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“Slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.” – Greg Mortenson If you are trying to find a new career opportunity, sometimes getting job interviews can be a difficult task, let alone landing the job. There are times that you will receive no answer from your applications, delayed responses, or even quick […]

“You are not your resume, you are your work.” – Seth Godin In the classic story of the Lord of the Rings, there are many rings of power in the mythical world, but One Ring stands alone. “One Ring to Rule Them All.”  If you’ve been in the midst of a career transition, perhaps you […]

“Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.” – W. Clement Stone Part of your nature as a human is to feel fear. Initially, you may think of fear as something that is always negative in your life. While fear can drive us towards negative actions sometimes, it can also lead us to take important […]

“Your power to choose your direction of your life allows you to reinvent yourself, to change your future, and to powerfully influence the rest of creation.” – Stephen Covey You are influenced by the people and messages you choose to spend time with. Who you work with, who you spend social time with, and what […]

“Management means the development of people, not the direction of things.” – Bob Proctor Many of the engineers I have interacted with have expressed that one major goal in their careers is to transition from enhancing their own technical expertise to managing and developing people. This is a noble career path option. As a manager, […]

“Science is simply common sense at its best.” – Thomas Huxley Science that applies in the physical world can help us understand personal relationships and interactions as well. In almost everything you do, the act of science can be observed. For example, due to differences in personalities and beliefs, you can’t help but sometimes have […]

“It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt Part of human nature is to fear. It is a natural response if you think about something that perhaps scares or frightens you. Applied to your career, you might feel stuck at what you are doing now […]

“The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.” – Robert K. Greenleaf Some of the common leadership models are about leading from the top. The leader gives orders, and all others obey. The leader expects […]

“A culture of accountability makes a good organization great and a great organization unstoppable.” – Henry Evans How a team performs is a direct reflection of their leader. As a leader, it is extremely important to give credit where credit is due when things all go well – credit to the team! When the opposite […]