The Fully Integrated Engineer – Combining Technical Ability and Leadership Prowess

Foreword, xi
<p>A Note from the Series Editor, xiii</p>
<p>Preface, xv</p>
<p>Acknowledgments, xvii</p>
<p>1 What You Learned in College Is Limiting Your Growth As a Technology Professional 1</p>
<p>This Book Is Your Safety Net, 3</p>
<p>2 Why Should You Read a Book by Me? Or Why Is This Book Important Now? 5</p>
<p>A Few Words in Praise of Steven T. Cerri s Work, 7</p>
<p>3 If You Are an Engineering or Technical Manager, Read This 11</p>
<p>4 Is Free Will Truly Free ? 13</p>
<p>Do You Choose What You Eat?, 13</p>
<p>A Hypothetical Situation That Is Very Real, 14</p>
<p>Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 16</p>
<p>Limiting Beliefs and Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 17</p>
<p>Just for Managers, 17</p>
<p>Personal Subroutines Can Help as Well as Hinder Functionality, 17</p>
<p>Turning Limiting Beliefs into Successes Using Gems of Wisdom, 18</p>
<p>5 The Way You Change 19</p>
<p>Engineering Is Easy. It Is the People That Are Difficult, 19</p>
<p>Humans Are Just Satellites on Earth, 20</p>
<p>The Model of Human Behavior: The Four Stages to Action, 21</p>
<p>What Makes an Inspiring Speech?, 26</p>
<p>Close the Loop, 27</p>
<p>A Real–World Example, 27</p>
<p>Changing Behavior Requires That You Push the Right Button , 29</p>
<p>How Difficult Is it to Loose Weight?, 30</p>
<p>6 The Origin of the 15 Limiting Beliefs and the 15 Gems of Wisdom 33</p>
<p>7 How To Use This Book and the Structure of Chapters 9 Through 23 35</p>
<p>Example: Chapter 9, 35</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 37</p>
<p>8 How to Add Any Gem of Wisdom to Your Map of the World 41</p>
<p>Steps to Add a Gem of Wisdom to Your Current Map of the World, 41</p>
<p>9 Ideas as Identity: Career–Limiting Belief #1 45</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 49</p>
<p>10 Being Right: Career–Limiting Belief #2 55</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #2 to Your Current Map of the World, 59</p>
<p>11 What versus How: Career–Limiting Belief #3 63</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #3 to Your Current Map of the World, 66</p>
<p>References, 70</p>
<p>12 Avoiding Shoptalk: Career–Limiting Belief #4 71</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #4 to Your Current Map of The World, 74</p>
<p>13 I ll Do My Own Work: Career–Limiting Belief #5 79</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #5 to Your Current Map of the World, 83</p>
<p>14 Ducking Delegation: Career–Limiting Belief #6 87</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #6 to Your Current Map of the World, 90</p>
<p>15 I ll Do What I Like: Career–Limiting Belief #7 95</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #7 to Your Current Map of the World, 98</p>
<p>16 Inconsiderate Communication: Career–Limiting Belief #8 103</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #8 to Your Current Map of the World, 106</p>
<p>17 Limited Visionary: Career–Limiting Belief #9 111</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #9 to Your Current Map of the World, 114</p>
<p>18 Being Persistently Consistent: Career–Limiting Belief #10 119</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #10 to Your Current Map of the World, 122</p>
<p>19 Pursuing Perfection: Career–Limiting Belief #11 127</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #11 to Your Current Map of the World, 130</p>
<p>20 You are Not the Teacher: Career–Limiting Belief #12 135</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #12 to Your Current Map of the World, 139</p>
<p>21 Withholding Expertise: Career–Limiting Belief #13 145</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #13 to Your Current Map of the World, 149</p>
<p>22 Bluntness as a Virtue: Career–Limiting Belief #14 155</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #14 to Your Current Map of the World, 159</p>
<p>23 The Fixer: Career–Limiting Belief #15 165</p>
<p>Add Gem of Wisdom #15 to Your Current Map of the World, 168</p>
<p>24 A Parting Letter From Steven 173</p>
<p>Further Reading, 177</p>
<p>Biography of Steven T. Cerri, 179</p>
<p>Index, 181</p>