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I have had the pleasure of providing career coaching guidance to hundreds of engineers through my travels with my book Engineer Your Own Success. One very obvious characteristic of those engineers who are happy in

  My introduction to leading by serving began with my dad who was a chemical engineer and continued with my first two employers who both were professional civil engineers. Through their direct instruction, mentoring, and

  Accountability is all the rage.  Goal setting literature is full of articles, features and columns, touting the benefits of finding an accountabilibuddy, one whose job it is to keep you on track, moving forward

It’s a fact for every engineer, in either an academic or professional setting, that stress will be present.  Because this is the case, you can either view it as a horrific pollutant or accept it

In our society it’s not hard to level out. But, many professional engineers get stuck and cannot avoid a mediocre engineering career. We tell you how to get out of it Everyone judges themselves by

Anthony and I are both proponents of goal setting.  We’ll each tell you that if you’re unsure of what action to take next, don’t do anything until you’ve re-focused your goals.  Why?  Goals serve as

Another year has gone by in your engineering career and you are about to embark on yet another one.  As each year goes by in your career: how exactly are you measuring whether or not

  “Be grateful.” It’s what every trending blog-post, business book, and bystander are telling us we need to do to get where we want to go. Want to make more money? Be grateful. Improve a

Do you operate with a zero-sum mindset in your engineering career?  Do you believe that there is only so much pie to go around and if someone else gets it, you won’t get yours? Or,

This is a guest blog post from Zubin Ajmera In this extremely challenging job environment, it is not only tough to get an engineering job, but equally tough to get an interview or a phone