The Impactful Engineer Project - Mentorship, Career Growth, and Personal & Professional Excellence for Aspiring Engineers

...There's this quote that I have been kind of living with this week because I really liked it. And of course it's from Marcus Aurelius, the stoic—you know, that it just is what it is. I love the way…

Even as high performers, we do get critical feedback. Sometimes this feedback can really dig into our egos. And if we aren't careful, it can push us to an emotional response that is going to hurt mor…

...Exactly. And even in emails now, I’ll start off with one bolded sentence that’s basically, “Here’s what this whole thing is about,” and then the rest is detail. Because I don’t expect everybody to…

...Someone once told me: "You need to be valuable. If you're not valuable, you're not going anywhere." That stuck with me. So I told myself I wanted to be cross-trained. If there’s no work in one are…

...So it was basically the person doing a loop around the office. Meeting time, meeting time, meeting time, meeting time, you, you. And then we'd all get in the thing. It's like, holy shit, okay. And…

... So I said, what is the most Googled search: how to find career success? You know, because that's kind of what we like to talk about. And so what do most people search about when they're looking f…

...but today? Not normal.

I put together a list of quotes from people we listen to, respect, or at least keep an eye on. We’re gonna break them down, figure out what they mean for high performers—not …

....Most people think, “Yeah, I’m an awesome engineer. I get all my stuff done on time. I make the margins I’m supposed to. All the deliverables are complete, etc., etc.”

Yeah, five people in my 360 r…

Chris Jasinski is with HGA (full service architecture, interior design, landscape architecture). He is a business development professional and we get into some great discussion on breaking some minds…

Most people track the wrong stuff. Let's start tracking the right stuff, doing more of what matters, and reach those goals without even tracking the output.

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In this episode, we sit down with Dominic Michaud ing. M.Sc, the visionary founder of SDM Consultants. Together, we explore his journey—from humble beginnings to achieving technical mastery, and even…

Let's talk a little bit about how our habits are stabbing us in the back and how we will see the way forward much faster by breaking them if they don't serve us. Your great habits could holding you b…

This is a short presentation I gave to the team at work to stir up some thoughts around delegation and challenge those thoughts that don't serve us. This is a solid reminder of the power of delegatio…

A short conversation Steve and I had around setting expectations with suppliers and vendors (but really in any scenario) to help everyone win. 

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How do we achieve true work-life balance at the end of the year and propel us into the New Year at the same time? 

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In this episode, we are joined by Shailvi Wakhlu, a seasoned expert in the tech industry with 17 years of experience, now working with teams to increase profits, productivity, and performance. Former…

Jake Kennington is our guest for this episode of The Impactful Engineer. Do you have someone you look up to or have admiration for, or that you aspire to be?

They just seem to have what you want, or a…

Jake covers a different take on debt. Debt in your career. How do we get ahead of the interest we are accruing and pay it down?

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Steve and I discuss why not getting enough face time will always be an anchor to your career progress.

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Jake covers how this concept will have a huge effect on your own path and ability to boost the team's success. 

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