What is Parental Promise? Why is It so Dangerous?

 

Parents love their children and can do anything to provide their children. This is known to everyone. But, some parents exceed beyond this. They promise to help them out in employment or to set up businesses. Their intentions are good but sometimes not feasible. We have seen time to time that such parents get their children arrested by providing for bribes in various government jobs. This is very uncalled for. The children too, should not expect too much from their parents. They should be more than happy about what they have got in terms of education and other luxuries in life. When you expect too much from your parents relating to employment or businesses, you are quelling your ambition and fighting spirit. You become docile and lazy day by day. The reason is comfortableness in the current situation. Consequently, you never explore and realize your potential, hoping for their help. You have to understand that life is hard. It will not spare the weak one. It is said that the fittest survives only. What will happen when you come to know that the money promised to you is not at all enough of starting something?You will be in an awkward position.  In India, parents make this mistake all the time. There is so much unrest at home due to these undesirable things. Relationships are damaged.Therefore, one should get over this privileged and entitled life to lead a life of respect.

 

Mechanical Engineering Prospects

 

We've always been told mechanical engineering is the evergreen branch and has plenty of prospects in different sectors . Did you think so? I, too, have not given much thought to this matter. However, people kept asking. I have to address their question. For that matter, I read related topic online extensively on various websites. Hence, this article is the summary or gist of the materials which I have read online.

What does a mechanical engineer do?

Mechanical engineers can be found 

• Analyzing and maintaining mechanical and thermal devices to solve an engineering problem: the power, automobile, steel, cement, oil and space industries have lots of mechanical and thermal devices which need to be monitored all the time. These devices undergo overhauling after some time. It is the job of a mechanical engineer to oversee the maintenance or performing it. In the power industry and oil industries, mechanical engineers take part in overhauling activities all the time. The experienced persons are well respected and sought after by private businesses even after retirement. 
• Analyzing and maintaining heating and ventilation systems: Heating and ventilation are very much relevant to various sectors such as high-end laboratories, food processing industry, cold storage units, households etc. These systems require expertise for installation and maintenance. Furthermore, the systems are designed and manufactured by mechanical engineers. 
• Designing and servicing in the automobile industry: Automobile industry is the probably the most significant sectors where mechanical engineers get employment. The automobile industry is not only about car manufacturers; this includes third party automobile part manufacturers, distributors, retailers etc. In various stages of automobile production, mechanical engineers are employed. The mechanical engineers are widely employed in these third party manufacturers. The automobile servicing industry is a big booming business which houses lakhs of mechanical engineers.   
• Designing and redesigning as per requirement various mechanical and thermal systems using software tools or computer-aided designing procedures: Now a day, designers are in good demand for designing and redesigning as per requirement various mechanical and thermal systems using software tools or computer aided designing procedures. These designs are used for either research purposes, optimization in existing systems or production purposes. They take help of various software tools such as Ansys, Autocad, ProE, CATIA, Fluent etc.  
• Investigating failures in systems and manufacturing: These are specific firms handled by experienced mechanical engineers. They are the troubleshooters. Many times, the factories or operations need particular intervention in terms of machinery or processes. These experts view the whole procedure and provide suggestions for productivity. 
• Developing prototypes for commercial products: Manufacturing industry do not go production spree right after they receive a new design. They make prototypes and see their performances. It is mostly very much standard in space and aeroplane industry.   
• Handling manufacturing and managing inventory: Industrial organization is itself a mechanical engineering related branch. It focuses on material and man management. Mechanical engineers are entrusted with the job of handling materials in inventory to cut losses. The manufacturing industry produces things anything and everything that human needs. The operations in a factory are handled by mechanical engineers. 
• Test result analysis of system optimization in the practical field: There are specific firms who employ very skilled mechanical engineers who have knowledge & experience in optimization. Any system or process needs optimization so that it can be market competitive.  
• Teaching: Many mechanical engineers take solace in teaching future generations. It is an important task. The future generation has to bear the torch. Now a day, mechanical engineers get themselves teaching various software tools for industry needs. These are equally important, like other sectors. 
• Setting up new businesses or heading new businesses: Now a day, the Indian government is stressing on entrepreneurship or self-employment in various sectors. Mechanical engineers are expected to open up new businesses in core sectors to help developing economy and to employ people. Different skill development, vocational courses and monetary support to grow startups are the bold steps in this direction. Moreover, Indians can be seen heading big businesses all over the world, like Goggle, Microsoft, Intel etc.  
• Insurance: Many people do not know that insurance sectors employ mechanical engineers. Automobiles or personal vehicles run into accidents all the time. People claim insurance money right after meeting an accident. It is the job of a mechanical engineer to survey the damage. The engineer suggests to the insurance company for paying costs.   
• Mechatronics, Robotics and CNC: These are the new fields. Mechatronics combines mechanical and electronics stream. Now, a day robotic systems and CNC machines are finding relevance in different sectors such as oil exploration, automobile, manufacturing etc. Some say that robotics will kill the menial jobs one day. Therefore, designing and learning to program these systems to ensure the survival of mechanical engineers. 

