Category: Work & Career
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264/365 Our Ability to Change
I often find it amusing when I sometimes think to myself that I cannot change. I have also heard that from people. In this world even when change is inevitable and we know it… a resistance to change exists in every walk of life. So a strong call for change need to come from inside.…
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263/365 Reflect, Accept & Correct From professional life to Personal Life
As Human Beings one of our most treasured abilities is that we can (if we want) reflect on what we do and accept the outcome and correct what we feel is not right. But it is not a common act because Acceptance and Correction are not the favorite phenomena for most people. In business and at…
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260/365 People Management in a New Workplace
Haven’t you heard the saying “One does not choose one’s own parents”. I believe it is not just about Parents, many times we do not have a choice of our coworkers either. While with parents the lack of choice is not considered a burden and I am yet to find someone who wished they had…
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259/365 A Long Conversation in Person
One of the things I missed from the last two years is long conversations with others.. in person…. I happened to have one such conversation a few days back… Well I cannot say I have not had long conversations.. but in the office discussing a product being developed hearing the problem being defined and technical…
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256/365 Work From Home, Office or Hybrid
Yesterday someone asked a question…. What do I prefer… working from home, office or hybrid…. I answered that it was too early to decide… I started working from office only two weeks ago… And I like it… One main thing is I don’t have a long commute… I have been in a hybrid mode for…
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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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244/365 Working From Office after 2 Years
The experience if I have to explain sits somewhere between surreal and Dejavu… I have worked from home so many times in my career… since 1993 when I ran my own small shop from my home… but I always had a choice to go to office.. or a client site.. if I wanted to… but…
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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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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…
