At The End of Your Engineering Career Will You Say I Wish I Hadn’t Worked so Hard
What do you usually think about how you would like to finish your engineering career? Would you like to finish your engineering career as an expert in your profession but without personal experience? Today we talk about what many people often regret at some point in their lives… An engineer that I met during one […]
Selecting an Engineering Company: Does Size Matter?
Last week I attended the 11th annual ASCE Younger Member CEO forum at Columbia University in New York City. The topic for the evening was: Selecting an Engineering Company: Does Size Matter? There was a panel consisting of high-level executives from some of the largest companies in the world as well as some smaller engineering […]
A Good Attitude is Everything
There are a lot of variables that go into determining whether we’ll successfully bring our goals and aspirations into existence. However, I count one of them as the quintessential element that must be present to ensure success: a good attitude. Definitely having ideas, making plans, and taking action are important elements in the art of […]
Warning: Too Much Internet Use May Reduce Your Productivity and Negatively Affect Your Work-Life Balance
Too Much Internet Use May Reduce Your Productivity. In my engineering career, I have always tried to be as productive as possible. That’s what we are taught as engineers – always optimize! Recently I have been doing a lot of traveling for my Engineer Your Own Success (EYOS) book tour and it has helped me […]
Due Diligence in Your Life
Due diligence is as important to engineers as water is to a fish. By definition, due diligence is any number of concepts or processes involving an investigation of a design, engineering calculation, contract, or some other item where a certain standard of care is needed. We like to know the bridge we’re driving on won’t […]
Staying On-Point In Life: Sharpening Your Saw
In military terminology, “being on-point” means to assume the first and most exposed position in a combat formation. You’re out front, leading your team into hostile territory and therefore, fully switched-on and in tune with your environment looking for threats and opportunities. To Staying On-Point In Life and to be a successful point-man, you must […]
Life ‘s Unpredictable Journey: What Can We Learn From It?
Featured Guest Blogger: William Merunka Follow me on my journey to become a great engineer. Let’s connect on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/williammerunka Life is a journey, and sometimes during our journey we hit dark, murky territory that seems frightening. Sometimes it leads to other tough terrain that we struggle through, and other times it leads to […]