Author: vinodnarayan

Living and Working in the San Francisco Bay Area. I work in the Tech industry and have a passion for content creation. As practicing Agile Scrum Master and Coach I work with teams and individuals coaching them in the Agile Scrum Framework. As a Poet, Blogger, Podcaster and video maker I try to not leave any stone unturned in the effort to try out every single passion of mine. And I want the same for others. I am also the Founder of PenPositive a concept conceived to approach life and work with the aim to prepare individuals to excel both in their Passion and their Profession.
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In life there are lot of trips we take and then there is the field trip we took as kids

  Field trips are great fun as a kid and I often see the excitement in our 12 year old when she has one. It might be a trip to the same museum we have gone before, but for kids it is a major event that they start planning well ahead. Today as I took my morning commute a whole class of second graders got … Continue reading In life there are lot of trips we take and then there is the field trip we took as kids

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When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London

If you are in london ever do these things; you will love it. Spend weekends at the banks of Thames drinking beer and going through the several street vendors selling second hand books. The historic town will carry you away into the past and you will become part of what happened there centuries ago. Watch a Shakespeare play in the globe theatre and when you … Continue reading When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London

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The simplest things are often the truest

A while back I had done a Facebook status update that read something like “Man lives his life by creating complex solutions to life’s simple problems”. I was reading an interesting comment in a book “Men are reluctant to accept what they can easily grasp”. People think they are less challenged if they only go with the simple things in life. Somewhere within us is … Continue reading The simplest things are often the truest

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You are not born with a dictionary in your head; but a few thoughts lined up in your heart

Communication is the most powerful tool taught in business and life. A few weeks ago when I took my 4 year old to the doctor, the doctor said that we should teach him more than one language and that helps in IQ. It was interesting to look back and see how I connected with the English language, the one I now mostly use. As a … Continue reading You are not born with a dictionary in your head; but a few thoughts lined up in your heart

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The urge to shout obscenity can be quenched only by doing it; do it, don’t hold back

I have always had an attraction to using bad language but have seen many of my friends who used to do so frequently in normal communications moving away from it as they grew older. Now nearing 40 years I admit that I still use that foul language skills when ever I get a chance. I guess many of the people I know roll their eyes … Continue reading The urge to shout obscenity can be quenched only by doing it; do it, don’t hold back

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