Author: vinodnarayan
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218/365 More than being taught new things; We should be reminded of what we already know
About 20+ years ago as a 20 something young entrepreneur in Bangalore, India; I attended a year long program by Crestcom International (I only did 6 months). It was two full day sessions every month that cost us almost 16000 Indian Rupees for the entire Year. And 16K was a lot of money in India…
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217/365 When I was young I could remember anything, whether it happened or not
It is said that memory fades when people age. As human beings we have a unique ability to forget even without age. As life takes us through the circumference of the globe some of us tend to forget people and events. Sometimes these are the same people and events that made us who we are, things…
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216/365 Breaking big items into small chunks
Breaking big items into small chunks might be part of our DNA but yet we find it extremely difficult at times. If you are at the dinner table I am sure that is not a problem. But dinner table is not the only place where life asks you to break things down. It can be…
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215/365 Learning from Philip Levine on what Work Is
I was watching an interview with Philip Levine as he remembers his life in the Ford’s River Rouge Plant. As he talks about his life there; a time when his young self never knew if he would ever have a way out of there and not even in his wildest dreams did he think it…
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214/365 How many of us are Workaholic Synonymous?
There are many people among us who work more than 40 hours a week. And I am not talking of like 41 or 42 hours, but way over that. You might also have read Melinda Gates recently say about the problems of the workaholic culture and the impacts it might have had on diversity. Well…
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213/365 Don’t try getting into the Good Books!!!
“You need to work in order to get into their Good Books” we have all heard that a few times. It sounds as if people are walking around with two books in their hand. One to write the names of the Good people and one to note the names of bad people. My theory is…
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212/365 We all need that Thinking Time
‘Thinking’ or may be the time to ‘THINK’ is getting scarce now. Are people stressed and overworked because they don’t have enough time to ‘THINK’? Our little handheld devices take such a lot of our time. Distractions, incomplete work and jumping from one priority to other, all leave people stressed and overworked. I am just…
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211/365 Education For Free
Education in the new age is Free for those who are ready to be self driven. I am not talking about Training. Training and Education both have a significant difference according to me. Training helps you being equipped to perform a job better, or may be even landing on a job. Education helps you build your…
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210/365 Do you Time box Your Day?
How many of us start a day with the plan and goal to complete our work in 8 hours. Don’t you think that there is a higher chance that we will finish it on time than when we just get to work without that thought. This is a concept from agile and Scrum. If you…
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209/365 Only a culture that allows making mistakes will improve
Daniel Kahneman, in the introduction to his book ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow” says why we should be concerned of Gossip. “Because it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistake of others than to recognize one’s own” Gossip is dark inside but extremely illuminating outside and with excellent…
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