Go out and make those connections, meet people, have conversations.
It may land you a dream job. My friend got an engineering internship in China by playing cards with a kid on a plane!
It may land you funding. It may get you invited along to a fabulous experience. Or an invitation to meet someone amazing. Or it may just give you an idea or insight that gives you a new perspective on your life.
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
On 28 August 2016, I was invited to Taiwan by Foxconn to speak at the H.Spectrum by Yonglin Healthcare Startup Conference. I gave a 15-minute...
When I was in my final year of high school, my family couldn't afford to send me to university, so I looked for scholarships that would enable me to...
Telling people your plans too early doesn't make you less likely to achieve them. I know when I tell people what I plan to do the response I get...
Robot troubleshooting on the fly in Sydney.
My last, large, in-person networking event I went to in Australia since before the pandemic was the 60th anniversary celebrations for the Australian of the...
I received my USA visa to do speeches in the USA several months ago. I’m very excited about spreading my messages and telling my stories all over...
I was invited to participate in a book, "200 Women: Who Will Change The Way You See The World" earlier this year. The result is this beautiful...
If your teacher comments on your work and tells you it can be better; it’s not you, it’s your work. If the person behind the counter snaps at you...
Go. Do it. Make a wish. Be wild! Be wise! Be audacious! How much does your wish cost? Can you afford it? Then pay and do it. You can’t? Calculate how...
If you tell people you are going to be at X location at X time, people take your word for that. If you’re not there, they decide that next time,...
