Mastering Career Balance: A Blueprint for Engineers
An unbalanced engineering career can materialize in several ways, and none of us are immune. Whether we experience too much overwhelm or not enough motivation, here are a few ways we can preserve more career balance. Adjust Your Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivations We have many motivations for working, which is a great thing! On a […]
The Dance Between Work and Life as an Engineer
Image by Freepik Are you caught up in a dance between committing to work and living your life as an engineer? An extreme focus in either direction could leave you jobless or lifeless. Read on if you want to improve your dance moves as an engineer! Balance or Integration? While some people like to speak […]
How Being a Mom Made Me a Better Engineer and Being an Engineer Made Me a Better Mom
Image from Freepik Balancing life between being a mom and a full-time engineer has its challenges, but with the right preparation, organization, communication, and coordination, I can have it all. Early in my career, being a structural engineer defined me in many ways, and much of my time and energy was devoted to my […]
Unlocking Work-Life Integration: 3 Tips for Engineers to Thrive
Image by Freepik “You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.” ~ Oprah Winfrey As engineers, our professional lives often demand our utmost attention and commitment. However, it’s equally important to maintain a healthy work-life integration to avoid burnout and ensure overall well-being. Work-life integration is a concept that […]
The Challenges of Achieving Work-Life Balance as a Maintenance Engineers
Finding an equilibrium between our professional and personal lives is a vital ingredient for boosting productivity and improving our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Behind the elegant facilities and seamless production processes are maintenance engineers who guarantee the reliable and safe operation of equipment. They perform their duties under strict regulations and deadlines. I ask […]
Your Life Is A Program, So Manage It Like One
After a decade-plus of leading and managing programs, there’s one thing I don’t recall ever saying – or hearing someone else say: “gee, I need to find balance in my projects.” I didn’t philosophically, or physically, sit down to figure out how to balance my time, my focus, and my energy between the various projects […]
5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Other People’s Stress
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 as fact and design a way to mitigate or absorb it. I suggest the later approach. Remove any negative or […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Answer to Work-Life Balance: Don’t Try
The issue of work-life balance is something relatively new to humanity. Brought to light by British anthropologists in the late 1970’s, we now have libraries full of self-help books and courses in how best to solve this affliction of modern life. I struggled with finding the best way to thread the needle myself as the […]
