Author: vinodnarayan
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EP 241 (178/365) Failures are louder than Successes
I can remember much of my failures… much more than my successes and if I take a tab the side of failures will far outweigh successes. Is that bad? I don’t think so. It is just that our failures are much more louder than our successes. May be our failures will be more remembered and…
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EP 240 (177/365) Converting some stress into an element of joy
One of the troubling tasks in life is to find ways to avoid stress and do something regularly that makes us happy. The catch is that some of these items in life that make us happy have an expiry date. One such item which has an expiry date is the time we spend with kids…
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EP 239 (176/365) Doing something as your Life depends on it
When I started my professional career, one of my customers once mentioned to me the definition for being a professional. He aid it was someone who does their work as their life depended on it. Though over my career I have done several things both as if life depended on it and otherwise there was…
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EP 238 (175/365) Resume Building and Jumping Ships
When I graduated I don’t remember thinking of a resume building process that is tightly coupled with one’s career. You finish education, get on the first job that comes and then retire from that same job years later. It happens even now but quite less I guess… Working for the Government or the private company…
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EP 237 (174/365) On Pursuing your Dream
I am sure you might have heard Jim Carrey’s commencement speech ob pursuing your dream… It had gone viral sometime back…. or back then it was all over my News feeds. His closing statement is what struck me “You can fail at what you don’t want; so you might as well take a chance on…
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EP 236 (173/365) Work-Life Balance Part-3
I think Work-Life balance would be different with a freedom to call quits. I don’t think I have that freedom but I think those who have that might have better work life balance… if we take opportunities and our chances to get another job… I think the important aspect is checking if we can work…
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EP 235 (172/365) Work-Life Balance Part-2
For me Work-life balance is not a mathematical problem that you solve in equal percentages, or any percentage for that matter. It has to do with being contented. Knowing what you want out of work and what you want out of Life. If you do not know that or at least check your level of…
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EP 234 (171/365) Work-Life Balance Part-1
One of the most commonly used phrases. I heard it first a few years into starting to work and I laughed at it because for me there was no much difference between the two. Work and Life were more or less the same. My friends were those with whom I worked and we worked on weekends…
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EP 233 (170/365) You are free to desire; but also choose from what you desire.
Desires; who does not have any, it is what fuel people in their life. The desire to own something, the desire to have someone in your life, the desire to be famous, they come in all colors and flavors to direct our life. We reach a point when we are defined by our desires. Religious…
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EP 232 (169/365) The Art of BadMouthing
You meet a friend and tell him that a book is so boring and atrociously bad. I am sure next time he is in a library or bookstore and sees the book he will surely stop and pick it up. He will spend more time than ever browsing just to see how bad it is. He does not have…
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