I don’t know if you have felt this way. Your enthusiasm of being at work on the first day is burst like a balloon by people who tell you have bad things are…. what kind of a mess you have gotten into… OK may be not day 1 but as you go by the week. Well I have and when I tried to analyze more in that my reading was way different. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Med...
Aug 30, 2021•8 min•Ep. 130
Yesterday I was thinking about all those things that excited me immediately after college. Just one of those weird trips I make into the past. And I was surprised with what I found. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook:...
Aug 29, 2021•6 min•Ep. 129
They say just go cold turkey… In terms of smoking… just quit… don’t do a reducing the smoke…. just quit… if not possible take help… I have had my long struggles with the habit. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: http...
Aug 28, 2021•7 min•Ep. 128
The question is becoming even more relevant with time. May be it is because there is choice. In olden days the choice was non existent for a majority of people. The elite always had choices. That is why we see that when the masses toiled in fields and factories… the elites dabbled on poetry and philosophy. Things have changed. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media...
Aug 27, 2021•6 min•Ep. 127
I am not even trying to ask myself who are my true friends. In a world where everything is a friend request… who are our friends? Are they the people you interact with daily or is it those who just are there when you need them. For that to sink in I might have to take you through my friends list. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instag...
Aug 26, 2021•6 min•Ep. 126
Before I start I want to tell you all that, this is what I think now and I might change my thought down the line when I understand life better. Like many others I also grew up hearing that ‘follow your passion’. If you start getting paid for what you like to do then you will never have to work a single day. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https:/...
Aug 25, 2021•9 min•Ep. 125
I am sure you would have heard this term ‘Learning machine’ to talk about oneself or others. The first time I heard something similar to this was probably in the movie First Blood where they refer to Rambo as a ‘Killing Machine’. We have come a long way from aspiring to be a ‘Killing Machine’ to being a ‘Learning Machine’. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: In...
Aug 24, 2021•6 min•Ep. 124
Transformation means a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance. And I get it that most transformations that are evident and get popular in social media and so on are transformations of appearance… And it is interesting to note that even for human beings the transformation is always hailed as physical while the major transformation is what can happen within us. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://...
Aug 23, 2021•7 min•Ep. 123
Yesterday when I wrote about Toxic Positivity there was another Toxicity that was bothering me. This is Toxic Productivity. In the same way as the other, Toxic Productivity is this obsession with being productive in every waking minute we have in the world. May be even increasing the waking hour we have. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitte...
Aug 22, 2021•7 min•Ep. 122
Recently I have heard this phrase called toxic positivity and it is rampant on social media. For those who do not know what toxic positivity is, it is this obsession with positivity…. the concept that every individual should give a positive spin to everything that happens in life. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/p...
Aug 21, 2021•9 min•Ep. 121
This is a Parent’s chronicle. You want to read my son’s narrative you can go to his blog and read 44/365 My first day of school . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 20, 2021•8 min•Ep. 120
Recently I see many articles on employee mental health and even companies being concerned about it. Also companies have been started to just address this space. What I am not sure is if it has always been a concern or the pandemic just made people discuss this more. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Face...
Aug 19, 2021•9 min•Ep. 119
In this episode I want to talk about two posts that my son wrote in the past week. Here are the two Posts if you wish to read 39/365 What it’s like to be the youngest family member 36/365 What it’s like to be a teen Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: ht...
Aug 18, 2021•6 min•Ep. 118
Today as I went for my morning walk I was listening to a podcast in which they were mentioning about looking good and exercising and how it helps people in how they feel and this thought popped up in my mind. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://v...
Aug 17, 2021•5 min•Ep. 117
Change is always an interesting topic for me, may be because we talk about it a lot in our agile world. But the change I wanted to talk today is about personal change. It is true that on a personal level change happens always. Some knowingly and some unknowingly. And at other times we have to initiate a change. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive...
Aug 16, 2021•6 min•Ep. 116
Today let’s talk about an interesting memoir that I read. Written by Elizabeth Nyamayaro ‘I am a girl from Africa’ is a a fascinating read. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 15, 2021•10 min•Ep. 115
Sometimes a thought comes to your mind and refuses to go away. As I struggle to make sense of it… as I try to understand where that thought came from and what its significance is it continues to grow… And it gets uncomfortable. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penposit...
Aug 14, 2021•7 min•Ep. 114
When I was a kid I think I had way less of generation gap with my parents. It was like we all lived in pretty much the same world. We watched the same movies.. we were interested in the same news about the world. We even had similar tastes and food and so on. Not that everything was identical but there was way more similarities. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtu...
Aug 13, 2021•7 min•Ep. 113
It runs in the family… family has your back… we are all a big family…. beyond our own ideas of a family… big or small.. over the years we have been come across many references of family. Always family is something that is close to you or brings you closer to someone else in this world unlike any other person. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive T...
Aug 12, 2021•7 min•Ep. 112
Now at 50 when I look back, one question that comes to my mind is have I wasted time. The answer is yes. There have been so many instances when I could have used my time better. May be it was because I did not know back then what I know now. So even if I were to go back and try it all out again it will be the same. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penposi...
Aug 11, 2021•7 min•Ep. 111
Routines have been part of my life for a while. I had to change some. So here you go. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 10, 2021•7 min•Ep. 110
Yesterday we were invited to a small gathering.. a party to be precise… after over 1.5 years this is the first house visit in a way… no we did go to our cousin’s place for a birthday party… But this was the one in which it felt like old times for a while. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https...
Aug 09, 2021•6 min•Ep. 109
As a content creator one of the most amazing and useful feature I use is the block feature. But the general thought of blocking is negative… personal I find this a very positive feature. One that enables us to keep people who don’t behave away from your content. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook...
Aug 08, 2021•10 min•Ep. 108
Today Morning I wrote a blog post about Social Media and then by evening my thoughts had changed. Let me take you there. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 07, 2021•9 min•Ep. 107
In a recent call that I did with a group of college students over zoom I told them that while we would think a company pays us for the hours we work or be available that is not the way we should look at it. We should look at the value we deliver. Let us explore. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook...
Aug 06, 2021•9 min•Ep. 106
Finally after one and a half years I get to watch a movie in the theaters… Sharing my joy and how it transported me to places. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 05, 2021•8 min•Ep. 105
This is not an advertisement for any particular brand of shoes… but it can be an advertisement to start walking. It will make you feel better and you can walk better with a pair of shoes. Sharing some experience with you. Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Bl...
Aug 04, 2021•8 min•Ep. 104
I am back after our short trip to Oregon. It feels good being back home… Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 03, 2021•7 min•Ep. 103
Today’s episode was inspired by a quote from Aesop Tales “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 02, 2021•6 min•Ep. 102
Today’s Podcast was inspired by a quote by Jeff Kinney “Be Yourself and people will like you” Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnarayan.com/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Aug 01, 2021•6 min•Ep. 101
