Near West Side nonprofit offers job training and lessons that are ‘bigger than solar panels’

The lessons at a solar industry training center on the Near West Side go beyond installing solar panels. JIREH Workforce Solutions staff talk with students about “limiting beliefs” that hold people back, such as the misconception that someone is destined to repeat mistakes or can’t have a good career. In class, students write down their limiting beliefs, then burn them. Then they write down their “limitless beliefs.” It’s part of a “transformation — believing in themselves and pushing…