5 Essential Habits for Engineers’ Personal and Professional Growth Success
Image by Freepik “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ~ Maya Angelou As an engineer, personal and professional growth are essential for long-term success and fulfillment. Developing good habits can make a significant difference in your journey. In this blog post, we will explore five crucial […]
How Engineers Can Break Through Career and Personal Development Barriers
Image from Freepik We all have something that feels like if we could change or get over it and turn the weakness into a strength, it would unlock all sorts of progress and opportunities for us. Uncovering what this change is and how to overcome it so we can move forward with purpose […]
How to Stand Out in High-Stakes Meetings
High-stakes meetings are meetings where you want to impress people. You know that this kind of meeting is a great opportunity to get your ideas heard and possibly dazzle leaders with your brilliance. The problem is when you get to the meeting, you choke! You are nervous that you are going to say the wrong […]
How Can You Show Your Company That You’re Ready to Be an Engineering Manager?
Image by pressfoto on Freepik I received this question recently from a young engineer, and it’s one that many young engineers struggle with. They feel like they are ready to move into an engineering manager position, whether that be managing projects or people, but they don’t know how to show their companies they are […]
8 Tips to Getting the Most Out of Your Engineering Career and Life
Is this you? Do you feel like the hamster going round and round on the wheel and getting nowhere in your engineering career and life? What are you doing to make the most out of what you have in front of you right now? Can you afford to wait until the world gets nice […]
Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Career
First of all, let me say that you must take your career into your own hands. Too many professionals wait for their employers to give them a raise or promotion. Don’t wait for anyone. Follow these seven steps and you will be able to engineer your own success: “Do not go where the path […]
What Is Your Purpose? Three Timeless Pillars to Guide Your Future
Whether you are a student, professional, forcibly unemployed, or just taking a break, I have great news: each can be approached the same way! Apply these three pillars anytime to maximize your life purpose and guide your future. Pillar 1: Service Service is about directing your efforts toward a cause bigger than yourself. It includes carving […]
3 Engineering Career Success Tips from CEOs & VPs Who Started Where You Are
“How did you do it?” I love asking top leaders this question for one simple reason… Success leaves clues. I’ve asked top engineering leaders, from the Fortune 500 to Silicon Valley startups, how they got their results on my podcast. I want to share a few of their recent answers with you. NOTE: This […]
Focusing on Your Frustrations Slows You Down – Focus on This Instead to Make Progress
Image by yanalya on Freepik “You are your own worst critic.” We hear this a lot, but does it have to be true? Do we always have to be so hard on ourselves as we try to make progress and reach new goals? Find out the distance between the gap and the gain […]
The Art of Asking Fearless Questions as an Engineer
For quite some time, I’ve been harping on the need to ask good questions. Regardless of where you are in your engineering career, I am confident that you would benefit from amping up your questioning skills. To do that, keep reading. Many of us think we’re asking questions when what we’re really doing is […]
