If not people.. which I mentioned in my last post.. What matters to you most at work....? if we had to choose something else... other than people what would that be... I have been thinking about it and lot of things came to my mine... title... power.. money.... purpose..... and so on... I think money is important.. so is purpose... but I am also very clear that most job that is out there and some of what I have personally done all have a very definite purpose..... But there is something else tha...
Nov 28, 2021•6 min•Ep. 220
Work can be enjoyable but work can also be a drudgery... and the fact is that not everyone in this world is privileged to enjoy their work... Some jobs are not humanely enjoyable... So if we need to talk about what makes work enjoyable then we can only do it by acknowledging our privilege to even think that work can be enjoyable... Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Faceb...
Nov 27, 2021•5 min•Ep. 219
How committed are we in our job? How committed should we be? How can we ensure we are committed.. What do you think employers or our team mates or manager thinks of commitment... Are our managers more committed than us because they have a fancier title or higher salaries and have more power in the organization...? What the heck is commitment in a job? Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.c...
Nov 26, 2021•9 min•Ep. 218
You are going for an interview and they ask you why do you want this job? What will your answer be... I am sure we all will have our own answers.... And based on our situation our real answer can be different... I say real answer because not everyone will give the real answer.. they will give the answer that they feel would help them land on the job.. unless they don't care about the job.. they will also give the real answer if they think that cooking up an answer is dishonest.. Connect on Socia...
Nov 25, 2021•9 min•Ep. 217
I have often wondered if the real intention of learning history was met in my case... Well what is the real intention..? I have learned history as a subject throughout my school.... I did not hate it in anyway.. but the way it was taught and what was expected of us was to write exams and get marks... so even if I did not hate it... the process just made it just another subject.. Can I learn now..? Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.you...
Nov 24, 2021•6 min
What do you get when a Philosopher, a Technologist and a Public Policy expert come together? You get 'System Error'... Just wrapped up this interesting book about 'where big tech went wrong and how we can reboot' It is an interesting read written by Stanford Professors Rob Reich, a philosopher, Mehran Sahami, a Technologist and Jeremy Weinstein, a Political scientist.... It is interesting... Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.c...
Nov 23, 2021•6 min•Ep. 215
When pandemic hit we were all in a position of uncertainty and the immediate goal was to ensure how we can make things better for ourselves… what many of us… or at least I did not think was of many other people who were less privileged than me…. I have spoken and written about how I understood privilege… but before that I have been a real prick.. and I regret.. Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https:/...
Nov 22, 2021•6 min•Ep. 214
When pandemic hit we were all in a position of uncertainty and the immediate goal was to ensure how we can make things better for ourselves... what many of us... or at least I did not think was of many other people who were less privileged than me.... I have spoken and written about how I understood privilege... but before that I have been a real prick.. and I regret.. Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter:...
Nov 21, 2021•4 min•Ep. 213
So change is always an interesting aspect and being an Agile professional day in and day out we talk of change.... I think that is one area we keep talking... one thing that has not changed in last few years for me.... this talking about change.... managing change to leading change and so on... but then sometimes things change so fast... nothing big... but quick... Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: htt...
Nov 20, 2021•6 min•Ep. 212
I know it is a cliche... you might have heard it many times over and over that a kind gesture from a total stranger can make your day... But what the heck... if it happens to you, you need to talk about it.. loud.. let people know... the world needs such news... more than ever. 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://twit...
Nov 19, 2021•5 min•Ep. 211
It has been 147 days since I started this project and today is one such day when my mind is blank.... It is not that there is nothing to write.. it is that nothing seems important enough to write... The Journal looks back at me... "should I stay or should I go" it asks me... I stare back.... I murmur "stay back... I need to think..." 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: ...
Nov 18, 2021•4 min•Ep. 210
Dune... I have not read any of the books.. I have never been a great SciFi reader.... So the fact that Dune was releasing did not really excite me... I have to let you know that I have not watched any of Star Wars completely.... I know that some you might not like me for that... But I love Matrix and have watched it more than once.. So why watch Dune...? Why now? Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instag...
Nov 17, 2021•8 min•Ep. 209
Last weekend I saw two movies and I am going to dedicate this and the next episode to those movies. I am not sure if I can call these reviews but more of my experience watching and thoughts that went through my mind watching them. I watched both the movies in the theaters. Today let's talk about Belfast. 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/penpos...
Nov 16, 2021•6 min•Ep. 208
Is dying the same.... before and in this digital age.... When we die we don't exist in the physical world... but digitally our presence is felt... one does not need to pull the album and flip through it to see our pictures... They don't need to do anything to watch our videos... We are there now... digitally... nothing new.. the same old.. but it is us... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...
Nov 15, 2021•7 min•Ep. 207
If we live up to 80 years we would have lived around four thousand weeks. That is true... but I did not think about it till I read Oliver Burkeman's book 'Four Thousand Weeks'.... Time Management for mortals.... The book reminds us about both time and our mortality. 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/penp...
