Toothaches are one of the worst feelings. Well, all pain is bad and the worst is what we have experience right now. No I am not having a tooth ache but I went to see the dentist. And that too.. by accident…. how weird is that. Now you can Request to join 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...
Sep 29, 2021•6 min•Ep. 160
Growing up I was so afraid of darkness and being alone. It could have been the stories that I heard, movies I watched on TV or may be even what I read. We lived in a two story house and even going upstairs alone while people were in the house was kind of difficult. As they say some fears will go away only when you are ready to face it.. or when you are forced to face it. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ Y...
Sep 28, 2021•7 min•Ep. 159
We all have our ideas about distances. short.. long… and most times we connect that with time.. because we expect that distances are supposed to be covered.. travelled and that is their real existence. Now you can Request to join 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/ Clubhous...
Sep 27, 2021•5 min•Ep. 158
There are many people we know or have known or met in our life. Some people we never meet again. Some people we never know when they leave the world. And some people we learn have left us after some time. What do we feel when we learn someone is no more. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.yo...
Sep 26, 2021•5 min•Ep. 157
There are generic ideas of what healthy can mean. But in my opinion what it means at age 20 or age 50 and what it means at age 90 can be different. But I think the best would be to start thinking of what would being healthy mean for me 2 years from now. And a two year mark is a good goal irrespective of what your age is. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Insta...
Sep 25, 2021•8 min•Ep. 156
You need to eat healthy… Did you have your vegetables today… You need all the different colors in your diet.. where is the green here… And then when you lift the green circle piece in your colorful cereal.. they say it don’t count… diets… Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpos...
Sep 24, 2021•10 min•Ep. 155
There is always a routine but some we realize some we don’t. Some naturally become part of us and some naturally we end. But again some routines we need to cultivate and then evolve over time. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive...
Sep 23, 2021•10 min•Ep. 154
There are things we thought we could never do in our life and then we start doing it. We feel good… We also start translating that to other things in life. Things move on… Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://ww...
Sep 22, 2021•6 min•Ep. 153
Having some physical activity everyday or at least 3 to 5 days a week is what we hear people say. And there are people who do it and those who don’t. Those who do it also have their own routines and what they consider as their type of physical activity and how strenuous it should be. And then people do it for fun and not so fun. Even our goals for doing it are not necessarily the same. And that is not all there are habits, diets, weight loss and a lot more. Now you can Request to join www.penpos...
Sep 21, 2021•9 min•Ep. 152
To be correct always is not possible; To always be wrong is also impossible. The only practical option is to continuously learn and unlearn. But who cares.. everyone just wants to be correct…. all the time…. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter....
Sep 20, 2021•5 min•Ep. 151
I have had several instances in life where I have had to start from scratch. It did not feel that great always. But recently I heard this phrase “Starting from Zero is the fun”. And that got me thinking, why would it be fun? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter:...
Sep 19, 2021•7 min•Ep. 150
Stress is a word I started hearing more when I got into my thirties and from then on, it is a word that I have often used and heard in both my personal and professional life. I also don’t remember my parents having a chat with me about it. Did we stress less back then? But today things are different and these are conversations we should have. Click here to read Rahi's blog . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: ...
Sep 18, 2021•6 min•Ep. 149
When we consume content do we even bother if it is relevant, valid, true, factual, current. We are bombarded with so much content and information that it needs double the time to figure out if it is something we can rely on. Click here to read Rahi's blog . Also you can listen to the weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter....
Sep 17, 2021•8 min•Ep. 148
I grew up sharing food with my classmates and continued to do that while I was working. Till I came to US and figured people have their own dietary restrictions. Even then we had our small group that will sit together and share and eat. And yes this was when we used to go to the offices. But now it looks like sharing our food in school and offices have all ended. Also Listen to my weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://ww...
Sep 16, 2021•5 min•Ep. 147
I feel like saying something today. tomorrow I might change my stand and people might say you are contradicting your past stand. In a world where contradiction is seen as a very bad thing… is it ok for people to contradict what they say? Also Listen to my weekly 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.co...
Sep 15, 2021•5 min•Ep. 146
Some days you are very tired and you have valid reasons for it. For me when I get tired like that, it also kind of stops my energy in many things including recording this episode. But then some activities have to be done to get the tiredness behind. Also Listen to my weekly 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://ww...
