Sense of Belonging

Fitting in is different than belonging.  

“Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted.  Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.”  —Brené Brown

Reflection (individual)

Using the moodle chat, take a couple minutes to prepare a response to this prompt. 

Please do not hit enter until I tell you to do so.

Write a sentence or two reflecting on what resonated with you in the video. 

Belonging is not always about whether you believe you can do something. It is also about whether you see yourself as a “tech person.“ This component of belonging is related to mindset: the static idea of a “tech person” can indicate a fixed mindset about who is in tech.