Andrew Samuel

Are you looking for motivation to live a life of purpose? If so, you're not alone. Now more than ever, it's difficult to find the balance between purpose in your work, financial success, and happiness at home. The world wants you to believe fulfillment comes from making money, but the further you go down that road, the more you'll realize the fulfillment you were promised is not there. As Andrew Samuel learned during his journey from a cow dung floor in India to a successful career in entrepreneurship and banking, fulfillment comes when you focus on serving others, not yourself. In Our American Dream, Andrew explores the values and principles that allowed him to build a rewarding life-and can help you do the same. Sharing moments from his inspiring life story, as well as stories of well-known people who embody the principles he describes, Andrew shows how focus, persistence, and an emphasis on family can be used to build a life-and a business-filled with purpose.

Our American Dream: Cultivating a Life of Success, Joy, and Purpose

John Weir

Introduction to Engineering Design is a completely novel text covering the basic elements of engineering design for structural integrity. Some of the most important concepts that students must grasp are those relating to 'design thinking' and reasoning, and not just those that relate to simple theoretical and analytical approaches. This is what will enable them to get to grips with *practical* design problems, and the starting point is thinking about problems in a 'deconstructionist' sense. By analysing design problems as sophisticated systems made up of simpler constituents, and evolving a solution from known experience of such building blocks, it is possible to develop an approach that will enable the student to tackle even completely alien design scenarios with confidence. The other essential aspect of the design process - the concept of failure, and its avoidance - is also examined in detail, and the importance not only of contemplating expected failure conditions at the design stage but also checking those conditions as they apply to the completed design is stressed. These facets in combination offer a systematic method of considering the design process and one that will undoubtedly find favour with many students, teaching staff and practising engineers alike.

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