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9 Civil Engineering Principles You Can Apply to Your Life

Principles are fascinating. They’re universal truths that guide our decision-making and approach to life. Figuring out the guiding principles within your work or passion forces you to think deeply about their core essence. Exploring how they might apply to life helps strip away excess complexity—revealing not just the unique value within the craft, but offering insight into how we might live better, differently. As a byproduct, it sharpens our ability to synthesize and get to the root of what truly matters. Continue exploring

6 Effective Ways to Leverage Your Life

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”Archimedes

If you could change something in your life, what would it be, and how would you do it? It’s romantic to think that we can power through situations, but reality shows that’s not very effective. Often times we just want to work very hard, but that’s neither sustainable nor enjoyable. In some circumstances, will power is just exhausting and easily depleted. However, leveraging your life is not about trying hard, it’s about realizing you could do more and do better with levers. Think of levers as tools you can utilize to have a greater impact with less effort. If you set yourself to find and use these leverage points, you will amplify the quantity and quality of whatever you do. Continue exploring