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DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

8RulesforCareerSuccess

DianneP.OLearyUniversityofMaryland

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Theseslidesarefroma15minutepresentationataworkshopsponsoredbyWomeninEngineering(WIE).

IwasaskedtospeakaboutmyworkandhowIbalancecareerandpersonallife.Theslidesareincomplete,sincemuchofwhatIsaidisnotcontainedhere.

Givenherearemypersonalrulesforcareersuccess.Iwasaskedtopostthembecauseothersfoundthemhelpful,butonesizedoesntfitall.Writingtheseruleswasaninterestingexerciseinassessingwhatisimportant tomeandhowwellmyactionsfitmyprinciples.

Perhapsotherswillfindasimilarexercisehelpful.

DianneOLearyoleary@cs.umd.edu

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Rule1:

Bepassionate

aboutwhatyoudo .

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Passionis

aluxury,

butessentialtohighsuccess.

Ifyoucantbewiththeoneyou

love,.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Rule2:

Establishgoals.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Goals:thingsthatyouplantodo.

Shortterm:finishproject,organizeameeting,teachchildtoswim,take

acourse,plantagarden,

Longterm:findbetterjob,payoffmortgage,writeabook,

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Thesearenotgoals:

Iwanttobeagrandmother.

Iwanttobepromoted.

IwanttowintheNobelPrize.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Theseare wishes:

Iwanttobeagrandmother.

Iwanttobepromoted.

IwanttowintheNobelPrize.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Not

Iwanttobeagrandmother,

butIwanttobemoreinvolvedwithchildren.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Not

Iwanttobepromoted.

butIwantmyrecordtomeritpromotion.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Not

IwanttowintheNobelPrize,

butIwantmyworktobegoodenoughtomeritanaward.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Rule3:

Demandreasons.

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Reasons:

Knowwhyyoursupervisorwantsataskdone.

Moreimportantly,knowwhy

you aredoingthetask!

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Your reasonshouldbedrawn

fromashortlist:

Iwantto.

Itisasteptowardmygoals.

Itgivesbacktothecommunity.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Rule4:Setpriorities.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Settingpriorities(a.k.a.,timemanagement)

Payyourselffirst.

Takeyour timeoffthetop,notfromtheleftovers.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Putthebigrocksinfirst.StevenCovey

Ifyoucareaboutyourresearch,

scheduleitforasubstantialblockofyourmostproductivetime.

Ifyoucareaboutyourfamily,savesomeenergyforthem!

Ifanythingisimportanttoyou,scheduletimeforyourself.

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Rule5:

Networkupanddown.

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Networking:

Gettoknowtheseniorpeople.Rightnow, youneedtobeknown

bythem.

Gettoknowthejuniorpeople.Rightnow,theyneedyou.

Later,youwillneedthem!

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Rule6:Communicatewellandoften.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Communicatewellandoften.

Makesurethatyoursupervisorandyourcolleaguesknowwhat

youdo.

Haveanelevatorspeech.

Keepyourresumeupdated.

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Rule7:Honeyourskills.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Honeyourskills.

Neverstoplearning.

Beappropriatelyconfidentofyourabilities.

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Rule8:

Getalife.

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Getalife.

Keepabalanceinyourlife.

Makesureallofyouself-esteemeggsarenotinonebasket.

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Supportsystem:

faith

family

friends

fitness

fun

DianneP.O'LearyWomeninEngineeringPresentation May3,2003

Skills

Life

Communication

Network

ReasonsPriorities

Goals

Passion