Engineers: Don’t Settle for Less in Your Career
It is important to always be true to yourself in your career and not settle for less than your vision of success. Being true to yourself sounds courageous and honorable, but what exactly does it mean? To me, being true to yourself means living your life and developing your career in a way that you can pursue your dreams while staying aligned with your values and your beliefs.
I believe that way too many people settle for less than they deserve in their career and life. Ask yourself these questions: Do you enjoy going to work each day? Are you challenged, engaged and/or inspired in your career? If you’re not, then I would ask you, why not?
Unfortunately our culture has forced many of us (thankfully not all of us), to adopt the belief that work isn’t supposed to be enjoyable – it’s all about getting a paycheck. I believe that all of life, both personal and professional, is meant to be interesting, exciting, and extraordinary. That doesn’t mean that we don’t encounter challenges along the way, but most of the time these challenges present new opportunities for learning and growth.
During my graduation ceremony when I received my master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Columbia University, the keynote speaker was the CEO of Harley Davidson, Jeff Bluestein. He rode into the ceremony on a beautiful chrome Harley Davidson motorcycle. He stood up at the podium, in jeans and a ponytail, and started his address with the quote, “This isn’t a practice life!” He then spent the next 15 minutes delivering an inspirational speech on how we only get to go around this merry-go-round once and it is our choice as to how we embrace it! That speech and quote had a profound effect on me, and I hope to spread some of that inspiration to you through the words I’ve written in this book.
I challenge each and every one of you to take a good look at your career and ask yourself, “Is this really where I want to be?” If the answer is NO, set new goals today and start going from where you are to where you want to be. You deserve it!
Remember: “This isn’t a practice life!”
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This is a guest post by Anthony Fasano, PE, author of Engineer Your Own Success. Anthony found success as an engineer at a very early age and now writes and podcasts to help other engineers do the same. Visit Anthony’s website at EngineeringCareerCoach.com and subscribe to the top 3 resources Anthony has used to become a partner in a firm at the age of 27.
