Start to learn; New Skills, New Perspectives and New Prospects. Today’s preparation defines our tomorrow. Whether it is about your passion or your profession it is important that you prepare yourself. Take the Agile Scrum Course for Free... Here is Part-1 Join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Website: https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive YouTube: https:/...
Apr 07, 2022•14 min•Ep. 280
Many of you might have probably read about The 10,000 Hour Rule that is closely associated with writer Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers. The principle says that 10,000 hours of “deliberate practice” is needed to become world-class in any field. To give you a sense of the actual passing time. If you spend 2 hours a day you hit this in close to 14 years provided you do it every single day. That sounds like a lot of time for many and they are right. It is a lot of time. Take the Agile Scrum Course ...
Mar 31, 2022•14 min•Ep. 279
Is there one such profession where you keep getting better. I think every profession that we see gives us the opportunities to be better. The question is how we define better. And the fact is that we don’t get better in any profession unless we start doing something about it. Take the Agile Scrum Course for Free... Here is Part-1 Join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtub...
Mar 24, 2022•13 min•Ep. 278
About 20+ years ago as a 20 something young entrepreneur in Bangalore, India; I attended a year long program by Crestcom International (I only did 6 months). It was two full day sessions every month that cost us almost 16000 Indian Rupees for the entire Year. And 16K was a lot of money in India that time. Take the Agile Scrum Course for Free... Here is Part-1 Join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositiv...
Mar 18, 2022•16 min•Ep. 277
Breaking big items into small chunks might be part of our DNA but yet we find it extremely difficult at times. If you are at the dinner table I am sure that is not a problem. But dinner table is not the only place where life asks you to break things down. It can be a very time consuming activity... Take the Agile Scrum Course for Free... Here is Part-1 Join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouT...
Mar 10, 2022•16 min•Ep. 276
There are many people among us who work more than 40 hours a week. And I am not talking of like 41 or 42 hours, but way over that. Let us talk about that.. and at the end a poem.... 'Droplets of Life' Take the Agile Scrum Course for Free... Here is Part-1 Join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vinodnarayan Twitter: htt...
Feb 24, 2022•15 min•Ep. 275
“You need to work in order to get into their Good Books” we have all heard that a few times. It sounds as if people are walking around with two books in their hand. One to write the names of the Good people and one to note the names of bad people. Take the Agile Scrum Course for Free... Here is Part-1 Join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive YouTube: ht...
Feb 17, 2022•16 min•Ep. 274
Today I want to reflect on the past few weeks and talk about things I learn about myself. I will on and off do sessions such as this. You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vinodnarayan Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.fac...
Feb 10, 2022•26 min•Ep. 273
Today I want to share a few thoughts on Work.. and also an interesting poem about work... You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vinodnarayan Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penpositive Blog: https://vinodnar...
Feb 02, 2022•23 min•Ep. 272
This is the first episode after I moved from daily to weekly podcasts. I am yet to find the right format for the weekly format. It is going to be longer than 10 minutes for sure. So today I am planning to go over the 6 ideas I wrote about last week. Please let me know your thoughts. You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube...
Jan 24, 2022•20 min•Ep. 271
I have been podcasting daily for a while now... over 175 days and I think I have got what I wanted and so I am moving my Penpositive Outclass Podcast to a weekly podcast but the Daily Journal on the blog will continue... What did I plan to achieve by podcasting and why am I moving from Daily to Weekly now ? You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram...
Jan 17, 2022•8 min•Ep. 270
Technology can help solve the education problem to a great extend. The reach of online training has opened new avenues to both teach and learn, changing the education landscape tremendously… You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vinodnarayan Twitter: ...
Jan 16, 2022•6 min•Ep. 269
Yesterday we spoke of Transparency and Visibility, but let us look at Transparency in the light of Mistakes, Ignorance and Ethics.. These are just starters for you to think more... You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vinodnarayan Twitter: https://tw...
Jan 15, 2022•7 min•Ep. 268
Visibility is the catch word very often used in the workplace. Often when related to career advancements, appreciations, recognition and promotions. And there are cases where the pursuit for visibility impacts performance of individual team members. These are primarily people whose effort is more on visibility than on performance. You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagra...
