Author: vinodnarayan
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228/365 When you are told you are not welcome
You are not told.. you just sense it… I don’t know about you, but I have sensed many a times when I was unwelcome in a place. I don’t want to play the victim card here so let me be open that in some cases I would have done the same because how else could…
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227/365 Getup and Dance
I don’t mean to say when you are in a party.. I mean to say everyday get up in the morning and Dance. I assure you it feels good but there are some challenges. First let me tell you how I arrived at that idea. I walk regularly and that has been my form of…
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226/365 Feeling a dead body for the first time
I saw a dead body for the first time when I was in High School… If I remember correct it was when my Father’s younger brother passed away. But I never touched the body. I watched from a distance. It was probably also the first time I saw people gather when someone died. The sorrow..…
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225/365 Colleagues and Bosses you wish you never had
At the onset let me tell you that I have been way lucky to have bosses who I did not have any problem with. While there were people I really loved working for and had utmost respect for there were some who were not that great.. but still I will never say they were bad.…
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224/365 When my resume was no good
I had created a one page resume immediately after college.. when I had gone to Bangalore in search of a job in 1993. Since I thought I was more a sales kind of person that is what I looked forward with the resume… I did not even use the word resume… We used CV.. Curriculum…
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223/365 My Battles with Smoking
I started smoking when I was 18 years old. During my college days. Before that I had tried it a few times. Even as young as 6th grade. While I was in school in my 10th grade.. there were a few of my batch mates who regularly smoked. There was this Juice shop outside the…
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222/365 Binge Watching Billions
Though I have binge watched a few of the web series on the streaming platform, I have two issues when I watch them.. I think I can finally say I got over it. One is that I have to force myself to get hooked on to it. Someone recommends me a series and then I…
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221/365 We all need to start learning better
Start to learn; New Skills, New Perspectives and New Prospects. Today’s preparation defines our tomorrow. Whether it is about your passion or your profession it is important that you prepare yourself. The internet and tools available enable you to embark on various levels of training and certifications. It is more than ever cheap to acquire…
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220/365 How Passion and Purpose can together drive Meaningful and Rewarding Professions
Many of you might have probably read about The 10,000 Hour Rule that is closely associated with writer Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers. The principle says that 10,000 hours of “deliberate practice” is needed to become world-class in any field. To give you a sense of the actual passing time. If you spend 2 hours a day you hit this in close…
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219/365 A profession where you can keep getting better
Is there one such profession where you keep getting better. I think every profession that we see gives us the opportunities to be better. The question is how we define better. And the fact is that we don’t get better in any profession unless we start doing something about it. It is not always about…
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