I often wonder why we feel good on a Friday and I asked our good friend ChatGPT and it gave me a few reasons to self reflect. The reasons it gave were these – Psychological release, The weekend being a symbol of freedom, The embrace of a social rhythm, The anticipation of rest, escape from identity pressure, bad week relief, end of decision fatigue. I … Continue reading Why do we feel good about Fridays?
Last week I wrote an article about my journey of recovery and the process. It got a good readership and I got messages from both friends and acquaintances. There were two kind of responses I received. One was from people who wanted to genuinely help me and the other was people who felt what I said resonated with them. For those who messaged to help … Continue reading Meaningful Work: Goldfishes, Community, Contribution and Challenges
Finally I watched Severance. It took me a while. And something in me is wanting me to look at work, both my past, present and future at work and life. In my career, I have worked with people who came to work just because they could not stand their personal life and relationships. I have also worked with people who worked so much that they … Continue reading Severance: What my Innie tells my Outie
I am not sure why but sometimes I know exactly what all need to be done, yet I don’t do it. I tried to check if it is procrastination. But no, it is something else. It is a hold up that is stopping me from acting. Today driving back from office, that is what my thought was throughout. Rather than doing it, the thought was … Continue reading The cost of inaction
Sometimes you feel there is no option to slow down and we have to keep running ! I listened to the Ted Talk by Carl Honoré in 2010 and then I read his “In Praise of slowness” and even connected with him on LInkedIn. Well that was a time when LinkedIn was all fancy 😜 I should be honest that my life has been anything … Continue reading Slowing down with Carl Honore
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 stops. If we need our body to work properly we … Continue reading 2025 Thought: How many hours should we work?
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 some of them… But that in itself is worth it… … Continue reading Much of what I do
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 thing that can happen to us. Having people who … Continue reading That Collective Understanding
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 were many teachers whom I liked and some I did … Continue reading 363/365 When Your Kids praise their Teacher; Know they are taught by the best
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 a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual … Continue reading 361/365 – A Friend is someone who will show you the mirror without worrying if you will take offense
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