Author: vinodnarayan
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353/365 Is there more intolerance today ?
I sometimes get the feeling that we are living in a world that is getting more intolerant. Especially if we are using Social Media and partaking in heated debates. I recently had one such ongoing back and forth and then I sat back to think about it. And here is what I found. I don’t think it…
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352/365 Unconscious Bias
I was watching the Documentary by Jeffery Robinson ‘Who we are’ and something Jeffrey said was so profound and something I had not thought about before. Jeffery says that the boas being conscious or unconscious if only for the person who has the bias. The person who has to face the bias it does not…
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351/365 Intolerance makes us weak
Am I intolerant? is a question I have asked myself a few times. On different contexts I have gotten different answers. There are times when I am very tolerant. Much more than what I would think is healthy. And on other times I would find myself so intolerant and yet not change. I have been…
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350/365 Building Teams are not easy
Building a Team is not just putting a few people together. It is like a well choreographed dance. But the choreography is not forced by someone external but evolved from the realities of trying to be a team. The duality of being a team and being an individual within the team need not always be…
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349/365 Transparency For Transformation
You have heard the word bombarded on the walls of conference rooms, in the corporate corridors and loud and clear through a mouth piece or headset. ‘Transparency’ has become both a request and an ask. Yet teams, organizations and individuals struggle with it. Whenever I say Transparency, I also know how many people take it.…
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348/365 Why do some Good People Leave a company?
I am not sure, but I have a theory. But more than my theory this is a question that companies have to really dig into. Why do some Good people leave a company? I know before we talk about it, we need to probably define what ‘Good’ means. I am sure there are companies out…
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347/365 A New Interest can come anytime
I have recently taken an interest in scribbling… Some say it is tough at this age… but then I say how else can I bring that kid in me alive again… here are some of them. I post them on my Penpositive Instagram account. I know there are many artists out here… but I am…
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346/365 Where are we from… where do we belong… Where are we going to..?
There is an existential question that comes to mind at different times… in different ways… Where are we from and where do we belong and where are we going to. There is a physical aspect to these questions and a psychological or for some a spiritual aspect to it. I will try to put my…
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345/365 Some Quarantine Thoughts
I have been in Quarantine at home since Monday last week. A little over a week and I tested positive again on Sunday Probably will test in a few days. Don’t have a lot of symptoms and just some throat infection. Not even any major cough. I did not write last few days not because…
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344/365 How did I contract Covid?
I think this is the first time I contracted Covid. At least that is what I believe. I have not tested before as did not have any symptoms. I have had allergy and that could have been covid, but who knows. Since we all became aware of Covid and the lock down and everything that…
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