144: Why Not All Readers are Leaders | 3 Big Mistakes Engineers Make in the Habit of Reading Books
12/04/23 • 26 min
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If “leaders are readers” how can reading make you into a leader?
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In this episode, I explore three mistakes in my reading journey, from juggling too many books to setting arbitrary yearly reading goals.
I advocate for a shift towards intentional reading, focusing on quality over quantity and emphasizing the importance of applying knowledge. I discuss the pitfall of passive action and encourage listeners to prioritize real-life implementation.
As a bonus, I share a curated list of nearly 100 influential books from my personal library. So, press play and let’s chat about transforming your reading habits for meaningful personal and professional growth.
So, press play and let’s chat...
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Tap to DOWNLOAD a summary of Zach’s personal library favorites!
If “leaders are readers” how can reading make you into a leader?
Listen now for these answers and more!
============================
When you’re ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:
1. Engineering Career AcceleratorTM️ Scorecard ... foundational insights you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.
2. Join us at Happy Hour ... a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open coaching for you at the end of the session.
3. Work with me directly ... start with a free chat and ensure it’s a great fit, then work with me and my team privately in our intensive coaching program for engineering leaders.
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In this episode, I explore three mistakes in my reading journey, from juggling too many books to setting arbitrary yearly reading goals.
I advocate for a shift towards intentional reading, focusing on quality over quantity and emphasizing the importance of applying knowledge. I discuss the pitfall of passive action and encourage listeners to prioritize real-life implementation.
As a bonus, I share a curated list of nearly 100 influential books from my personal library. So, press play and let’s chat about transforming your reading habits for meaningful personal and professional growth.
So, press play and let’s chat...
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HAPPY ENGINEER COMMUNITY LINKS:
> Full Show Notes, Resources, & More
Get access to bonus content and live coaching as growth-minded leaders build careers together.
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WE GROW BY WORD OF MOUTH
If you have received value from The Happy Engineer Podcast, would you help us pay it forward by SHARING this episode with another engineer?
Hit the SHARE button, or copy the episode URL and paste it into a text message or social media post!
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Previous Episode
143: How to Quickly Operate and Succeed at Work with Dr. Robert Santer | Navigating an Engineering Organization
Do you have a compass to navigate the engineering organization? What are the tools and frameworks we need to quickly operate and succeed at work?
Listen now for these answers and more!
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When you’re ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:
1. Engineering Career AcceleratorTM️ Scorecard ... foundational development actions and key points you can check, score, and apply immediately to stand out and excel at work.
2. Join us at Happy Hour ... a limited-attendance LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open coaching for you at the end of the session.
3. Work with me directly ... start with a free chat and ensure it’s a great fit, then work with me and my team privately in our intensive coaching program, exclusively for engineers.
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In this episode, skip ahead 40 years of experience and learn from someone else’s mistakes what it takes to succeed at work with Dr. Robert “Bob” Santer.
Bob knows that transitioning new engineers into professionals who can blend in and contribute to the technical organization is, at best, doubtful.
Worse still, you and I both know that even a decade later as engineering managers, we still have huge gaps in what it takes to succeed outside our technical acumen!
Bob has his PhD in Engineering from the University of Michigan, GO BLUE! He has over 40 years of domestic and international industry experience in the aerospace and automotive fields as an engineering management professional, including Boeing and the Ford Motor Company.
If you love to learn, and you want to succeed as an engineering leader, then you’ll love Bob’s rigorous organizational framework to operate from.
He delivers guidance using a dual approach of academic insight and decades of hands-on professional experience.
So press play and let’s chat... it’s amazing how fast you can go when you navigate with the right compass!
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HAPPY ENGINEER COMMUNITY LINKS:
> Full Show Notes, Resources, & More
Get access to bonus content and live coaching as growth-minded leaders build careers together.
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