Jan 14, 2022•6 min•Ep. 267
I had started reading memoirs very actively sometime last year and I might have mentioned that here as well. I found that to be a good blend of both non fiction and story... A mix of both worlds... Recently I read this interesting book by Nadia Wassef - Shelf life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpo...
Jan 13, 2022•3 min•Ep. 266
Can we think of life without thinking of death..? Or is that what we should do...? People often don't want to think of death.. or speak of it and yet it is something that is for sure to happen.. whether you had a great life or not... We have a life means we will have a death You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https:...
Jan 12, 2022•3 min•Ep. 265
Today is the 264th episode on the podcast but it also marks the 200 continuous days that I have been writing or blogging... As some of you might know this is part of my 365 days writing project... Well that demands a dedicated Double Century Celebration.. You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pe...
Jan 11, 2022•6 min•Ep. 264
There is no question that we live in an interconnected world, but when it comes to change we always think of it happening to us. But in an interconnected world there is no Us as in 'I' or 'me'. There is only us as in 'WE'. Let me explain that a bit. You can read regularly at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ and also join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penposit...
Jan 10, 2022•5 min•Ep. 262
Before the start of this week, On last Sunday evening I took sometime to send message to some of my old business acquaintances, colleagues turned friends and old business connections and then sat down to list a few things, that I look forward to for a Monday at work. You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpo...
Jan 09, 2022•4 min•Ep. 261
When a company looks for a new hire they put in a job description…. The first problem is they put everything in it that it makes so difficult to find a person… Next even if they get people to apply, they want a perfect person…. You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do 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.co...
Jan 08, 2022•5 min•Ep. 260
If someone asks us 'What do you want?...' the question can come out as quite rude based on the situation. But it is one of the most important questions both for an individual and for the team we work in and with the people we work with... You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www....
Jan 07, 2022•4 min•Ep. 259
Today we lost Reyna... I have never had a pet as a kid... And then when my kids insisted... I mean when they kept begging for it for a very long time... we got her.... and now she is gone and it leaves such a big vacuum in our lives.... You can also read at https://penpositiveoutclass.com/ You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: ht...
Jan 06, 2022•9 min•Ep. 259
Sometimes we all get inspired and that inspiration takes us change things.. Do things like they were never done before. I should say some people get inspired.... because I don't think I have been inspired to change things... may be in smaller ways but not that makes significant changes... Here is the TED Talk https://youtu.be/EzZzZ_qpZ4w You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube...
Jan 05, 2022•4 min•Ep. 258
Minnal means lighting in Malayalam language.... My Mother Tongue... So it is lighting speed and the wait for a Malayali Super Hero ended towards the end of 2021 with the releasing of Basil Joseph's entertainer Minnal Murali on Netflix You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive Facebook: https://www.face...
Jan 04, 2022•3 min•Ep. 257
My earliest memories was that of spider man that I used to watch in black and white... not even sure if it was english or farsi... because I watched them while living in Iran in the seventies. You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do 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://vinodna...
Jan 03, 2022•4 min•Ep. 256
The ability to listen is our biggest strength especially at work. It does not matter what stage in the career we are, listening can be our one big asset. And in my years working I have found interesting concepts on the 'art of listening' You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do 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...
Jan 02, 2022•5 min•Ep. 255
Planning is what helps us to do more in the available time we have and save us from surprises that peep from the corner. But there is also a certain adventure with not planning things. A certain love affair with the unknown surprise that makes its way to our life. You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penposit...
Jan 01, 2022•4 min•Ep. 254
How does someone feel complete? On December 31st one more day and you step into a new year. Your one year is complete and you used up another year of your life. Do you feel complete? what does complete mean? Does it mean different things for different people? You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositive F...
Dec 31, 2021•7 min•Ep. 253
We went through 5 things to think and do yesterday.. there is 5 more in my mind.. After this don't ask me if you do all these... not daily but very frequently I keep doing these... But I wanted to capture these here... Don't have to feel stressed and overwhelmed.. but there might be one or two that might resonate with you and that is all my intention here.... It is also a reminder for me on a few things.... You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on ...
Dec 30, 2021•6 min•Ep. 252
Life is like playing cards, we have no choice on the hand being dealt, but we are in control of putting up the best game we can. If I was to put down 10 things to think and do that can fit into an everyday routine... what would they be....? I will do 5 things in this post and the next 5 tomorrow. You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twit...
Dec 29, 2021•7 min•Ep. 251
