Author: vinodnarayan
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EP 252 (189/365) 6-10 of 10 Things to Think and Do Everyday
We went through 5 things to think and do yesterday.. there is 5 more in my mind.. After this don’t ask me if you do all these… not daily but very frequently I keep doing these… But I wanted to capture these here… Don’t have to feel stressed and overwhelmed.. but there might be one…
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EP 251 (188/365) 1-5 of 10 Things to Think and Do Everyday
Life is like playing cards, we have no choice on the hand being dealt, but we are in control of putting up the best game we can. If I was to put down 10 things to think and do that can fit into an everyday routine… what would they be….? I will do 5 things…
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EP 250 (187/365) Debugging a Fortune Cookie Message
Here is a message I got from a fortune cookie during my Lunch a while back… This Fortune Cookie message is a Japanese Proverb Nanakorobi yaoki which literally means, “Fall seven times and stand up eight”…. But I have no clue what the 7 times signifies, I have heard about the seven deadly sins, so…
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EP 249 (186/365) When People in your team Leave
A person leaving your team is something we all have faced in our work life. Many times we have been able to negotiate them back. Yet we all have worked in teams where people leave. It is a fact of work life. Every team loses some people over a period of time. The question is…
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EP 248 (185/365) Transparency as a Tool of Success
Transparency can be a very useful tool.. especially when you work in teams. It helps us in building a connection between team members. Transparency will also bring the abilities and inabilities or the team to light. But if the team has been formed with a common goal in mind then team members help each other…
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EP 247 (184/365) The Folly of Finding Faults
I think we all know that ‘Finding Fault’ is not a much appreciated trait but knowingly or unknowingly many do get quite good at it over time. To be honest we all might have sometime or other fallen into that trap of blaming someone else. Sometimes we genuinely believe that the other person is at fault,…
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EP 246 (183/365) Interviewing Someone Who Copied Your Resume
Can someone copy your resume..? Can that resume end up in your hand… less possible…. Can you end up interviewing that person.. No.. Way… But it happened… to yours truly a few years back…. You might think that it is impossible. You will agree the possibility that someone can copy your resume and you will also…
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EP 245 (182/365) Make a hole in your Dream and let it happen
There is a quote by the scientist and 11th President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.. “Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.” True in all sense. But the thought I want to put before you today the need to make a hole in your dream.…
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EP 244 (181/365) No Process should become a Red Tape
Processes are put in place so things could run smoothly and by running smoothly it also means that someone has a way to control and predict the outcome or delays. All said and done processes also have bottlenecks that make it difficult for some things to function smoothly. One would say that the process is…
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EP 243 (180/365) Doing only what you love?
Is it even possible to do only what we love to do…. We always hear people say this.. And I have my doubts because to make a machinery run… there are so many things that we have to get done… It is priorities and not just love of doing something.. Haven’t you heard people say…
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