Written by Santiago Barcón, who has dedicated his professional life to becoming an ever-improving professional and training others, always sharing his experiences and knowledge with great generosity.
This enjoyable and useful work is destined to become a reference book for engineers and future professionals in this field. It can be applied to all professions, regardless of the discipline in which the individual works; they will dignify them and seek to create a better world where respect for others and for oneself prevails.
The 100 pieces of advice offered in the book can be grouped into the following topics: skills and values, personal and professional development, and professional practice. In addition to explaining them, it presents real-life examples that illustrate the importance of what is stated.
All of these topics highlight the importance of not only having technical knowledge, years of experience, and constant updating, but also developing personal and professional skills on a daily basis. Being open to learning from others, recognizing the work of others, and correcting mistakes, among others, are essential.
The author encourages readers to consistently practice what is taught in the book so that it becomes deeply rooted and becomes a natural habit.
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Santiago Barcón engineer specializing in Power Systems. He studied at the Universidad Iberoamericana and has a master s degree in administration from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
He was president of the Mexican Association of Energy Efficiency Companies (AMENEER), vicpresident of the National Chamber of Electrical Manufacturers, (CANAME), and founder of Inelap a company dedicated to the manufacture and marketing of electrical equipment.
He is currently the general manager of PQ Barcon Beorgg and the EH Institute. He is a Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the International Council of Large Electric Systems (CIGRE).
Santiago co-authored of the book Calidad de la energía. Factor de potencia y filtrado de armónicas and has been a columnist for Energía hoy e-magazine for more than 17 years.
Jorge Zepeda Patterson, writer and winner of the Premio Planeta de Novela (2015), describes Santiago as "a free spirit riding on Excel; a bohemian with an agenda"