Author: vinodnarayan
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333/365 Another Mass shooting in United States
All the newsletters I have been subscribing to and the podcasts I listen to have been talking about the Robbs Elementary School shooting last week. On the day of shooting I did not know of it until late in the evening. The reason being I don’t check the news regularly. Some days I don’t even…
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332/365 Why did I slow down when I was reaching the finish line?
Today is post number 332 of my 365 Days Writing project. Well it is no more 365 days because I missed several days between my last post. My last Post was on May 26th and today should have been my 339th post. But I am still at 332. Why did I slow down when I…
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331/365 When do we choose Hope
There are so many bad things happening around us. So many things that you want to be involved in as well. It is like you feel guilty if you do not speak up. One after the other, the issues you want to speak about never end. And then a point comes when you think, why…
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330/365 An Award for simplicity
As I browse LinkedIn and I often see posts from people sharing their awards, accolades, achievements and accomplishments.. And I wonder what award I have received in my life. I don’t remember receiving any price or award throughout my school. No extracurricular activities, studies… nothing. I had not received one single thing. Except when everyone was given…
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329/365 What Podcasts do I listen to?
I think I first heard a podcast in 2012 Maybe. Then I dropped it for a year or so and then got back. I have been an active listener for around 8 years mostly listening while walking, driving and so on, just like other human beings. If I remember correctly (And I might have mentioned…
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328/365 What Works in How we work?
We all have our style of working. Some of the things in our style have been working for us. Or we think so. We also improve our styles and even make drastic changes if we think our style is working against us. Especially when we join a new place. When we join a new place…
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327/365 What to read and how?
How do you read what you need to read? Read and listen to be precise. A few months back I made a list of things I needed to read. Here is what I came up with and I knew all this would not work out. But I wanted to address the ‘HOW’ only after I figured…
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326/365 You will not get a job that you did not apply for !
Is this a true statement? I am sure there are people who would have received job enquiries for positions they have not applied for. And even got some of them. The job of a recruiter is ensuring open reqs reach the maximum number of people. That is a marketing effort by the company. But unless one…
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325/365 What I learn while cooking my own food
While cooking teaches us to respect the effort involved, it is more than that. I don’t know about you, but I like to cook. Yes there are times when I don’t feel like doing it. I am not a very planned cook. I am more of a ‘let us try this and see how it…
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324/365 I have started Counting my calorie intake
A few days back I was at an event and had been meeting friends after quite a long time. This was probably the first large function I attended. It was an event called Keralafest. It was organized by all the Malayali groups in the bay area. The idea was meeting friends and eating lots of food.…
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