Category: Articles & Opinions
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Beginning to Understand
I’ve recently begun to understand something about myself that feels uncomfortable to admit: I need closures for every conflict. Even the smallest disagreements sit with me longer than they should. Some people can walk away without a second thought, but I carry unresolved moments like quiet burdens. I replay them, analyze them, and somehow they…
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Finding my Pressure Valve
Writing is my pressure valve. But lately, every time I post on LinkedIn, I feel the walls closing in. I know people at work also read my posts. And suddenly everything I write feels like a “commentary on work.” Even when it isn’t. Also giving people an opportunity to judge you 😄 Even when the…
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Some days feel so ordinary, but..
Some days feel ordinary, yet they leave you with a quiet insight. Today was one of those days. Nothing remarkable happened, but it reminded me of something I’ve been working on: the simple act of building relationships by judging less and listening more. I’ve never been the kind of person who instantly likes everyone. I…
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In Silence we find ourselves
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” Blaise Pascal once wrote. It’s a quote I love and yet I’m also aware of its limits. If everyone sat quietly in a room forever, we would never have explored, discovered, or built anything. Progress needed people who stepped out,…
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A time together at work
I don’t think I have ever shared a picture from work on social media and blogs but this one I needed to 😊 Last Thursday we had a team-building event. I look at these events to do three things. Connect during the event, Reset & Rewire for work when the event ends and Reflect on…
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Sometimes Gratitude is what is missing
Sometimes You Just Have to Put a Full Stop. Sometimes you just have to say it is all that is there. There is nothing more. Put a full stop. Turn a new page and write afresh. The new page might not connect to what came before. And that’s okay. Start anew. The other day, I…
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What should I read Next?
Last weekend I was in Dallas attending a literature festival, where I also had a short session titled “What Should Be the Next Book to Read?” The crux of my talk was simple: people who read regularly rarely ask this question because the next book usually finds them. Most often, this question comes from people…
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Having a Decade View of our Life
Yesterday, I was listening to James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) speak to students at Ohio State University. One question and his answer really stuck with me. The question was about short-term and long-term goals and how we manage both. Personally, I’ve never been a great goal setter. I am trying to change that.Without goals,…
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My love hate with AI
As I read posts on LinkedIn, I wonder if it is written by an AI tool. The posts are so well optimized on word density, layout and icons. Not an extra word. They hit you like bullets and arrows. Like corporate talk should be. I agree LinkedIn is not Facebook, it is a professional network,…
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I don’t know how to do it
Telling we don’t know how to do something is very important and it just helps us and the company we work for. It gets us the help we need to learn and do our job better. Now the question is does our company and our team and our manager give us that freedom to say…
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