Author: vinodnarayan
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How do you stay updated on industry trends?
When I read today’s question, I repeated that question a few times because the word industry kind of confused me. First let me try to think why we need to stay updated and then what is it I need to be updated on and then we will get to how Why do I need to…
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What motivated you to choose your current career?
I don’t think motivation was what drove me into my current career, it was priorities, realization and interest. As a 16–17 year old when I was in my 11th and 12th, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted from life. If you don’t know what you want to learn and you were good at…
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Because we are Alive !
When we start something new we need to find answers for two questions. Even if you don’t have them, do start. Find the answers later. One is Why are we doing it and the other is What do we hope to accomplish. I started this weekly writing activity two weeks back but will try to…
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To Write or Not to Write
We have one more quarter in the year. If we need to do something for next year we should start now. No magic happens on Dec 31st. I wanted to restart writing this newsletter next year and the best way would be to start now. I don’t have a structure in mind. But.. A lack…
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Breaking Through When you are stuck – HBR IdeaCast
My mornings usually start with Podcast episodes. I usually listen and then leave it there. But I think it would be good to document the thoughts just so I know what I got from it. Today’s morning listen was the HBR IdeaCast’s episode where I heard from Adam Alter a Marketing Professor from NYU Stern…
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365/365 And the project comes to an end
I have mentioned before that I have done a similar 365 days project with my daughter when she was in high school. Now she has graduated from college and entering the professional world. My son has started this project though not on a daily basis. I have seen the project help my daughter and I…
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364/365 When you have only one day to go
I started this project on June 24th last year and if I had written daily I would have finished on June 24th 2022. But today is July 31. I missed several days in between and on a stretch even a week as the project was coming to an end. Today when there is only one…
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363/365 When Your Kids praise their Teacher; Know they are taught by the best
a few years back while dropping my son to his elementary school, he seemed very happy and I asked him why. He said his teacher is back today. She had been off last two days not feeling well. I was looking back at my childhood and seeing if I had any moments like that. There…
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362/365 The essence of being human is to never leave humanity out of our sight just like we never leave our kids from our sight
A few years back I was driving back after going to an Elementary School to judge some literary work by small kids. My 9 year old son who is now 15 was sitting in the car behind me. We were having some father son time together driving back and forth. I had NPR playing and…
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361/365 – A Friend is someone who will show you the mirror without worrying if you will take offense
We all have different ideas about who a friend is, or who we consider to be a friend. I am sure we also do not go to the dictionary to find it out. Because we all are very sure about what we know. Oxford Dictionary says a friend is “A person with whom one has…
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