Even as we headed into that final week before the election, my son Jack (16yo) was been trying to teach me how to play Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. And had things gone differently, I was ready to learn how to collaborate with 55 other State Senators to bring you a better Georgia.
