Engineer Soft Skills

Do you want to massively boost your productivity?  Do you often feel frazzled, lazy, and unmotivated?  Do you want to learn to get a lot done while feeling good and enjoying the ride?  Then this podcast episode is for you!

As an engineer, you know that productivity is important.  You know that to rise up in your career, it's important to get more done.  Let's figure out how to do just that!

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Do you feel like you’re constantly trying to get other people to like you?  Do you feel like you need to change the way you act, dress, speak, and express yourself in order to make sure that people don’t disapprove of you?  Do you feel like you lack a strong sense of self and the ability to make strong decisions?

In this episode, we dive into how you can stop being a people pleaser.  Instead of seeking approval constantly, you will learn to be more bold, authentic, and 100% you!  

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Do you regularly get nervous or anxious?  Do you wish that you could be calm and comfortable, in the face of scary situations?

On this episode, we dive into some tools, mindsets, and activities you can do to start addressing nervousness and anxiety.  This will seriously level up your confidence and give you tools for life that you can use to feel more confident in difficult situations.

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Elon Musk is a personal hero of mine.  If you're an engineer, odds are he's an inspiration to you too.  I've always wondered: how does Elon do it?  

One answer is the way he thinks.  Elon has a unique and brilliant way of thinking about problems and understanding concepts.  It has led him to an unprecedented track record of innovation.  While I can't guarantee Elon-level results, learning and using this technique can help you begin to solve problems and innovate at a high level.

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Are there conversations in your life that you know you should have?  Do these conversations scare you?  

So often, we have conversations in our lives that we know we need to have, but we avoid them like the plague.  We fear that something bad will happen.  And so we leave things unsaid, and ultimately never get great results.  Whether it's asking for a raise, speaking up with your boss, having a conversation with a romantic partner, or clarifying boundaries in personal relationships, difficult conversations are paramount to getting the things we want.  

In this episode, we cover the mindsets and tactics that you need to step up and have the difficult conversations that you know you need to have.

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Habits are everything.  95+% of our behavior is habitual.  Therefore, if you have bad habits, we are putting ourselves on a path toward failure.  If you can develop great habits, you are doing the best possible thing you can do to position yourself for future success.

There are some habits that you know you should do for general well-being in life, but it's less obvious what habits would benefit your engineering career.  In this episode, we discuss the best habits that you can develop to have success in engineering.

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Decisions are everything.  Your ability to make good decisions will make the difference between career success and career stagnation.  As you prove your ability to make good decisions often, you will rise to higher levels of an organization where you can make higher-level decisions.

How do we go about improving our decision making abilities?  In this episode, I discuss just that.  I dive into a variety of concepts that can help improve your decision making at your job and in your personal life.  

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As engineers, many of us are perfectionists.  We expect perfect result.  We put extreme demands on ourselves.  We always expect ourselves to be better.

On this episode of the Engineer Soft Skills podcast, we break down why perfectionism isn't actually a good thing.  And we talk about a better path: a way to be more effective and happier.  

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Do you struggle to focus?  You know that the ability to do deep work and intensely focus on a task is hugely valuable, but it isn't easy to do.  

On this episode, we dive into a variety of ways that you can increase your attention and focus.  This will make you a more effective engineer who can do fantastic work.

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Would you like to learn how to network?  Do you struggle to create relationships in your workplace?  Do you wish you had more friends at work?  Do you wish you could get mentorship from people who have the career that you want?

On episode 14, we discuss how to network.  We go into the mindset and mechanics of how to create relationships and network, so that you can have more friends, enjoy work more, and receive great advice.

If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to go deeper on how to develop your soft skills, check out engineersoftskills.com.