Here are 5 reasons why you shouldnt be a perfectionist

Here are 5 reasons why you shouldnt be a perfectionistHere are 5 reasons why you shouldnt be a perfectionistWe are constantly being fed media images of perfect bodies, perfect families, perfect wardrobes, perfect jobs and so on. This tricks us into accepting that we need to be perfect in this world at all times. But very few of us are ever perfect, and even if people look perfect on the outside, we all know that no one really knows what is actually going on behind the scenes. So dont always trust what you see on Instagram and Facebook. Instead, a crucial parte of real happiness is learning to accept being good enough.Most of Top Life Coach Carole Ann Rices work focuses on making people the best versions of themselves. And with that in mind, today she shares 5 reasons why perfectionism is bad for you, and why you should steer clear of unrealistic standards.1. Accepting imperfection makes you happierWhen we let go of the stereotypical ideas of perfection and get real, we immediately st art to feel a lot happier. Youll be relieved when you realise its totally okay to give up on perfection. There will always be someone who you think has more, or who is better than you, no matter how much greatness life gives you. With the constant presaya around us, especially from the media, we can end up endlessly comparing ourselves to others - and when we compare, we despair.2. Perfectionism wastes your time and energyOften people who are constantly worried about perfectionism waste a lot of time sweating the small stuff, continually worrying about saying or doing the wrong thing. This is not a positive motivator - its exhausting and motivation driven by shame and self-loathing. So, rather than being perfect, aim for personal progress instead of perfect results, and dont punish yourself at every turn.3. Keep your relationships in perspectiveFrom casual friendships to long lasting marriages, theres no such thing as a ?perfect relationship. As long as youre not a toxic friend, its perfectly normal to have different friendships with different people, and theyll naturally change and shift overtime. And as for romantic relationships, if you cant accept compromise and be pragmatic, you wont be happy for long.4. Dont obsess over the state of your sex lifeToday many have incredibly unrealistic expectations of what sex is like and how we should be having it. It isnt reasonable or necessary to look and feel amazing 100% of the time real intimacy is about working out what suits both partners and making sure youre both content. Thats whatll make you happy in the long run. You want to feel comfortable with your partner and vice versa.5. Dont be a competitive parentWeve never been as neurotic about bringing up children as we are now. We didnt use to be expected to entertain children 24/7, and we werent obliged to take care over very tiny details of a childs day. We need to go back to trusting our instincts as parents and stop endlessly comparing ourselves to what looks like perfection on Instagram. Again, you dont know whats going on behind closed doors, or how those mommys and families really feel. Focus on what works for you and your kids alone.This article was originally published on Your Coffee Break.

