Dauda Monsuru O.No Magic In Success

"One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a word.".

Let me just tell you a story about my Grandfather and how engineering helped to fix his knees. You would be forgiven if didn’t immediately make the connection, since what actually fixed his knees was an injection.My Grandfather has always had a hunger to learn,a passion and zest for life. My Grandfather has always had a hunger to learn, a passion and zest for life. He is spry, vibrant, and alive, and makes others feel the same. At 88, he received what was for him was terrible news. His knees were failing, and he would probably in a short time be limping at best or needing a wheel chair at worse. When he exclaimed that this couldn’t be, his doctor was pretty unmoved. “He was 88, for goodness sake.” “What did he expect?” My Grandfather was frustrated and sad. He went home and started searching on the Internet. Maybe someone else knew something his doctor didn’t. And in probing around, he found a clinical trial that was showing promising results. It involved shooting an experimental drug in his knees, over a period of time. He immediately ran to his doctor and together they figured out how to get him in the trial. Today he is 93 and still walking. I first thought about this connection when my Mother out of the blue said to me, “don’t you ever wish you made a difference in the world?” At the time, I realised that my Grandfather simply wouldn’t have had access to this information without the internet technology . That, it was engineering that at least partly what made his story possible – what made his life better. I suddenly realized that we engineers didn’t only make a difference; we were part of a profession that by its very nature makes a differences. A profession that at its core is about building value – from iPads, to Electric cars, Google, heart rate monitors, puffer machine(detect explosives and illegal drugs), Electrosurgical unit testers, MRI machines – this list just goes on and on. So my advice here is simple – keep being an engineer – keep building value. In doing so you will not only make a difference, but you will have the kind of satisfaction that can only come from doing truly valuable work. And you will find that this kind of satisfaction will far outweigh any of the other benefits that may come from your career. Life will not make it easy for you if you want to be an engineer who wants to make a difference. So don’t get discouraged if you’re going to fail at one point in your life. Use it as motivation to keep going. Learn from the mistakes and move on and move forward. You will fail but you will learn. That would lead you to the success you’ll earn eventually. So don’t be afraid to take a chance and pursue your passions. There is No Magic in Success (NMIS). A new month came your way. Make it an amazing one, it doesn’t matter if the weather is bad, or you mood is not good at all you just have to stand tall and be happy. Dauda, Monsuru Olatunji No Magic in Success (NMIS).