How long do we have? How many weeks more? I read Oliver Burkeman’s 4000 weeks when it came out in 2021, during the pandemic. Yes, from the time we are born and if we were to live till 80 we will have lived a little over 4000 weeks. I turned fifty that year and found that I only had 1500 weeks left. 4000 felt less … Continue reading Our Limitedness
A good part of my early career was as an employer and a startup guy (before I knew there was a concept called Startup). This goes back to 1993 when I graduated with an Electrical Engineering Degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut. Straight from college that is what I did. I started a company with a friend. Then after a few years I went on … Continue reading I have more to talk about my failures than my successes.
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
I have written many times before that I have hardly had Monday Blues… And I am honest, at least nothing serious that I remember of. But to be pragmatic I think that might have happened in the rarest of rare occasions. The reason for Monday Blues devoid work life has to do with three things. The company I work, The people I work with and … Continue reading When You Look forward to Work Everyday
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
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 there were 10 things to think and do that can fit into an everyday routine… what would they be….? It is an interesting question and many would have different answers and here are mine. I totally agree … Continue reading 10 Things for us to Think and Do Everyday
Earlier there was nothing called a resume building process that is tightly coupled with a person’s career. You finish education, get on the first job that comes and then retire from that job. Working for the Government and the private company was nothing different when it comes to the tenure you spend in a place. But then it changed when people started changing the companies … Continue reading Resume Building and Jumping Ships
This was what I learned when I started my professional career, told by someone as the definition for being a professional. Though over my career I have done several things both as if life depended on it and otherwise there was a stark different on the achievements and results. Obviously when my life depended on it the results were much better Why do you end … Continue reading Doing something as your Life depends on it
Response time make and break customer relationships. Not just customer relationships, but any relationships, be it professional or personal. But interestingly all non responses are not because of tight schedule or a because of being busy, sometimes they are intentional. Lack of knowledge on the responding side is a strong reason for non response to questions. A delay is chosen over an “I don’t know”. … Continue reading What is your Response Time?
After around twenty years in my work life I often keep hearing people say that they wished they had a more creative life. They are mostly referring to Artists, singers, movie actors and more who make a living working in the creative sector. I tell them creativity is not just about Arts. Yes! It is true that if you can sing, write, act or play … Continue reading Are you Creative?
Vinod Narayan 