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MIND and SPIRIT a powerful combination for success

Author: Margarita Pineda-Ucero

When we observe successful people, we always see a beautiful balance of mind and spirit. Somehow they have figured out how to play at their best, with their talents at hand and have made decisions with the right set of values, for the greater good of those around them.

Balance is a personal decision, an individual’s success has a personal definition … The most successful and balanced people I have met care very little about what others think – they are focused on the greater good, with the right set of values.

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MIND and SPIRIT a powerful combination for success

Women Engineers … GE Advanced Engineering Center in Mexico: Women’s Network, impressive!

Author: Margarita Pineda-Ucero

I had the opportunity – for the second time – to meet with a group of women engineers at General Electric’s Advanced Engineering Center (GEIQ) in the state of Queretaro in Mexico. The GEIQ is the largest global engineering center for GE Aviation, these amazingly bright engineers develop design solutions for the turbine engines used by several international commercial carriers around the globe.

At our first gathering in December 2015, we talked about our careers in GE and how to navigate inside the organization. At our second meeting, we had an open exchange and shared perspectives about the challenges we face in our professional careers, especially when life as a woman (with its several aspects of our feminine identity) are present in the mix of our daily lives.

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Women Engineers … GE Advanced Engineering Center in Mexico: Women’s Network, impressive!

Never be afraid to ask … Time is of the essence

Author: Margarita Pineda-Ucero

At a critical transition point in my career after motherhood, a woman I deeply admire, with a more senior than my position in the organization, gave this valuable piece of advice: Never be afraid to ask and don’t delay what you know must be done.

In your quest for balance, there are times when you know what is it that the organization could do for you (not a “special concession”, it is something within code, but perhaps just slightly “unusual”) that you need in order to achieve or maintain some basic balance in your life; yet you feel uncertain about daring to present the idea to your boss or worse yet, you do not think you can even ask if it could be considered, time goes by and you have the matter unresolved … Why?!

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Never be afraid to ask … Time is of the essence

Tomorrow must come as a necessary step not as a complication in your life

Author: Margarita Pineda-Ucero

Not every day of my life have I lived “tomorrows” wisely as a "necessary step”, there have been "tomorrows" that I have lived as a “complication” … The difference has been the stage in my quest for balance … Obviously it feels much better when “tomorrow” is lived and experienced as a “necessary step”!

What is a “necessary step”? It is something you just have to go through in order to continue your path, it is something you can embrace – even if difficult – because it is part of what you have to do, to get through, to complete your cycle, to focus on what matters, to achieve a goal, so you get to your next stage according to your priorities in life.

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Tomorrow must come as a necessary step not as a complication in your life