Category: Enjoying Life and Work
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EP 235 (172/365) Work-Life Balance Part-2
For me Work-life balance is not a mathematical problem that you solve in equal percentages, or any percentage for that matter. It has to do with being contented. Knowing what you want out of work and what you want out of Life. If you do not know that or at least check your level of…
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EP 234 (171/365) Work-Life Balance Part-1
One of the most commonly used phrases. I heard it first a few years into starting to work and I laughed at it because for me there was no much difference between the two. Work and Life were more or less the same. My friends were those with whom I worked and we worked on weekends…
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EP 230 (167/365) Failures always teach
I think I have spoken about success before… if not I will speak sometime… but most people do… But may be I have always spoken more about failures than about success I guess.. What else can you do if you have to reflect on your own experiences.. I had even written a poetry about success…
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EP 228 (165/365) Contribute More than you Work
Some time in early Nineties I had read that Money is the worst Motivator, yet businesses all over have been providing monetary incentives to their employees to get work done. Even today salary and perks are the main reason most people people go to work… What would you do if you had all the money…
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EP 224 (161/365) How will Daily commute feel now
As things open up and companies ask people to come back to work.. or if I decide to take up a role that might demand the same.. how will I feel after spending almost two years working from home… Thinking about it now it will be exciting… When I say exciting I am in no…
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EP 220 (157/365) What matters most at Work
If not people.. which I mentioned in my last post.. What matters to you most at work….? if we had to choose something else… other than people what would that be… I have been thinking about it and lot of things came to my mine… title… power.. money…. purpose….. and so on… I think money…
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EP 219 (156/365) What makes Work enjoyable?
Work can be enjoyable but work can also be a drudgery… and the fact is that not everyone in this world is privileged to enjoy their work… Some jobs are not humanely enjoyable… So if we need to talk about what makes work enjoyable then we can only do it by acknowledging our privilege to…
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EP 218 (155/365) What is Commitment in a job
How committed are we in our job? How committed should we be? How can we ensure we are committed.. What do you think employers or our team mates or manager thinks of commitment… Are our managers more committed than us because they have a fancier title or higher salaries and have more power in the…
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EP 217 (154/365) Why do you want this job?
You are going for an interview and they ask you why do you want this job? What will your answer be… I am sure we all will have our own answers…. And based on our situation our real answer can be different… I say real answer because not everyone will give the real answer.. they…
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EP 212 (149/365) When suddenly things change
So change is always an interesting aspect and being an Agile professional… day in and day out we talk of change…. I think that is one area we keep talking… one thing that has not changed in last few years for me…. this talking about change…. managing change to leading change and so on… but…
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