An Engineer’s Guide to Mindfulness Meditation
This post is an overview of Chade-Meng Tan’s book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) If you enjoyed reading this review and think I need to provide others (I consume, on average, a book a week); let me know through the comments below. My journey in developing a mindfulness […]
5 Things I Learned About Learning in 2014
My ultimate goal with Engineering Management Institute website, podcast and other resources is to inspire as many engineers as possible to create extraordinary careers and lives. In order for engineers to create the careers and lives they desire, they will most likely need to learn new things. Based on many one-on-one coaching sessions, seminars (above […]
Leadership Doesn’t Come From Skills, It Comes from Caring
For the longest time I saw leadership as a conglomeration of skills a person developed over time. I knew there was more to it than just skills, the “special sauce”. But I didn’t spend any time trying to decipher what it might be and instead bore down on building up my skills through reading, observing […]
This Year Has Taught Me to Be Thankful for One Thing: Time
Thanksgiving is a special day, and while I believe we should be thankful for what we have every day, I still like that this day really reinforces gratitude among us. This for me was an especially gratifying year that taught me something very important. My daughter and I wrote the first 2 books in a […]
The Ugly Truth behind the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE Exam) and How You Can Finally Crush It in Less Time than You Think
This is a guest post by Joel Erway, EIT, author of 30-Minute EIT: How to beat the FE exam without beating your head. Here at Engineering Management Institute, we highly recommend our friend and sponsor, PPI, for your FE exam review. As an exclusive benefit to our supporters, PPI has extended a 20% discount on their exam […]
Learning Can Rapidly Advance Your Engineering Career – Here Are Four Steps for Learning and Implementation
I am a fast mover to say the least, and over the past few years, I think this has hurt me some. Don’t get me wrong, I get a lot of stuff done; however, I think at times I rush decisions just to keep a fast pace, and some of those decisions don’t best contribute […]
Keeping Your Body (and Mind) in Shape will contribute to Engineering Career Success – Engineer Your Own Success Book Excerpt
My book Engineer Your Own Success has been picked up by IEEE-Wiley Press and we will be publishing an Updated and Expanded Edition in the Fall of 2014. I have a lot of new information to this edition including an entirely new chapter entitled: Stay Focused, Organized, Productive, and Stress-Free. The following is an excerpt […]
How Five Rubber Bands Helped Me Achieve an Important Goal and Why Engineers Should Care
Recently I struggled with achieving an important personal goal, and in this post I want to share the strategy that helped me do so, and also give you a blueprint for achieving your own goals. My Challenge Drinking water is a critical part of maintaining an optimal level of health. However, many people, including myself, […]
Four Reasons You Must Seek Peer Support in Your Engineering Career and Where to Find It
I read a lot of blogs and books, and one of my favorite authors is Seth Godin. I particularly love his book Linchpin (affiliate link), where he discusses how to become indispensable in your career and why it is important. One of Godin’s recent posts, on July 21st, really hit home for me and is […]
PE Exam Prep Guide: How You Can Pass the PE Exam without Having to Study “Everything”
The following PE exam post is a guest post by TEM member Andy Lin, PE, SE. I was so blown away by its depth and detail that I have also added it to our Guides section on the website. Here at Engineering Management Institute, we highly recommend our friend and sponsor, PPI, for your PE exam […]