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TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL ENGINEER
The petroleum industry has had a long record of achievements in developing technologies that have made a significant breakthrough in different technologies, to address the twin challenges of identifying and developing the next generation of leadership, and assigning its most talented people to the most strategic projects. The lack of talent is one of the top business obstacles facing the entire oil and gas industry, whilst the demand of identifying those with specific technical skills or those who have the aptitude to learn new skills has increased greatly. The one may wonder how to keep up with the current demands of the market especially that the market’s standards became very high and sophisticated. In the following paragraphs, there are some tips for engineers which might become handy.
TIP 4: DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS AND LEARN NEW ONES TIP 1: READ Knowledge is power, and to have knowledge the one must have information which can only be possessed by reading, and with today’s available sources the information is easy to reach. Gather as much information and researches about the field you are working in, and read them carefully in order to have the technical information in theory and its practical application. Try to know everything regardless how small it is, this will make you aware of the instructions you are giving and above all will have the power of persuasion. TIP 2: RECORD At the beginning of your career the lack of experience will make you fall in some mistakes, don’t be depressed, but write them down and write the causes and the errors impact. The difference between successful persons and the none successful ones is that they write down their mistakes to learn from them and above all, not to fall in the same mistakes again. TIP 3: BE RESPONSILBLE Having a high sense of responsibility is a motivation which gives us a push forward, it will also make your work not only done, but will also monitor your work and make sure that it’s going correctly.
This tip will only come into action as a result of reading and applying, each one of us has got a specific skill but you just need to identify it and to figure out how to put it into use to make yourself unique among the others. Through time you will gain experience and things will start to become clear, then and only then your vision will be clear and with vision come ideas. TIP 5: PLAN It’s the most important tip for anyone working in any field. The plan is your map, to get ahead in your career you must have a clear, reasonable, ambitious, and an achievable plan. Without a clear map in your mind you might lose your way to success. TIP 6: MANAGE YOUR TIME Time could be your enemy or your friend, and it’s better to make friends than enemies. Manage your time between different activities, and concentrate on the results not on being busy, this way you can get the most promising results. At the end, we would like to add that each one of us has got special talents and abilities. If one could develop them properly, he can use them to achieve all his goals in life, and if you are committed to mastering the circumstances of life, to realizing the dreams and leading a fulfilling and creative life, you must uncover these special talents and abilities and dedicate yourself to developing and sharpening them. ECHO
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