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There's a tickle in the back of your mind. It whispers, "Why are you reading this dumb blog post? Your email is stacking up. There are 6,000 messages in your inbox, and 400 are unread. Open your inbox and despair!" If that’s you, I am sorry to hear it. But I’m happy...

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Listening, Leading, and Engineering

I’m pretty sure my wife can attest to the fact that I often jump in with the answer before she’s finished explaining the problem. You’d think I would have learned to stop and listen by now but sometimes I’m slow. As engineers, we often find ourselves explaining...

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Servant Leadership in Engineering

As engineers, we produce innovative new products. We solve difficult problems through the application of science and math. We employ critical thinking to figure out how things work and make it possible for others to live simpler or more efficient lives because of our...

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Indirect Mentors

I recently completed a Toastmasters Pathway project about mentors. The project was to think back on mentors I had over the years and think about the wisdom they imparted to me. The problem was I couldn't think of any mentors - not in the classic sense anyway. No one...

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Six Months on the Job

“I wish I’d known then what I know now.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had that thought. Or how many times I’ve been asked that. But I do remember one time in particular. About a year ago, an intern at my office asked me, “What do you wish you’d known when you...

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