Rick Pitino, renowned NCAA basketball coach, and now coach of the Boston
Celtics, recently wrote a book on how to succeed in life, whether it’s in
business or sports. Entitled Success is a choice, the book includes ten steps that Pitino says are essential for achieving our potential. Here they are:
Build self esteem. You have to believe in your strengths and never doubt yourself.
Set demanding goals. Don’t make wish lists—make work lists.
Always be positive. People like being around positive people. For great role models here, just look at previous winners of the Design News Engineer of the Year award, such as Boeing’s Alan Mullaly, Hughes’ Bernard Dagarin, Thermo Cardiosystem’s Vic Poirier, Deka’s Dean Kamen, and the others. They all draw people toward them not just with their intelligence, but with their can-do attitude.
Establish good habits. It’s not that practice makes perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Master the art of communication. Listening is more important than talking.
Learn from role models. See our Engineering Achievement A-ward winners.
Thrive on pressure. With 15 projects a year—4.5 at a time—engineers know pressure. But, pressure doesn’t have to equal stress. Stress is an enemy. Pressure can be an ally if you use it to get yourself better organized. If no one else puts pressure on you, put it on yourself.
Be ferociously persistent. One more iteration on that design just might give you the solution you’ve been looking for.
Learn from adversity. There is something to learn in every crisis.
Survive success, perhaps one of the most important. Don’t let success spoil you. You can’t change the good work habits that helped you succeed once you’ve met your goals. You have to keep up those habits—it’s a lifestyle.
Pitino’s overriding point: Success is something you earn and deserve, not a birth right. Words to live by.
Safety networks have become more complex, and have actually become simpler and easier to deploy for plant operators. This slideshow highlights developments in plant safety with an emphasis on integrated safety networks.
As the MEMS industry spans a myriad of industries and markets, the future of MEMS in consumer electronics will enable a myriad of functionality, applications, and personalization.
The Nest is a sleek-looking digital thermostat which can actually "learn" its owners' schedule and then continue to regulate temperature to suit the user's preferences and patterns.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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