Category: Career & Work
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The 4 stages of Psychological Safety
I recently read ‘The 4 stages of psychological safety’ by Timothy Clark. A book that is among the many books on my manager‘s desk. I love it when you have books around you at work. It is a sign telling you there is room for improvement for everyone. I have been reading the book for…
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2025 Thought: How many hours should we work?
A while back Infosys founder Narayana Murthy mentioned that he was disappointed when companies moved to a 5 day work week. He had also said youth should work for 70 hours instead of 40 a week. The simple question is “why..?” Our body & organs have to work 24 hours a day. It stops life…
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A Work week coming to an end
Sometimes a whole week of work with all its turbulence, confusions, learnings and self reflections finally boils down to a few minutes talk on a Friday and you say “that was a worthwhile week… Not perfect but productive”. And yes you say a Thank You! a big Thank You ! This ‘Thank You’ can be to…
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Much of what I do
I have come to realize that much of what I do is not that important in the large scheme of things. But I need to do them as I am alive and truth be said there is nothing much for me to do other than that. On top of that I enjoy doing them…. Well…
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That Collective Understanding
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…
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We don’t need to like everyone
There are different types of people out there. We are one among that type. We don’t need to like every type. But we need to accept each and every type. We won’t be able to work with every one of them. But we might need to have to work with them for a common greater…
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Why do we work ?
Why do we work? I had this conversation with someone at work today. Not really about work but it also touched on that question. But even after the conversation even now that question lingers in my mind. Why do we work? I will try to give an answer. Primarily it is for the salary. I…
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Stories that hit us hard
Dan Heath’s book ‘Upstream’ starts with a story which has come to my mind over and over. And every time it hits hard… Two people standing next to a stream see a baby floating. One of them jumps and saves the baby. Immediately they see another baby floating. The other person jumps and saves. Then…
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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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