I am also impacted by the layoff. And now #opentowork We all have been hearing of layoffs for a while. Every time I hear that from a company where a friend works, I call them and ask if they are ok. Thankfully none of my friends (that I know) were impacted. But now I am. 😊 This is the second layoff in my career. I don’t know … Continue reading I am also impacted by the layoff
When you try to write on a Sunday what comes to mind is Monday. It is not because one hates Sunday, but there is a part of you that is preparing yourself for the next week. I don’t say that in a dreadful bad way, but more as something we subconsciously get ready for in the background. For those folks whose weekends look exactly the … Continue reading Note-3 Romancing with the unimportance
Yesterday, On a Sunday evening I took sometime to send message to many 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. I have mentioned before in here that I very rarely have Monday blues. And the reason for that is the people I work … Continue reading Planning for a Monday in Office
‘Thinking’ or may be the time to ‘THINK’ is getting scarce now. Our little handheld devices take such a lot of our time. Distractions, incomplete work and jumping from one priority to other, all leave people stressed and overworked. I am just putting the question out there for us to ‘THINK’. If we were to take a 15 minutes or half hour every now and … Continue reading Are people stressed and overworked because they don’t have enough time to ‘THINK’?
The Abundance Loop by Juliana Park talks about the abundance loop in lieu of the scarcity loop. I know there are a lot of Self Help books out there but I was intrigued to read this, because Juliana is a CFA, a Certified Financial Planner. While in India recently, I had a conversation with a friend of mine and we both agreed that one of … Continue reading The Abundance Loop By Juliana Park
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. You might also have read Melinda Gates recently say about the problems of the workaholic culture and the impacts it might have had on diversity. Well it is kind of an irony knowing the fund they … Continue reading How many of you are Workoholic Synonymous?
As an agile coach I always tell my team and those I work with the importance of prioritization. If we prioritize we can contain waste. I believe prioritization is the first step towards going lean. The need to decide what is it that we want to do now. What is it that brings maximum value to what we do. When I was quite young I … Continue reading What my Mom taught me about Prioritization
Nothing matters if you can’t deliver results. It might sound ruthless; but that is the only business truth. And No sob story (however convincing) can replace actual results. You either did it or you did not….. period!! The ‘I Tried.. but..’ argument is the result of not asking help on time. Knowing when to ask help is also a valuable Art. Asking help and collaborating … Continue reading Nothing Matters; But Results.
I know it is more than a month since we have hit 2018. But I think we still have enough time to talk of reading and learning. Last year I did a 50 Book Challenge on Goodreads and closed 2017 with around 54 Books. But this year I decided not to do a challenge. There are two reasons. The challenge at times takes the upper … Continue reading What is your Reading List for 2018?
When I was starting my career someone told me that I have  a problem with ‘NO’. He said I was one of those people who will say ‘Yes’ to everything. He said ‘NO’ is such a powerful word that only people with real purpose can say it. I laughed him off. But the words kept lingering in me. Over time I started looking at how … Continue reading Say ‘NO’ when you have to; And do it with Confidence
Vinod Narayan 