Renewable Energy & Sustainability Heroes by GineersNow Engineering GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue No. 017, Ren | Page 45

You’re frustrated. You feel like you should be
somewhere else in life, way ahead of where
you are right now; and yet you can’t seem to
pinpoint your problem, so you just scream that
you just want to be happy.
Well, the brutal truth is that the problem might
be in yourself. You have to learn to get out of
your own way.
Here are 10 reasons why some Engineers
haven’t fulfilled their potentials.
1) Fear
You daydream about quitting your boring job
and joining an elite electronics company or
starting your own project even if you know
you’ve saved enough and you have what it
takes, yet you never do so because you’re
afraid of the consequences.
Stop daydreaming, breathe, feel that fear, and
do it anyway.
2) Not “walking the walk”
You like to be given advice, but you never
follow it. You think that by listening to it you’ll
follow it eventually. Listen, advice doesn’t seep
into you through osmosis. Listen, understand,
and follow through.
3) You have no direction
How will you ever reach your dreams if you
don’t know how to get there? Destinations
need direction, and so do your goals. Plan
what you want to do to reach your goals and
follow that plan.
4) You don’t measure
your progress
How will you know how much you’re improved
if you don’t have a way of measuring it?
Measure your progress, know how much more
you have to grow and expand. This’ll help you
reach your full potential
5) It takes a village
If you’re surrounded by a village of
ignoramuses, you will never become
challenged. Find people who challenge you,
spend time with positive thinkers who push the
envelope and motivate you. You’ll achieve so
much more.
6) Negativity
“I’m not good enough” is the thought that
haunts you. If you don’t believe in yourself and
what you can do, how will anyone else? Create
small goals and celebrate them when you
achieve it. You deserve it. Believe in yourself.
This will help build your confidence and kiss
those negative thoughts goodbye.
7 Perfectionism
Everything has to be perfect. If it isn t, you
put it off or throw it away. This leads to
procrastination which leads to the destruction
of your dream. Remember, now is the perfect
time, and it’s better to be finished, rather than
perfect.
8) Unreasonable reasoning
Reasons are sugar-coated excuses, and the
fact remains is that they’re still excuses. Stop
giving yourself reasons to not do it, go with
your gut, and do it.
9) “May I Please?”
You keep on asking permission–even if it isn’t
needed. Why would you need permission to do
what you want and be who you are? You’re an
adult. You don’t have to ask permission. Take
the first step and charge.
10) Do you even lift bro?
Courage and creativity are like muscles, and
if you take action and create something new
every day, you’re building these muscles to
become stronger. Sure, you’ll make mistakes,
but this’ll make your immune system stronger
and you’ll learn from these mistakes anyway.