Category: Enjoying Life and Work
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249/365 Thinking on Your Feet – A Page from Memory
I was in Bangalore in 2020 and this is where I started my career years ago and felt like going down that memory lane and picking some old episodes. I started my career selling computers. We used to buy parts and assemble PCs, Provide a Warranty to customers and sell and support them. This was the 90s…
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247/365 Don’t Quit Your Job; Not Yet
I have heard people say that they will be happier if they had so much money that they don’t need to work again, and they could start doing what they love. My answer to them has always been – There is no better time to do what you love… than NOW. And for that you…
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246/365 Pursuing a passion on the side can make life happier
Everyone has a passion but most people are not lucky to have their passion and profession be the same thing. The constant push by self help gurus have been to make a living doing what you love. It is not always easy. But pursing a passion, doing what you love to do is important even…
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242/365 Do something New on a regular basis; It Helps!!
It is important to do something new every now and then.You might ask “Even if I love what I do?”.The answer is Yes. Because it is quite natural for us to fall into seemingly subconscious boring lapses of momentary non-existence even while doing the things we so much love. When you do something new every now…
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241/365 Back to working from office
I write this on a Monday but you will read it on a Tuesday… Today is a holiday.. President’s day in the United States… Not just that.. I am also starting a new job on Tuesday. Usually people ask you if you are taking a break when you move into a new job… I have…
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240/365 Say ‘NO’ when you have to; And do it with Confidence
When I was starting my career someone told me that I have a problem with ‘NO’. He said I was one of those people who will say ‘Yes’ to everything. He said ‘NO’ is such a powerful word that only people with real purpose can say it. I laughed him off. But the words kept…
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239/365 What my Mom taught me about Prioritization
As an agile practitioner I always tell my team and those I work with the importance of prioritization. If we prioritize we can contain waste. I believe prioritization is the first step towards going lean. The need to decide what is it that we want to do now. What is it that brings maximum value…
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238/365 Let us not keep our Passion Locked up
When we ask someone what their passion is, we will either get an answer or we will get a blank look. The blank look does not mean they don’t have one. It just means they have either not thought about it or it has been a very long time since they thought about it. And…
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236/365 Nothing Matters; But Results… But How?
Nothing matters if you can’t deliver results. It might sound ruthless; but that is the only business truth. And No sob story (however convincing) can replace actual results. You either did it or you did not….. period!! The ‘I Tried.. but..’ argument is the result of not asking help on time. Knowing when to ask…
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234/365 Poetry and Business – Finding that Link
In 1991 there was an essay in ‘The Atlantic’ by Dana Gioia titled ‘Can Poetry Matter? It points out that Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America. If poets venture outside their confined world, they can work to make it essential once more This and a few other essays were then published as…
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