Sep 14, 2021•5 min•Ep. 145
So cheating is bad... But can some cheating be ok. Now don't start thinking about all the kind of cheating you have done in life. Because we use the word cheating in a lot of different ways. As of now I am cheating. I will tell you how. Also Listen to my weekly 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...
Sep 13, 2021•6 min•Ep. 144
I keep talking about continuous learning, but then when someone asks me what are you learning, I might have to think. Do books I read count? Does Articles I read count? What about conversations? Videos.. movies?.. just work…? Listen to my weekly 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 Twi...
Sep 12, 2021•5 min•Ep. 143
There was a time in the past when even short durations could fit in large and meaningful conversations that hang around in your mind even after it is ended. They open up spaces inside us where we can fill in new knowledge and even use that to unlearn some of the things we already know. Listen to my weekly 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/...
Sep 11, 2021•5 min•Ep. 172
There is the creator economy. I am not sure if it is for everyone, but I think everyone should create. Becoming a Creator is not about having a million followers. It is much more personal and valuable than that. Listen to my weekly 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://...
Sep 10, 2021•6 min•Ep. 141
Suspended straight jacket escape is one of the most famous Houdini trick. Yesterday I felt that writing did such a trick for me. It helped me tremendously… to get out of a mental space I was stuck. Not just that I also learned a few things interesting about me. Listen to my weekly 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: htt...
Sep 09, 2021•7 min•Ep. 140
There are feelings that are tough to explain in words. I have such incidents at times. It is weird but I will try to explain it here. or attempt to put it in words. Listen to my weekly 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: https://www.f...
Sep 08, 2021•8 min•Ep. 139
“The world is changing” He shouted… “I know it dammit” I shouted back at him.. “So what are you going to do about it” he wanted an answer as if he was standing at that tip of change. I kept quiet and looked around me… I had to think.. Listen to my weekly 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/penpos...
Sep 07, 2021•5 min•Ep. 138
Is that a long journey…? in 2020 just before the pandemic broke I was at a teacher’s training institute in my home town in Kozhikode, talking to new teachers who were leaving the college that year…. and this was one of the question I had in mind. The Journey to being a teacher is what they had just completed… Now they need to travel to become a facilitator of learning? Listen to my weekly podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https:...
Sep 06, 2021•6 min•Ep. 137
A November Sunday a Novel… around 56 thousand words… completely written in a moving train as part of the daily commute to San Francisco in 30 days in a November in 2011. Not sure if One should call it a Novella instead of a Novel. Listen to my weekly 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/penpositiv...
Sep 05, 2021•7 min•Ep. 136
I read carl Honore’s ‘In Praise of slowness’ sometime in 2011. I read that after I heard one of his TED talks. I can’t say I have consciously practiced that. But years later when I look back, there are elements of me that has had an interesting pace. 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.youtu...
Sep 04, 2021•8 min•Ep. 135
I am a big fan of 30 day challenges. Doing something for 30 days. This can be anything from exercising or walking to cooking or blogging. Anything you can imagine and you can put that into a 30 day challenge format. 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:/...
Sep 03, 2021•6 min•Ep. 134
If there is one thing that I have learned being an agile practitioner for the past 10+ years is that Iterations are so powerful. Not the duration in which you do the iteration. But just the process of iteration. And yes retrospect at the end of it. 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...
Sep 02, 2021•5 min•Ep. 133
Is being honest easy for people. We all know that honesty is the best thing to do and yet there is so much dishonesty in this world. Many cases people even rationalize the action and don’t consider them as dishonest. So is being honest a struggle? 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....
Sep 01, 2021•5 min•Ep. 132
Today as I was driving my son to school, we were listening to the American Life Podcast that narrated the plight of an Afghan family trying to get out of the country. A heart wrenching story explained through the conversation of two people. Listening to that my mind went back more than 4 decades to a time in Iran when I was probably 8 years old. Listen to my new podcast 'The Minimal Agilist' https://anchor.fm/minimalagile . Join our Community of Active Learners: https://www.penpositive.com/ Conn...
Aug 31, 2021•7 min•Ep. 131