Webinar ASME PTC 51 Gas Turbine Inlet Air-Conditioning Equipment Webinar

Webinar ASME PTC 51 Gas Turbine Inlet Air-Conditioning Equipment Webinar Webinar ASME PTC 51 Gas Turbine Inlet Air-Conditioning Equipment Webinar ASME PTC 51 Gas Turbine Inlet Air-Conditioning Equipment WebinarASME PTC 51 provides the means and methods necessary to test inlet air conditioning equipment (evaporative coolers, inlet chillers, foggers, inlet air heating) to the lowest reasonable uncertainty. In so doing, it provides owners, developers, constructors, and operates a common approach to the wertmiger zuwachs testing of gas turbine inlet air conditioning equipment and decouple the performance of inlet air conditioning equipment from the performance of the gas turbine.SPEAKERSMichael Giampetro Vice President, Leidos Thermal Plant Services Group. Michael Giampetro directs Leidos Thermal Plant Services group, which delivers technical advisory services pertaining to areas such as plant operations and maintenance (OM), plant mechanical and electrical design, performance testing, a nd chemical processes, in support of financial transactions and consulting assignments. He applies more than 20 years of experience in the power generation industry to the companys independent engineering practice, directly participating in or overseeing his staffs work on financing reviews, performance testing, annual operations audits, and due diligence for greenfield project finance, mergers and acquisitions, and refinancing. Since joining the company in 1999, Mr. Giampetro has participated in reviews on behalf of financial institutions for over 190 transactions with an aggregate output of over 75,000 MW. He has served as project manager for the financing due diligence of over 95 gas-fired power projects, four compressed air energy storage (CAES) projects, a flywheel energy storage project, two battery storage technologies, two polysilicon manufacturing facilities, six solid fuel projects, six wind projects, nine geothermal projects, 15 solar projects, a thermochemical/biochemica l ethanol project, and a central utility plant.Prior to joining Leidos, Mr. Giampetro worked for Siemens Power Corporation, where he served as a combustion turbine performance test engineer. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.Keith Kirkpatrick Director of Testing Services, McHale Associates, Inc. Dr. Kirkpatrick is a 22 year practitioner of engineering focused in the area of thermal performance testing, improvement, monitoring, and consulting within the power industry. He currently serves as the Director of Products and Services for McHale Associates Inc. where he is charged with the continued growth and development of a 57 member technical divisions focused on providing professional third festivitt engineering services to the power and Oil Gas industries in the area of performance improvement, monitoring, and testing of nuclear, biomass/coal, simple cycle, combined cycle, cogeneration, geothermal, hydro, and solar power plants and their components. Dr. Kirkpatrick received the PhD. in Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University in May 1999 while serving as a research engineer in the area of thermal performance research for the Electric Power Center from 1995 to 1999. In 1999, he became a member of Environmental Systems Corporation, Power Generation Technologies (PGT) Division, where in 2004, left the position as Technical Manger II of the Advanced Thermal Performance Group to join McHale Associates, Inc. Dr. Kirkpatrick is a 22 year member of ASME and serves on the ASME Performance Test Codes Standards Committee. He is a member of the ASME Performance Test Codes Standards Committee the current Chair of ASME PTC 46 Overall Plant Performance founding Chair and a current member of ASME PTC 51 Gas Turbine Inlet Air Conditioning Systems founding and current member of ASME PTC 6.2 Steam Turbines in Combined Cycle a member of ASME PTC 6 Steam Turbines a member of ASME PTC 19.5 Flow Measurement a member of ASME PTC 1 General Instructions as well as a contributing member and liaison of ASME PTC 52 Concentrated Solar Power Plants.

ASME to Launch New Medical Diagnostics and Therapy Journal

ASME to Launch New Medical Diagnostics and Therapy Journal ASME to Launch New Medical Diagnostics and Therapy Journal ASME to Launch New Medical Diagnostics and Therapy Journal Aug. 11, 2017 ASME is currently accepting paper submissions for a new journal launching in 2018, the ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy, which will provide engineers, scientists and medical researchers in the clinical healthcare community a forum to share their work and promote biomedical innovation, trial, and commercialization.   The new journal will complement the Societys new Alliance of Advanced Biomedical Engineering website (AABME.org), which aims to engage members of the multidisciplinary biomedical engineering arena across industry, research, academia and government and achieve the goals of collaboration and information sharing across disciplines. Instead of focusing on basic, theoretical, or experimental bioengineering research, the ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy will concentrate on lab-proven biomedical and biotechnology applications that contribute to achieving T1 translational research objectives. The editor of the journal is Ahmed Al-Jumaily, professor of biomechanical engineering and the director of the Institute of Biomedical Technologies at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. The journal will cover a variety of subjects including chemical processes and pharmaceuticals; micro- and nanotechnology in medicine; cell physiology and applied mechanics; computers in medicine and biotechnology; drug and gene delivery science and biopharmaceuticals; electromechanical and chemical sensors technology; cancer diagnostics and treatments; wave propagations in medical applications; sports medicine and prevention of impact injury; mechanopharmacology, mechanopharmaceutics, and mechanobiochemistry; clinical system dynamics and control; and engineering and science in clinical applications. The journal is open for submissions and accepted papers will immediately publish online in advance of the inaugural issue that will officially launch in 2018. For guidelines on writing, preparing, and submitting a journal paper, visit http://journaltool.asme.org/Content/AuthorResources.cfm. For more information or to submit a manuscript visit the ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy page on the ASME Journals Digital Submission Site.