Category: Enjoying Life and Work
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EP 262 (198/365) Planning for a Monday in Office
Before the start of this week, On last Sunday evening I took sometime to send message to some of my old business acquaintances, colleagues turned friends and old business connections and then sat down to list a few things, that I look forward to for a Monday at work. I have mentioned before that I…
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EP 261 (197/365) The 50:40:10 Principle in Hiring and Job Search
When a company looks for a new hire they put in a job description…. The first problem is they put everything in it that it makes so difficult to find a person… Next even if they get people to apply, they want a perfect person…. It is like they want some one who has been…
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EP 260 (196/365) What Do we Want?
If someone asks us ‘What do you want?…’ the question can come out as quite rude based on the situation. But it is one of the most important questions both for an individual and for the team we work in and with the people we work with… On an individual level we should as often…
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EP 253 (190/365) How to feel complete in the new year
How does someone feel complete? On December 31st one more day and you step into a new year. Your one year is complete and you used up another year of your life. Do you feel complete? what does complete mean? Does it mean different things for different people? Over the years I have heard people…
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EP 249 (186/365) When People in your team Leave
A person leaving your team is something we all have faced in our work life. Many times we have been able to negotiate them back. Yet we all have worked in teams where people leave. It is a fact of work life. Every team loses some people over a period of time. The question is…
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EP 245 (182/365) Make a hole in your Dream and let it happen
There is a quote by the scientist and 11th President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.. “Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.” True in all sense. But the thought I want to put before you today the need to make a hole in your dream.…
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EP 243 (180/365) Doing only what you love?
Is it even possible to do only what we love to do…. We always hear people say this.. And I have my doubts because to make a machinery run… there are so many things that we have to get done… It is priorities and not just love of doing something.. Haven’t you heard people say…
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EP 240 (177/365) Converting some stress into an element of joy
One of the troubling tasks in life is to find ways to avoid stress and do something regularly that makes us happy. The catch is that some of these items in life that make us happy have an expiry date. One such item which has an expiry date is the time we spend with kids…
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EP 237 (174/365) On Pursuing your Dream
I am sure you might have heard Jim Carrey’s commencement speech ob pursuing your dream… It had gone viral sometime back…. or back then it was all over my News feeds. His closing statement is what struck me “You can fail at what you don’t want; so you might as well take a chance on…
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EP 236 (173/365) Work-Life Balance Part-3
I think Work-Life balance would be different with a freedom to call quits. I don’t think I have that freedom but I think those who have that might have better work life balance… if we take opportunities and our chances to get another job… I think the important aspect is checking if we can work…
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