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Young Engineers - Personal Development This Page is
http://www.btinternet.com/~arayltd/yedevelopment.htm Ages 15 to 25 - Riskiest Years of Young Man's Life One Big Mistake could land you in deep
do-dos. Most mistakes can recover from. Problems could be caused by some idiot, e.g. drivers on road, but sometimes you are that idiot. Big risk - Friends, Peer Group pressure (80% of black
youths known to police - DNA, 1 in 6 in jail) Stick Bruk in a yu Ears - The elderly just wish you well. Biggest Sins - Sloth - Do Nothing (till decide what want
to do) Prerogative of Youth - Despite all advice from elders go and
make the same mistakes. Grow up too soon - Only reach manhood about age of 25. Emotions - Over reaction, Take time to cool down Many Obstacles - Shit Happens, The World does not owe you a living or anything, Life is unfair. Deal with it , get over it and move on. Fittest, Healthiest, Most creative, adventurous, highest learning rate and can be most enjoyable Part of Your Life.
Some Points: University - out of London - over 10,000 people aged 18-21
- half women , cheap disco, films, travel Attitude, Follow coaching, Fitness, Technique, Tactics, Strategy, Mental Believe in Self - Despite flaws & shortcomings You are
probably better than most in some aspects (even if they get the glory / money). Find something Successful & Improve on It Serendipity - need some luck - right person, right time (need to mix / network with many people) Do it, Don't just think you can do it Most inventors don't profit from inventions - Get a Patent
before speaking to anyone. Never have enough Money - Always want more Powerful tool NOT TO WANT (know difference between needs and wants) Systems & Methods more effective than talent / genius. Perseverance essential quality for success. Success = 5% inspiration, 99% Perspiration Success - What is Success; Pay bills, publish articles,
travel, flash car & house? No Interrupts - Need to work; study, concentrate despite distractions. Contacts / networking - It is who you know. Think Ahead - Plan - Have Yearly Goals Change is the only constant. Must continuously change and learn. Right now not always right. Everyone has different views - looking out of different windows. No-one always right. Most things have positives and negatives. Sometimes is mostly the answer; few things 100%. Calculate - Do the sums. More time spent arguing than doing task. Wash up the dishes. Is hassle of queue worth it. Murphy's Law - Whatever can go wrong will. Resource constraints - Part of life and engineering. An engineering design will be based on decisions governed by constraints, mostly resource (human, financial, physical) Getting Job - Need to give impression that you will be a nice (fun) person to work with as well as be able to do job. Stay the Course Making decisions hard
Need to work to pay bills. Work out Earnings from age 18 to 65 Unskilled - Earn £20,000 per year Tradesman £5,000 a year more than Unskilled Professional with Degree - £10,000 a year more than Unskilled. Business Person - Start up costs £50,000 - Earn Twice Unskilled. Go Broke twice before make it Villain / Drug Dealer - 2 or 3 years making £50,000 10 years in Jail. If use guns 80% die by aged 30 Husband & Wife - Halve the bills
Ideas - Become a Producer Not just be a consumer Theatre / Dance / Music group Engineers Club Science / Engineers Reading Group - Each read one article on how something works and share / explain to others in group meeting/ Sports Strategy Games - Go ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_game ), Chess, Internet Join Professional Society Have a Productive hobby Volunteer Personal Development Books Read books Panchatantra:by by Visnu Sarma http://www.black-history-month.co.uk/articles/dr_dean.html Dr. Mark Dean - Computer Scientist & Pioneer. He has more than 30 patents pending. He is a vice president with IBM. Oh, yeah. And he is also the architect of the modern-day personal computer. A Few Black UK web-site Some ARC Voices We would like to Thank you for listening to us. We hope you will become an engineer, and use you knowledge and skill to the benefit of humanity and the Earth and help others in any way you can. We appreciate the that some of you will not be convinced or interested. Some will wait and see, some are too arrogant; some just want to play, some too afraid, some too busy with life's pressures; so already know what they want to do; some various other reasons. Only some will become engineers. As the saying goes 'Many are called but few are chosen'. We believe my message is for those who are chosen; and who believe we can make the world a better, safer, less violent, more secure and peaceful place. "Are you sure there is nothing you can do to help someone worse off than you? Are you Sure?" (The Staple Singers) Some will reject the message; many others will not hear the small voices of peace in the wilderness of the many sounds of modern life. Remember. "with all its" violence, "sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be Careful. Strive to be happy" (Desiderata); and Enjoy! Whatever you do. |
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