-: I never accepted things at face value.
I diversify my experience in the sense that
I was able to question a lot of the numbers
why people would say this and that.
And I'd question the assumptions that are made.
I use my engineering background.
Well, this is all based on an assumption
that was made ten steps ago.
Are those assumptions still correct today?
But did you consider this or did you consider that?
And that could totally throw away that argument.
So, just that questioning attitude.
Not only has it helped me academically as a student,
but also has helped me as an inspector in my job.
Always ask why
and keep asking why.
If they're trying to explain something to you
that's too complicated or using lots of technical terms,
that's a good indication that there's a concern there,
because if you cannot explain it to a 10 year old,
or maybe that's an exaggeration.
If you cannot explain it to a high schooler,
then you don't really understand it.
That's the standard that I go by.
So before I would make a presentation
or before I would prepare for a big talk,
I would present it to my mother, for example.
Could you understand what I just said?
Does it make sense to you?
So that was kind of like the benchmark of
am I conveying the message correctly?
Are people able to understand?
Does it make sense?