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“I don’t regret my past because it made me stronger.” I don’t regret my past experiences as a leader at SK Hand Tool Corporation even though things didn’t go as planned.  I like to think that those difficult work experiences that started with the Lehman Brothers crash in 2008 made me stronger and better prepared…

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” For many persons, it’s easy to “fly under the radar” in an organization.  In today’s COVID-19 work from home environment, it may be even easier as it’s easy to hide as we lack the day to day personal and human interaction we experience in a non-remote office oriented…

“Pain makes people change.” This week’s manufacturing engineering “All-Star” candidate well understands our Motivational Monday quote that “pain makes people change.”  In a manufacturing environment any production issues typically create a lot of pain.  He currently works in a high volume injection and blow molding production facility.  He was feeling a manufacturing related pain in one…

“I can and I will, watch me! This quote made me think of all the talented, up and coming, early career engineering “All-Stars” I connect with and interview every day and every week. They exhibit the “I can and I will” do something even if I don’t know how attitude. I will because I will learn how to do something that will…

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”  Albert Einstein I can relate to this quote as anytime I try something new, I seem to learn by making a lot of mistakes.  Fortunately or unfortunately for that matter, I have been spending more time doing home improvement projects since the start of…

“In the middle of every difficulty, lies opportunity.”  Albert Einstein My son likes Albert Einstein so this week our “Motivation Monday” social media post featured another Albert Einstein quote.  I agreed to go with it because I know that from my experience at SK Hand Tool Corporation, every day in manufacturing brought new difficulties and…

“Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing.  The more you put in, the more you can take out.  Exercise is king and nutrition is queen.  Together you have a kingdom.”  Jack LaLanne, aka the “Godfather of Fitness” Even though I’m an avid runner and marathoner, this week’s motivational quote is not destined…

“Losers quit when they fail.  Winners fail until they succeed.” This week’s motivational quote made me think about the winners I speak to every day and every week.  They are all “winners” as they are all engineers with a diverse range of backgrounds and work experience.  How could they not be winners?  The best engineers…

“To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” I like this motivational quote as it made me think of the talented engineers that I speak to regularly.  The best engineers will often tell me that they love solving problems and the day to day challenges they regularly confront in a fast…

“If not now, when? Unfortunately, I don’t have the answer to that question as the coronavirus crisis has touched all of us. Yet, I do know that by the time the economy rebounds, this electrical controls engineering “All-Star” will likely be off-market. This electrical engineering “All-Star” can help you take a custom machinery engineering project…