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7 Daily Activities To Sharpen An
Engineer’s Mind
7 daily activities to help sharpen every engineer’s problem solving mind in 10 minutes
What can you do to help sharpen your mind in 10 minutes? Well, 10 minutes might seem very short,
but it’s actually a lot of time, especially if you consider doing something for 10 minutes for all 365
days in a year. So in that amount of time, here are 7 things you can do to help sharpen your mind,
especially as an engineer who constantly needs to stay sharp and alert to solve complex problems.
1) Read
Reading helps shape our beliefs, thoughts,
philosophies, and perspectives. It helps us think
outside the box and out of the direct influence
of our friends and family. It gives us knowledge
and insights that we might not have known
otherwise. Just simply read anything you find
interesting online. Our website, GineersNow
is an awesome source for reading interesting
engineering stories.
2) Write
Even if you’re not a writer, it’s a great thing
to do in your free time. It doesn’t have to be
top tier fiction stories, just simple blog posts
about your life and your beliefs. It helps you
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share your ideas, write down what you learned,
express what we know and feel, and provides
us something to look back upon to show how
much we’ve grown over time.
3) Question yourself
This might be hard to do, but we all have to
learn to question our own ideas, perspectives,
and ideas. Growth doesn’t happen naturally,
and you have to initiate it yourself by thinking
“maybe what I believe in isn’t the truth”. Close-
minded people can’t handle criticism, hence
they never learn and they never grow. Being
open-minded to everything is the key to
improving yourself and growing to become a
better person.