Are you wondering what you can be doing this first week of your new engineering semester
so you can get ahead, be successful, create great habits, and win, become 1% Engineer.
Than this video is for you.
Let's get into the top 10 list of things that you can do this first week, to win.
Hey 1% nation, I'm Jake Voorhees, and you're watching episode 38 of the 1% engineer show
where we empower young engineers to rise to the top 1 percent of their career.
Like mentioned in the intro this video is going to give you the top 10 things that you
can do in this first week of your new engineering semester so let's jump right into it.
Number one write down your semester goals.
Studies show that if you write down your goals and review them regularly you have a much
higher chance of actually accomplishing them.
You're making yourself become personally accountable for the goals that you have made.
It's no different than when people share a goal with a friend or a family member they
have a lot more likelihood to actually doing it because you have some sort of accountability
with another person writing down your goals for yourself journaling documenting things
in a blog or blog is the same type of thing you're actually putting those goals on to
the world and making your self be accountable for them.
Even if you just write them down and don't show anyone.
I encourage people to share them with the world and document their life.
Document
their engineering student journey but you don't have to.
Sometimes I can be scary but you should definitely write down your goals at the very least to
connect with your professors.
Week one is a great opportunity to do this because you're not going to have as much homework
right away professors will not be as busy right away so they actually be able to talk
to you for 15 20 minutes.
If you visit them at office hours if you take that five minutes stay after class.
If you maybe ask them to coffee if you feel like you can do that I think you can get away
with that the first week or at least saying hey I would love to set up an extra appointment
to talk to you about this major and about this career path and things like that.
Just try to get to know them put in that extra time to build relationships with the professors
because it goes so far down the road not to mention you're going to have a better chance
of success in this class just them liking you is enough to give you a slightly better
grade at the end.
Or maybe give you some extra points on homework or an exam because they've gotten to know
you and they know that you're actually putting in the time putting in the effort to prevail.
So it helps big time front end relationship building on the back end when you want to
ask about job connections or research or school or a letter of recommendation or to be on
the reference list.
You actually have a good relationship with these professors so put in the time.
This first week and set yourself up for Professor relationship's success.
3 start making friends with people in your classes.
For example when you walk out of class Don't just be on your phone.
Guys actually spark up conversation with other students.
Say hi say will cause you go on to the next where do you live.
What type of engineer are you.
And actually make friends with these people so you have the ability to make homework team
so you have the ability to know people when it comes time to study for exams to do projects
you're going to be in a much better position than if you are totally a wallflower.
So don't do that.
The biggest thing is put that phone away when you're walking in and out of class.
Look up.
Be engaging be present.
Smile.
Say hello be friendly chat with people after class especially if you do the advice in number
two and you stay after class.
You definitely want to talk to all the other students who are putting in that extra face
time with the professor as well.
So make friends with people in class.
Guys this first week is a great situation to make new engineering friends for being
active student in class.
This first week these tips continue to build off of each other.
If you are participating in class and you're sitting in the front sitting in the middle
and you're actually taking good notes and paying attention everyone around you detects
this positive energy as well so they may want to study with you.
They may want to be your friend just because you're out there killin it.
That first week asking questions or engaging with the professor or as a lecturer you will
notice that people who are actually locking eyes and nodding their head along with the
lecturers.
These professors have a tendency to start lecturing to you because you are being a more
engaging person.
So this is a combination of three and four.
If you are a good student or an active participant in that class not only are you on the radar
of the other students which is Tip 4 but again continue to reinforce step 3.
It became better relationship building a better relationship with that professor.
5.
Block out your time and actually allocate study time in your calendar.
You're supposed to put in at least three hours of work in engineering minimum per each credit
hours so you should be studying for at least an hour each day for each class.
You probably are going to have homework for each of your classes as well so this would
count in terms of figuring out how to do that homework working on that homework and reviewing
your lecture notes that were in the previous week or previous lectures and looking ahead
into future material so you're not lost.
We'll talk about that a little bit more but actually block out your time and dedicate
study time each week into that good rhythm and get into that good routine this first
week actually put study time in your calendar is a nice segue into Tip 6 which is be a proactive
student.
I mentioned this a little bit last year but look ahead at the lecture material for what's
coming down the pipe.
Make sure that you already review what is going to be happening a few days in advance.
You can take active notes and you actually know what's happening you're not just scrambling
to figure out what's going on.
You're going to be at an advantage you're going to be able to ask questions because
you again research this stuff ahead of time you looked ahead in the syllabus to look ahead
into the textbook into the coursework where you actually totally get what the lecture
is about ahead of time.
Seven join that engineering club join the engineering society right now.
I personally suggest that you join a team based club right away for example solar power
car or concrete canoe or steel bridge or robotics team because this allows you to compete.
This allows you to actually learn about some real engineering stuff along with meeting
other students along with having potential leadership positions later on.
So go out and join the engineering team guys college or an engineering club and get more
experience and meet some other engineers meet all of you are going to do it.
But for someone to use starting an engineering blog will be a super powerful networking tool
a super powerful journaling tool.
And another way for you to differentiate yourself from other engineers to stand out to look
ambitious and just separate yourself from the pack and also gives you the ability to
interview professors on campus grad students on campus maybe companies in the area and
you can leverage this blog for your engineering networking success.
I highly highly highly encourage you to do this startup blog guys for the two of you
who are going to do it start that blog.
This connects right in its head.
9 But start doing research about the companies in your area and laying the groundwork for
informational interviews.
Now start emailing people about how you are starting this semester and you're passionate
about this thing in engineering or in engineering and start building digital relationships with
people emailing them and say hey I like what you're up to and maybe just asking for an
informational interview right away that you want to come in and ask questions about what
they do.
Ask questions about what it is like in that specific needs of engineering and you can
also mention the blog that you started and you can give that company some publicity as
well.
Maybe you can even submit these blog posts to your engineering campus newsletter or maybe
your campus newsletter in general and the content that you produce talking about your
engineering research and your networking tactic can be repurposed to meet new people and put
yourself on the radar of other professors and other engineering students so start that
blog do informational interviews.
These two things are par for the course but if original interviews are a super super powerful
thing for you to network it's a really really good way to build a relationship with the
company.
Keep in touch after you actually do that interview and when it is your time ask for a job interview
this person already knows likes and trust you so you probably get an opportunity right
away.
Guys start your healthy habits this first week.
What I'm talking about is trying to exercise three or four times a day.
Only have to exercise for 10 minutes to get the endorphin release to stay chemically balanced
and mentally balanced.
I try to do 20 minutes of cardio three or four times a week.
I know its hard to make the time but you're going to feel so much better you to feel so
much more positive.
You're going to sleep better.
You're going to feel better you're going to look better.
Start trying again.
Six seven hours eight hours of sleep you really can mean the bare minimum is six before you
start to fall into an unhealthy zone.
So I suggest you getting seven eight hours try to investigate meditation.
Try to eat healthy.
Guys all this stuff is going to make you feel so much better.
Keep the party down to just weekends try not to party.
Try not to go out.
Monday through Thursday to Friday Saturday type activities and rest up on Sundays study
up on Sundays.
But get into all of these healthy habits.
Eat right sleep right exercise try to meditate.
Try to keep yourself healthy breaks like reading a leisure book when taking breaks from studying
so you're going to just be such a better student going to be a better friend and to be more
productive.
Going to be sharper you're getting better grades when you do all this healthy stuff
guys don't forget about that super important let me know which of these you're going to
try to do this first week in your new engineering semester and what tips I may have missed.
What are some of your favorite things to do re as a semester kicks off so that you can
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