For more linear thinkers (that's not a bad thing, engineers have to be good at it by necessity) turning off the engineer brain is very important, but it's rather hard to simply stop thinking the way you're used to thinking.
My suggestion is instead to focus your thinking on observing your gut reactions in social settings. As an engineer you often have to suppress that in order to focus on rational decision-making, but your gut is still there, and it's highly attuned to reading other people. You can use that to your advantage by learning to pay attention to it when you need to.
My suggestion is instead to focus your thinking on observing your gut reactions in social settings. As an engineer you often have to suppress that in order to focus on rational decision-making, but your gut is still there, and it's highly attuned to reading other people. You can use that to your advantage by learning to pay attention to it when you need to.