Tradeoff is a word I often use… while talking and while writing…. because a lot of what we do is in a way a trade-off. but yesterday I was thinking about Value Tradeoff. Because any Tradeoff is associated with a Value….. or a perception of value.. value gained and value lost…. Want to be an Active Learner? 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://twitt...
Oct 29, 2021•10 min•Ep. 190
We live at a time when focus is a rare commodity. It is not about focussing on what is difficult to focus.. but even the easier things seem hard to focus. I never needed effort to focus on Movies… I just love them… But that is not the case now. Want to be an Active Learner? 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: http...
Oct 28, 2021•7 min•Ep. 189
Life is not a race or a test to get perfect scores.. It is not a Gymnastics act either.. even though many of us might feel it is at times…. Life does not give you perfect scores. But as human beings we are obsessed with it. I was trying to think if I have ever received perfect scores… And there is a reason to think that way.. And it has to do with the listeners of the Podcast Outclass Podcast Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media:...
Oct 27, 2021•9 min•Ep. 188
Talking about death is not considered the best thing in most cultures.. but there are many cultures where death is discussed… As mortals I think we all need to think about ourselves on our deathbed and imagine how the world around us should be at that time. How we should feel… and how others would feel… Because there is one thing in our control… if we think about it now.. we might be able to make it the way we want. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . ...
Oct 26, 2021•6 min•Ep. 187
There are times when I question myself…. if I am on the right track…. What we navigate in life is not always black and white and there are so many grey areas. The question is if we are on the right track and it repeats itself. And we need to answer.. but it is not enough to be on the right track. Want to be an Active Learner? 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 Tw...
Oct 25, 2021•6 min•Ep. 186
We all have limited time… though when we are young we think otherwise. The first time we hear death or see it we know life will end but we always feel that is a long time in the future. We have time.. And then years later it dawns on us that we have to be thinking otherwise. What happens in between these moments is also life… years of life… Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ Yo...
Oct 24, 2021•7 min•Ep. 185
Tough is always considered better than Weak. I was also taught that anyone can be tough. And I honestly believed that. Till I started thinking otherwise. I believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution… I don’t believe in any other story… but when you look at our human life from a survival of the fittest point of view I always feel it to be very narrow and self centered and not thinking about the larger community. So Toughness has many layers for me. We are on a 4 day Quote Analysis process… and today...
Oct 23, 2021•9 min•Ep. 184
With the Advent of Social Media... everyone seems to be a philosopher... in a one line motivational quote they seem to solve all world problems. Motivational Quotes are a big thing on all major social media.... Even I do it at times... But sometimes it is a bit too much. Want to be an Active Learner? 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...
Oct 22, 2021•7 min•Ep. 183
It is October and in just over two months we will be getting into a new year and a week before that we will all be flooded by New Year Resolutions and how the year was and how the coming year is going to be and so on. But the question is why should we wait for the New Year to come? I mean for making resolutions to be precise... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https:...
Oct 21, 2021•8 min•Ep. 182
I really loved my daily commute which started at the end of December 2010 and continued till August of 2012. I used to commute for 2 hours daily back and forth to office. And I loved it. No I am honest… I loved it.. Why…? Want to be an Active Learner? 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/pe...
Oct 20, 2021•8 min•Ep. 181
Pandemic was a time when many people who had not done remote work started doing it. I was someone who had experienced remote work for several years in my career. But that did not matter because it was different now. Want to be an Active Learner? 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/penposit...
Oct 19, 2021•7 min•Ep. 180
When I look back at life that has passed, I often wonder if there is any event or moment that I want to relive. I have never got an answer. There are places I surely don’t want to go back again.. but relive? I don’t know…. to be honest… Want to be an Active Learner? 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....
Oct 18, 2021•6 min•Ep. 179
When I was a student I never knew about the word ‘ unlearning ‘. Even the other day when I posted about unlearning, someone asked if that was a real word. We live in a time when unlearning has become so important than even learning. And why is that? Want to be an Active Learner? 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:...
Oct 17, 2021•8 min•Ep. 178
I started working for the first time in a large corporation 5 months shy of my 40th birthday. Spending 17 years in the Tech field working in small companies and unsuccessfully running my own ventures. Finally there comes a first day at work kind of experience after 17 years of working. Want to be an Active Learner? 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: http...
