Living a Life of Iterative Learning

"We often say we want to move forward, live an amazing life but something holds us back.

Often, we get in the way of our own joy.

At some point in my life, I was determined to get out of my way to achieve freedom and I learned how to look at my past from a different perspective which let me to identify what was redeemable and keep that with me,  and totally let go of the rest. This has allowed me to evolve as a human being without the excessive weight of the past. This has been such a valuable exercise which I want to share with you so you too can achieve tremendous freedom."

- Aida Rivas

During this session you will learn:

• The term, iterative, is not often applied to life learning. Why not look at life as an iterative process when change is always in motion, and we are always having to adjust to ongoing changes?

• I practice pausing, reflecting, adjusting, evolving, using every experience as building blocks of learning to identify what is redeemable. I will share how seeing life as an iterative process helps redeem all that is valuable to realize and let go of the sense of failure.

Aida Rivas is a former software engineer, worked in various industries - oil, finance, retail -- designing backend applications, transitioned into project management leading engineering project teams in developing front-end and backend applications, and then transitioned to program management leading enterprise programs for more than 10years in Silicon Valley. Aida is committed to developing our next leaders, mentoring women and university students. She is always looking for ways to continue to learn and expand her perspective. She is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and is the Global Co-Lead for the Latino Employee Resource Group at VMware driving vision and business alignment, and she is a member of the Women Employee Resource Group. Aida graduated from the University of Houston, Texas with BS in Computer Science. She has one daughter who is now in Grad School, values family time, walks with her dog, and enjoys trying recipes from diverse cultures. She is known for her creativity, resilience, energy, and determination.