Tag: Career
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The Art of Not Knowing
The art of always being ready to “NOT KNOW” what we have to say, and then to forget something completely and knowing that we had to say something but we forcibly tried to forget it. And succeeded. That is important. And then we start afresh like nothing happened. That is even more important ! I…
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The Friction Project Book
One of the most important books I have read in the recent times is The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder. Written by Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao. The title itself speaks a lot as there are times when we find the reverse manifest itself. It…
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2025 Thought: How many hours should we work?
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…
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When it gets tough — Be Vulnerably Honest
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…
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A Work week coming to an end
Sometimes a whole week of work with all its turbulence, confusions, learnings and self reflections finally boils down to a few minutes talk on a Friday and you say “that was a worthwhile week… Not perfect but productive”. And yes you say a Thank You! a big Thank You ! This ‘Thank You’ can be to…
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The importance of Questions
Answers are important, don’t get me wrong. But we live in a time when questions have gained more significance. Finding answers or finding a better answer is also our journey. Even if we have a question in front of us, reframing the question becomes an important activity. The challenge with some of us (at least…
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Remembering Mahatma Gandhi in the context of my work and career
I wrote this piece on the birthday of the “Father of Nation” in India early this year. I want to take some of his quotes and share a thought about life and work. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong”.We know what Gandhi might have meant it in his spiritual…
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Much of what I do
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…
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Perfectly Imperfect
Write every day. No need to post it. No one needs to read. Just write…. It does not have to be great writing. Or good writing. It just need to be honest. What else can all of us be other than being honest ? What do we write you might think. How does that matter…
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Bukowski Choices: Learn or Die
When we think we are pretty good at what we do. When we think we know a lot in our area of expertise. When we hear a few people praise us for how good we are. It is time to find some brutally honest perspectives. Sometimes we get it from others. Especially people close to…
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