Oct 16, 2021•9 min•Ep. 177
In 2010 I was at a crossroad with a mounting debt, no clear idea of a possible career even after spending 17 years in an Industry that has been booming all the while. In short I did not know what skill of mine can be sold or projected as being employable. Want to be an Active Learner? 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 Fac...
Oct 15, 2021•7 min•Ep. 176
There are decisions we take in our life that can cost us either immediately or in the long run. I have experimented a lot with my career and also made decisions and if I look back it has had its impact. I think it would be nice to reflect back. There is a price…. Want to be an Active Learner? 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/penposi...
Oct 14, 2021•9 min•Ep. 175
Find a way to get paid for your passion and you will not work for another day. That is what I have heard over and over again. You must have too… And magically your Passion and work becomes one and the same. How beautiful is that. Definitely worth trying. I have tried and failed.. not once but twice. Want to be an Active Learner? 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...
Oct 13, 2021•10 min•Ep. 174
Work is the biggest part of our waking hour. For some folks the sleeping hour is so minuscule that work is all they have in their life. So Why do we work? Next few days I want to share with you some personal thoughts about work every day. Want to be an Active Learner? 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://ww...
Oct 12, 2021•9 min•Ep. 173
One should learn from failures they say... true but my problem is choosing from all those failures in life. But even more my problem is I have kept on repeating a few things with out any attempt of learning anything. Why would that be? Want to be an Active Learner? 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.f...
Oct 11, 2021•6 min•Ep. 172
After 100+ days of writing and daily podcasting, I have started thinking about style. Is that something we develop? Should one be bothered much about it. If we are trying to publish something yes. But if you look at it as a Journal should style matter. Can we manufacture style in journaling. Will that not be like fighting what is natural? Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouT...
Oct 10, 2021•6 min•Ep. 171
It was last year… as the world was amidst the pandemic.. deaths mounting… no end in sight.. No news of vaccine.. at least for the common people like me. When hope was scarce, I got to witness an act of honesty. from a total stranger. Want to be an Active Learner? 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.fac...
Oct 09, 2021•8 min•Ep. 170
The first time heard about the sunk cost fallacy, I felt like quitting every crap I was doing then. To be honest it felt like I was in this never ending journey and the things that I dread repeating itself. But that was a few years ago.. And Yes I quit what I was doing then. 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: htt...
Oct 08, 2021•10 min•Ep. 169
The excitement of joining a new company might have changed a bit I feel. During the past one and a half years most people who joined across the various levels of the corporate machinery must have joined remotely and started delivering value in a remote setting. It is both interesting and challenging. 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...
Oct 07, 2021•6 min•Ep. 168
We all know that machines and software can stop working.. we humans also slow down and stop working.. But machines and software get fixed faster than we humans do. In the present time if machines and software go down humans are impacted more than ever. 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/p...
Oct 06, 2021•8 min•Ep. 167
How should a homework conversation with your kid go. What are the things one should keep in mind as a parent? What questions should we ask kids? Is there even a need for such a conversation? Well, to be honest I have no clue if there is a ‘one size fits all’ answer to these questions. At least I have not seen one. All grown up by 20. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpos...
Oct 05, 2021•6 min•Ep. 166
Kids don’t get their driving license till they are a certain age. They are not allowed to drink or smoke. There are restrictions that the system puts on them. Even when they start driving the insurance costs are so high because the system considers kids to be high risk drivers. And yet we sometimes want our kids to act like they have figured it all. All grown up by 20. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ You...
Oct 04, 2021•5 min•Ep. 165
Whenever you ask people how the day was, they say Busy... Busy Busy and I wonder... is it really busy. Do people feel happy or unhappy when they are busy. 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/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@vinodnarayan...
Oct 03, 2021•6 min•Ep. 164
Today Marks the 100 days, I have been writing every single day and it feels good. Thought I will take some day to reflect on this and also see where it should take from here. 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/ Clubhouse: https://clubhouse.com/@v...
Oct 02, 2021•7 min•Ep. 163
The beauty and satisfaction of working as an Agile Practitioner is that even while there is so much chaos around you, very often you stumble upon a new way of doing things that adds value to the team. 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/ Clubhouse...
Oct 01, 2021•7 min•Ep. 162
Active Learning is a process I define as a very engaging intentional focussed form of learning which then would manifest in such a way that every act of consumption will result in some form of learning. In my opinion this becomes ever more important in current times when mindless content consumption can drain us all the beauty of life and that content fatigue becomes a never ending process. Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagra...
Sep 30, 2021•7 min•Ep. 161