Nov 14, 2021•5 min•Ep. 206
Can we 'Think Uninfluenced'...? what does that even mean...? before you jump into any conclusions... I need to tell you that whether we agree or not, it is very much possible that we are all influenced by many things... I am.. and the funny part is most of the influence I myself am not aware... Then the other question.. should we even Think Uninfluenced..? what benefit does that do...? Isn't thinking itself too much effort... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penposit...
Nov 13, 2021•5 min•Ep. 205
Whether we like it being done to us or not.. we will do it to others... judge other people... Even subconsciously.... Sometimes I feel that this is our way of interacting... We see someone or hear someone and then make a mental picture and start working on that.... then it is all upon them to change our mental picture of them and they don't even know what it is... I sometimes feel that is bit unfair... I have a few experiences myself to share... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request ...
Nov 12, 2021•5 min•Ep. 204
I grew up liking the company of people... always wanting to be around others.... May be that is how I chose sales after college... but I left that profession a few years later... when I moved into management and Agile.... but over the past few years I have become much distant from people... I am not sure but I really don't like being in crowds.... I think it has to do a lot with my internet and social media exposure... and yes the pandemic too... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request...
Nov 11, 2021•4 min•Ep. 203
Yesterday I was watching an Indian movie and in that a person in a running train walks up to the door and tries to open it. When asked she tells that she wanted some fresh air... She cannot open the door and so remains inside. As I was watching it.... I was thinking how dangerous that is and it brought back memories of myself being reckless and foolish. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pe...
Nov 10, 2021•6 min•Ep. 202
Don't we all have our share of madness? I think so... Some of the madness is so common that we think it is the norm... And some we hide though it is so OK... we hide it because we find it uncommon... We have this urge to gel in with the crowd.. to blend into what the world expects of us... to conform.... But I think we should give way for our madness... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pe...
Nov 09, 2021•5 min•Ep. 201
We will never be able to do everything we want....and I get that... I hope you do too... but the bigger problem is saying No to some of the things we want to do.. Remember we spoke about value trade-offs.... Even when we are able to find the value and do the trade off.. there is a point that we miss.. when we decide to say No to doing something.. we might be saying No to it for our whole life.... have you thought about that..? Does that make you feel bad....? Want to be an Active Learner? Now yo...
Nov 08, 2021•6 min•Ep. 199
There was a 2019 book by Marcus Buckingham ‘Nine Lies About Work’ that he had coauthored with Ashley Goodall.. I highly recommend you all to read it…. In fact the Episode 9 of the Penpositive Outclass Podcast was about that… The book again came to my mind recently as I started reading and writing about ‘The Great Resignation’ and the post pandemic work culture in general…. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://...
Nov 07, 2021•6 min•Ep. 198
Two days back as part of the Penpositive Journal on the Penpositive YouTube channel... I did a video on The Great Resignation ... some personal thoughts... I did not have any intention of repeating the same thing here.. but it was interesting to note some comments that came on my Social media Channels and I thought there is more to this than just a video.. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com...
Nov 06, 2021•9 min•Ep. 198
A day can be bad for many reason.. today was one such… today means the day I am writing this blog… I am not sure which day you will read this… May be you will read this on a bad day for you…. I usually don’t have much reasons to feel bad on a day…. it goes on just like another 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://...
Nov 05, 2021•5 min•Ep. 197
‘You need to work on the stronger branch’… I heard this phrase a few days back… I am not sure if I read it or I heard it… Either way I loved it… The context in which I heard it was on career and work… it was talking about identifying the stronger branch among our superiors and ensure that we work on that…. At least that is what I remember… 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/ You...
Nov 04, 2021•9 min•Ep. 196
Does Multitasking work..? or even better… is there any workable multi-tasking… Growing up I have heard two different sides on the Multi-Tasking debate. One was that it is perfectly ok to multitask… because things don’t need to be perfect and the other was obviously.. don’t multi-task.. even Leonardo Da Vinci was not able to do it… then how can you…. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpos...
Nov 03, 2021•6 min•Ep. 195
What choices do we have in our life…? Many…..? Multiple…? But our choices vary… it is tied to who we are.. our privileges… where we live… And so many other factors that impact not just our choices.. but also their availability to us. 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...
Nov 02, 2021•6 min•Ep. 194
“Are you ignorant?”… if someone asks us that, we might get offended. but we all know that we cannot be knowledgable about everything. There are definitely more things in this world that we are ignorant about than what we are knowledgable about… same goes with experiences. 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.co...
Nov 01, 2021•6 min•Ep. 193
In the era of Social Media and cell phone cameras and live streams.. do people fear being exposed. Apparently people’s life taken out of context can also cause trauma. I was thinking about this the other day… When do we feel exposed and why do we fear we might get exposed. 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.c...
Oct 31, 2021•8 min•Ep. 192
I have always considered myself to be low on willpower. And recently the topic of willpower came up in a conversation with friends. Usually I try to change the topic as I personally feel I have less of a willpower and that was my way of coping with that vulnerability. But I guess it depends on how we decide to look at it. 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....
Oct 30, 2021•7 min•Ep. 191
