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“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” — Andrew Carnegie I think that Andrew Carnegie’s quote fits this “All-Star” as experienced manufacturing engineers are motivated by solving problems or improving manufacturing processes.  Mediocrity doesn’t cut in on the production floor. This Manufacturing Engineer…

“When in doubt, bootstrap. Using your own personal resources is the easiest way to start a business. You don’t have to convince investors about the merits of your idea. You just have to convince yourself.” — Ryan Holmes I could relate to Ryan Holmes quote as it brought me back to the early days of…

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK Jr’s quote fits this Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Project Management “All-Star” well because in any manufacturing project leadership role, you stand in the…

“You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.” – Tim Cook Manufacturing engineers create ripples for change every day.  Instead of creating those ripples in a pond, they do it in a manufacturing plant on the factory floor. The best manufacturing engineers are constantly driving change in their…

“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”  Biz Stone Biz Stone’s quote made me think of this week’s manufacturing engineering “all-star.”  He is a manufacturing engineering specialist who has “honed” his expertise in precision machining of engineered components over the course of his career. Over that time,…

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.”–Jack Welch I agree with Jack Welch that if you’re not controlling your own destiny, someone else will.  I learned the hard way back in 2010 before starting M-Works Search. This week, I’m highlighting an engineering “All-Star” who is currently in transition.  He decided to take his career…

“Growth and comfort do not co-exist.” –Ginni Rometty Unless you’re pushing and challenging yourself in anything you do, you’ll never get better.  The same applies to engineering as the best engineers are motivated by and are constantly seeking out difficult problems to solve.  Engineering “All-Stars” are not comfortable unless they are being challenged by difficult…

“Don’t worry about failure.  You only have to be right once.”–Drew Houston This goes along with the adage that if at first you don’t succeed, try again.  However, when you’re dealing with electrical systems and machine safety, you need to be right not once, but every time.  Otherwise, persons can be hurt or even killed….

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” — Stephen Covey One of my previous bosses used to say that there’s no such thing as luck, only preparation, hard work and perseverance.  I agree with that statement as it’s our actions and decisions that we make every day…

“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.  It’s as simple as that.  A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now.  Not tomorrow.  Not next week. But today.  The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”  Nolan Bushnell I can relate…