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… Read More ›
Life
Say ‘NO’ when you have to; And do it with Confidence
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… Read More ›
The Big Kahuna Final Monologue Text and Video
I always think about The Big Kahuna and this final monologue…… Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me,… Read More ›
The PenPositive New Year Quadrant
Every year when we come to the end of the year there is excitement. Though we know it is just another passing of time based on a model through which we create an order in the world we live, everyone… Read More ›
Reflect, Accept & Correct From professional life to Personal Life
As Human Beings one of our most treasured abilities is that we can (if we want) reflect on what we do and accept the outcome and correct what we feel is not right. But it is not a common act because… Read More ›
Thinking on Your Feet – A Page from Memory
I was in Bangalore a few months back and this is where I started my career years back and felt like going down that memory lane and picking some old episode. I started my career selling computers. We used to buy parts and… Read More ›
A Friend is someone who will show you the mirror without worrying if you will take offense
We all have different ideas about who a friend is, or who we consider to be a friend. I am sure we also do not go to the dictionary to find it out. Because we all are very sure about… Read More ›
The essence of being human is to never leave humanity out of our sight just like we never leave our kids from our sight
A few weeks back I was driving back after going to an Elementary School to judge some literary work by small kids. My 9 year old son was sitting in the car behind me. We were having some father son… Read More ›
How having a Pet is a step closer to Happiness
I grew up without any pets. At least not at home, the only ones I came across were stray dogs and cats while in India which would wander outside and show it’s devotion to the house that gives the meal…. Read More ›
The Reflection Prescription
We all reflect on the past and come out with an array of emotions. All reflections are not conscious and planned. Many of them just happen unknowingly. You see someone or something or hear a song or go to a… Read More ›
Vinod Narayan 