"Follow your passions."
"Dream bigger."
"Focus."
"You can get there with hard work."
"Do what you love because then you'll never have to work a day in your life."
etc.
etc.
Everyone dolls out the same advice, because it's true.
The difference between someone who lives their dreams, and someone who doesn't, is that the former actually lives their lives uncompromisingly by those principles.
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.
In Robogals, I always looked for the hardest possible thing to do. And then I did it. Because I knew that if I could achieve that, then I would...
On this day, 10 years ago, I was named the "Young Australian of the Year", by the Prime Minister of Australia, in front of Parliament House, on...
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Here is our 8-degree-of-freedom robotic arm Jevaroo, pouring a glass of water and then moving around to show its range of movements!
From an organisational point of view, it's better to focus on doing a small number of things right, than a large number of things wrong. In...
During our summer working out of the Engineers Australia Victoria office, we had some special visitors. Minister Merlino, the Deputy Premier and...
I was invited to speak at the Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival (PBAIF) in Pebble Beach. What a stunning part of the world! Most other speakers...
If you're over your university studies. If you're not looking forward to taking a week out of your life and attending a conference. If you don't...
