Ep. 123 – Empowering and Mentoring Young Engineers: Insights and Advice from Andre Boykin

Andre Boykin, PE joins Dr. James Bryant to share hard-won lessons on succeeding in both your career and personal life. Discover principles to excel in the technical elements of your work without giving up relationships, health, or humanity in the process. Andre tackles how to maintain continuous growth amid the daily grind, the transformational wisdom of mentors, and why obtaining your professional engineering license is so pivotal yet overlooked.   [00:00 - 08:13] - Success Principles and Mentorship Compete against yourself, not others Mentors provide invaluable wisdom and guidance Be both a mentee and a mentor   [08:14 - 14:48] - Professional Licensure and Giving Back Licensure legitimizes being called an engineer Aim to inspire more young engineers to pursue licensure Volunteer with NSBE to guide and support students   [14:49 - 23:17] - Achieving Work-Life Harmony Unplugging and family time rejuvenates Rest allows you to be at your best Perfectionists can struggle with balance   [23:18 - 30:47] - Parting Words of Wisdom Don't get complacent - continue growing and giving back Stay hungry and humble as a young engineer Solution-focused mindset > complaints without action _______________________   Year End Review Audio Course: https://bit.ly/47lZhiV   If this content impacts you, please subscribe for more access to the empowering conversations from me and guests working to help you engineer your success!   Use this link to drop a question or a topic that you would like to see covered on a future episode: Questions or topic suggestions.   Let’s connect! Find me on my LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.   Sign Up for the Email List: https://bit.ly/3QFzcWW   You have the strength of a hero within you. Check out my website, www.engineeryoursuccessnow.com, and learn how to unlock your potential and achieve success both in business and in life.   Key Quote: "You can't make any complaints about the world if you aren't trying to change it." - Andre Boykin