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Engineer and Entrepreneur: Noramy Cadena, 34
Sometimes It takes only one event to change the direction of your life. For Noramay, this event happened when she was young and working at the bungee cord factory with her mother. At that moment, she realized that she needed to make decisions that will give her better opportunities. Reflecting, Noramay recalls, “That first summer working in the factory was enough to show me what my life would be like If I didn’t do anything different (Cadena 77).”
A little encouragement can go a long way. In high school, someone noticed Noramay’s talent in mathematics and science and asked if she had ever considered engineering. This conversation is the first that Noramay learned about engineering, leaving us to believe it had a significant impact on her, directing her to pursue engineering as her “calling,” and obtaining her MBA from MIT (Cadena 78-79).
The previous two paragraphs are common examples of how important it is to listen to your instincts and take action. Not accurate for everyone, but many people stay in less than ideal situations because of their minds’ limitations, not because of constraints forced onto them by someone or society. Additionally, be encouraging to others. If you think someone has a unique talent or skill, let them know. Thankfully for Noramay, someone was brave enough to point out her talents, and she was strong enough to take action.
Chris, thanks for your post and I also think it was great that Noramay did not forget some of the blue collar roots as she rose higher in social economic class. This is key. She thought about what it would be like to be a worker and considered the ergonomics of it. So many workers compromise their bodies and health by poor posture, poor working conditions and poor product engineering. Smart phones are an example, causing now very high levels of neck, shoulder and back pain, not to mention carpel tunnel and other disorders from repetitive movement, forward head posture, and poor design. This doesn't even begin the discussion of EMF's which I know through my TBI are a huge factor in brain health. Thanks for giving us more to think about, and keep on writing with thoughtfulness. There: I took your advice and encouraged someone: you!
ReplyDeleteLol. I appreciate the encouragement. I agree with everything you mentioned about ergonomics. I'm not sure if you ever noticed during class me moving my desk up and down. I have an electric sit-stand desk by Varidesk (and other items). Thanks for taking the time to leave a thoughtful comment.
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