These are the broad fields where a mechanical engineer may find his employment during his careers.

Various job profiles available in the industry for mechanical engineers

Project Manager: Oversees the planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing and documenting of all the data.

Senior Engineer: Oversees the development of ideas, designing, installing software and providing support to the team in analyzing and collecting data.

Service and Maintenance Engineer: Oversees servicing the machinery used in various industries.

Instructional Designer: Oversees learning activities, transfer, and compelling course content which enhances retention.

Professors/Lecturers: They teach and perform research.  

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50 Golden Habits for Productivity (Series)

I read the Book “50 Positive Habits to Transform Your Life” by Micheal Chapman. He has given 50 habits in his book. I’ll try to bring some of the points to your attention which is very much required for us as students and professionals.

Physical Fitness

Now a day, we have a very busy schedule. We have either forgotten or reluctant to work out. It is taking a toll on our health. To stay away from obesity and consequent lethargy, we can walk, and workout in various ways. A simple walk can repel lethargy and fill your body with endorphins which make you more active. Work out immediately improves your mood. Besides, one should stay active at workplaces by various means such a little bit of body movement after some time. Furthermore, parking your vehicle a little bit away can do wonders by burning your calories. If you hate to work out alone, you can always team up with a motivated friend. Apart from that, we need to add variety in our life by nourishing some hobby. Otherwise, life is dull and one-way traffic. 

Mental fitness or health

Mental fitness or health is very much key to your happiness. There are some ways to strengthen your mental fitness such as looking at negativity minutely, thinking about success, contemplation, noting positivity, detailing positives, challenging assumptions, failure review, and mind games.

Without knowing, negative thoughts seep into our mind. It starts to run back in our heads. We will do wonders by taking some time to see how pessimistic we are during the day. You become conscious of your mentality. If you can identify the problem in your mindset, you can change it too.

In his book ‘The Power of Subconscious Mind’ Dr Joseph Murphy says one should think and dream about his potential success. It gets graved into your subconscious mind if you do it continuously. You slowly shift your mind toward achieving your goal.

There is an old saying “Look before you leap”. The relation of contemplation signifies the same as the saying goes. We need to think about the action before we consider it. It helps to eliminate the wrong choices in your life or make mistakes. One should include this practice in everyday life.

It is crucial to remember the positivity. One should take note of their lifetime achievements. Bearing in mind the successes fills the mind with positivity. Further, it inspires hard work. Each day we should do this exercise in the early morning for five minutes to bring meaningful change to life.

We encounter problems daily. They come in various forms; simple and complex. Whenever there is a problem, we become sad and start lamenting. It is the root cause of eternal pain. We should concentrate on solving the problem rather than procrastinating. This swap in thinking will work wonders in us. It is a daily practice until we develop a habit out of it. The activity emboldens us to find the solution easily.

Many a time, we have preconceived assumption for a specific situation. We need to challenge these assumptions or ideas and try to look differently. The author tells you to be less fixated to a specific view. Experimenting with a preconceived notion will make us adaptable to change. It helps us to accept the difference in opinion and examine the other side too.

One should always acknowledge his achievements.  Most of the time, we shelved it as the luck or act of god. But, we need to note it down and allow it to be a good positive memory. Otherwise, we will focus more on failure thereby making us less confidant day by day. Therefore, we need to be aware of successes and it is very healthy.

Like successes, we need to review our failures too. Failures give us a lesson not to repeat the same mistakes. The author suggests that we should list out the reason for failures and try to improve upon those points in future. We pick up the important lessons from the failures. It should be done whenever we fail.

The mind games are excellent for the brain. These little games keep your brains sharp and healthy. One should play mind games like learning words, reciting poems, words of wisdom etc. to keep the brain in fit shape by enhancing knowledge and memory skills.

Force of attraction is a powerful technique. When you think and dream of about your goal, you are focusing your attention to subconsciously achieving that goal. The author suggests this practice at least a few minutes a day. It helps one to be focused.

Updated on 23 Aug 2020

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