Category: Articles
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Some New Learning on Confidence
A few Thursdays before as part of Throwback Thursday I posted a picture on LinkedIn. It was from May 2010. A time I was at the rock bottom of my life both financially and even professionally. Full of self doubt and absolutely stuck and unable to see what was ahead. But from a family standpoint…
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Our Relationship with work
We don’t work for the same reasons at 25 as we do at 55, yet companies and people could mistakenly treat us in the same way. It is not anyone’s fault it is about change, about what matters, what is visible and what transpires in our professional life. What We Seek at Work Changes with…
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Being Authentic
Sometimes it is a coincidence when you end up watching or listening to something that you have been thinking about. Yesterday I listened to an interview that Jason Averbook was having with Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on his podcast “Now to Next” where they talk about Tomas’s new book “Don’t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated…
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When it gets tough — Be Vulnerably Honest
Sometimes we know it is going to be tough. We know we have a lack of knowledge. We know we have less time. We know the expectations are high. The stakes are high. What do we do ? We can do a lot of things. But that is not the point. what would be the best…
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Remembering Mahatma Gandhi in the context of my work and career
I wrote this piece on the birthday of the “Father of Nation” in India early this year. I want to take some of his quotes and share a thought about life and work. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong”.We know what Gandhi might have meant it in his spiritual…
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Adieu Friend !
Today I woke up with a message that a dear friend who had not been keeping well is no more. He had lost his battle with ‘The Big C’ I had met him much late in life, in 2020 and we had only met twice in person. Both times we had spend over 3 hours…
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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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4/365 Using Club house as an Educator, Agile Scrum Coach and Active Learner.
Since I started using clubhouse my goal has been to find ways to use it in such a way that I can use it both as a Learner and an Educator. Today I experimented something in my Penpositive Club on Clubhouse. A Public Retrospective and Coaching exercise. Here are my thoughts. If you want to…
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