{"id":622,"date":"2020-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elgc.flywheelsites.com\/you-never-know-what-you-can-do-til-you-do-it\/"},"modified":"2020-10-07T16:24:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T20:24:40","slug":"you-never-know-what-you-can-do-til-you-do-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwardbusinessmechanics.com\/staging\/4922\/you-never-know-what-you-can-do-til-you-do-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You never know what you can do, til you do it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"A lesson from 125 examples of &quot;Engineering Excellence&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hmAqn1UILgo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> <br>Erica recalls a special moment during recently attended event, and an important lesson to consider for anyone who is studying engineering &#8212; or trying to do something else that&#8217;s challenging! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> You never know what you can do, til you do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I attended an award ceremony over the weekend with some very impressive people: people who have changed industries, started new companies, and done lots of other cool and important things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> We were all recipients of the Queen&#8217;s University Engineering Excellence 125th award (and I was very honoured to be among them!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> These were groundbreaking, game-changing people who graduated from engineering then designed water slides or started mining companies of MANY examples &#8212; not just technical stuff but philanthropy too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> By any measure, these are very successful people &#8212; and when they were asked &#8216;Who among you ever doubted you would graduate from engineering?&#8217; at the dinner, nearly all of them raised their hand. 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