1055. A Day in the Life of a Business Process Engineer, with Steve H. Lawton
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
Don Hutcheson
5.0 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Steve H. Lawton holds a BS and MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He holds two US Patents, is an author and TEDx speaker. Steve has been with Dell for 23 years and served in a variety of leadership roles across the company. Steve's inspirational story about how his attitude literally saved his life from a near fatal skiing accident in 2014 became the acclaimed book "Head First! A Crash Course in Positivity." Intertwined in the story is the science behind the power of mindset.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. I'm your host, Don Hutchison. |
| 0:16.7 | Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. |
| 0:26.8 | On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do. |
| 0:39.0 | Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Steve H. Lawton, and our topic, |
| 0:44.6 | The Day in the Life, what's it really like to be a business process engineer? |
| 0:48.7 | Welcome, Steve. |
| 0:50.1 | Hi, Don. How are you? |
| 0:51.7 | It's great to have you back on the show after so many years. |
| 0:54.0 | Steve, are you using your talents doing work that you love? |
| 0:57.1 | I am. |
| 0:57.9 | Good. |
| 0:58.3 | Well, we're going to dive into all of that. |
| 1:00.5 | Steve H. Lawton holds a BS and MS degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University |
| 1:06.6 | and an MBA from St. Edwards University. |
| 1:09.8 | He holds two U.S. patents, is an author and TEDx speaker, |
| 1:14.1 | has 30-plus years of business experience in roles ranging from an engineer in the astronaut |
| 1:19.0 | office at NASA to an executive at Dell. He's been with Dell for 23 years and served in a variety |
| 1:26.1 | of leadership roles across the country. In addition to his |
| 1:29.1 | full professional life, Steve's inspirational story about his attitude literally saved his life |
| 1:34.7 | from a near fatal skiing accident in 2014, became the acclaimed book, Head First, a crash |
| 1:41.7 | course in positivity. Intertwined in the story is the science behind the power |
| 1:46.1 | of mindset along with practical takeaways that will improve your attitude. Amazing story, Steve. |
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