﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:10:12 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>:Jen - Inspirations (The "Why")</title><link>https://jensharp.com:443/Home/rss/category/9004/inspirations-the-why</link><atom:link href="https://jensharp.com:443/Home/rss/category/9004/inspirations-the-why" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Sharp]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[about my blog ...]]></title><link>https://jensharp.com/about-my-blog</link><description><![CDATA[ After owning two businesses for two decades plus, I finally got a real job... dream job actually! Combining my passions of technology, education, and skydiving, I was hired in January 2017 by the  ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://jensharp.com/about-my-blog</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[782c7c12-47d5-4529-ace9-b0fc77094198-476]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Sharp]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Dunning-Kruger Effect]]></title><link>https://jensharp.com/the-dunning-kruger-effect</link><description><![CDATA[ In the third century BC, Aristotle penned the timeless words, “The more I know, the more I know I don’t know.” Since then, countless people in numerous time periods have restated this realization ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2015 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://jensharp.com/the-dunning-kruger-effect</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[782c7c12-47d5-4529-ace9-b0fc77094198-273]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Sharp]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Afraid of Heights]]></title><link>https://jensharp.com/afraid-of-heights</link><description><![CDATA[ I don’t know how many times I get this response when someone finds out I’m a skydiver.  “Oh, I would love to jump,  but I’m afraid of heights!”  

 I heard this so many times that I developed a ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://jensharp.com/afraid-of-heights</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[782c7c12-47d5-4529-ace9-b0fc77094198-274]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen Sharp]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Secrets of a Female Tandem Instructor]]></title><link>https://jensharp.com/secrets-of-a-female-tandem-instructor</link><description><![CDATA[  S un slowly overtakes the shadow in the hangar as the overhead door moans, opening to reveal a bright blue sky. My manifester has not yet arrived, so I busy myself closing a tandem rig, taking out ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://jensharp.com/secrets-of-a-female-tandem-instructor</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[782c7c12-47d5-4529-ace9-b0fc77094198-247]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>