Penpositive Podcast

You meet a friend and tell him that a book is so boring and atrociously bad. I am sure next time he is in a library or bookstore and sees the book he will surely stop and pick it up. He will spend more time than ever browsing just to see how bad it is. You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com , And do Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.i...

There might be more that three ways to react to a change; but I like focusing on Three because it is less and who has the time to count beyond Three. Change is inevitable, it does not matter who you are, if you like it or not, it is there and will come to you. We cannot prepare for every change because we do not know the nature of it, but we can be prepared for the eventuality called change....

I think I have spoken about success before... if not I will speak sometime... but most people do... But may be I have always spoken more about failures than about success I guess.. What else can you do if you have to reflect on your own experiences.. I had even written a poetry about success being misspelled... but what made me say this today is because I heard something from a successful actor’s...

On Friday I had to take someone to the emergency... This is not the first time I have gone to an emergency.... Though I don't think I have been taken to emergency before... I have accompanied people... friends.. family... neighbors... Most times I have been just the help driving them there... As I sit there I observe the people You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com ,...

Some time in early Nineties I had read that Money is the worst Motivator, yet businesses all over have been providing monetary incentives to their employees to get work done. Even today salary and perks are the main reason most people people go to work... What would you do if you had all the money in the world is a question some would know an answer to.. but some won't... You can also see that peo...

When we hear contracts we think about things that are binding.. written signed.. locked.... but there are many other places we need a contract... many of these contracts are never written.. they are just understood and agreed upon my people... they exist because we all need to be able to take care of our responsibilities...  You can now join our community of Active Learners at Penpositive.com...

I got my booster shot on Dec 1st... Previously I had received Moderna and so that is what I get as Booster as well.... When I got my Moderna shots people had said that many people felt shivers and were not feeling well... Luckily I did not feel anything much... just a soreness on my arm... And as I write this I still hear news of people who are not ready to get vaccinated.... Connect on Social Med...

This whole idea of being correct kind of confuses me at times. The first question is do we have to be correct always... or just the never ending search for being correct in itself is fine... or just forget about all this and go forward and live your life as you wish.... I mean what does being correct mean...? How correct can we be ? Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pen...

As things open up and companies ask people to come back to work.. or if I decide to take up a role that might demand the same.. how will I feel after spending almost two years working from home... Thinking about it now it will be exciting... Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twitter.com/penpositi...

Let me be very honest... today I really felt like quitting this project... I had a pretty low day when everything I do was staring back at me and asking me for a reason. I think it is not just this one thing... I feel like quitting every thing that I am doing and focussing on just one.... And I am thinking why? Why am I feeling that way today.. Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.insta...

Wealth. made.. inherited... acquired.. lost... House of Gucci takes you through the twists and turns in the family business empire.. based on a book by Sara Gay Forden a true story about the Gucci family.... What money does to people and what lack of it does... Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://t...

Last week I saw the new Will Smith movie… King Richard which tells you the story of Venus and Serena Williams… their family.. Will Smith plays the dad… Planning, preparation and relationships…. that is how I will sum it… A must watch for those who love movies Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/penpositive Twitter: https://twi...

If not people.. which I mentioned in my last post.. What matters to you most at work....? if we had to choose something else... other than people what would that be... I have been thinking about it and lot of things came to my mine... title... power.. money.... purpose..... and so on... I think money is important.. so is purpose... but I am also very clear that most job that is out there and some...

Work can be enjoyable but work can also be a drudgery... and the fact is that not everyone in this world is privileged to enjoy their work... Some jobs are not humanely enjoyable... So if we need to talk about what makes work enjoyable then we can only do it by acknowledging our privilege to even think that work can be enjoyable... Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penp...

How committed are we in our job? How committed should we be? How can we ensure we are committed.. What do you think employers or our team mates or manager thinks of commitment... Are our managers more committed than us because they have a fancier title or higher salaries and have more power in the organization...? What the heck is commitment in a job? Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://ww...

You are going for an interview and they ask you why do you want this job? What will your answer be... I am sure we all will have our own answers.... And based on our situation our real answer can be different... I say real answer because not everyone will give the real answer.. they will give the answer that they feel would help them land on the job.. unless they don't care about the job.. they wi...

I have often wondered if the real intention of learning history was met in my case... Well what is the real intention..? I have learned history as a subject throughout my school.... I did not hate it in anyway.. but the way it was taught and what was expected of us was to write exams and get marks... so even if I did not hate it... the process just made it just another subject.. Can I learn now..?...

What do you get when a Philosopher, a Technologist and a Public Policy expert come together? You get 'System Error'... Just wrapped up this interesting book about 'where big tech went wrong and how we can reboot' It is an interesting read written by Stanford Professors Rob Reich, a philosopher, Mehran Sahami, a Technologist and Jeremy Weinstein, a Political scientist.... It is interesting... Conne...

When pandemic hit we were all in a position of uncertainty and the immediate goal was to ensure how we can make things better for ourselves… what many of us… or at least I did not think was of many other people who were less privileged than me…. I have spoken and written about how I understood privilege… but before that I have been a real prick.. and I regret.. Connect on Social Media: Instagram:...

When pandemic hit we were all in a position of uncertainty and the immediate goal was to ensure how we can make things better for ourselves... what many of us... or at least I did not think was of many other people who were less privileged than me.... I have spoken and written about how I understood privilege... but before that I have been a real prick.. and I regret.. Connect on Social Media: Ins...

So change is always an interesting aspect and being an Agile professional day in and day out we talk of change.... I think that is one area we keep talking... one thing that has not changed in last few years for me.... this talking about change.... managing change to leading change and so on... but then sometimes things change so fast... nothing big... but quick... Connect on Social Media: Instagr...

I know it is a cliche... you might have heard it many times over and over that a kind gesture from a total stranger can make your day... But what the heck... if it happens to you, you need to talk about it.. loud.. let people know... the world needs such news... more than ever. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https...

It has been 147 days since I started this project and today is one such day when my mind is blank.... It is not that there is nothing to write.. it is that nothing seems important enough to write... The Journal looks back at me... "should I stay or should I go" it asks me... I stare back.... I murmur "stay back... I need to think..." Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.pe...

Dune... I have not read any of the books.. I have never been a great SciFi reader.... So the fact that Dune was releasing did not really excite me... I have to let you know that I have not watched any of Star Wars completely.... I know that some you might not like me for that... But I love Matrix and have watched it more than once.. So why watch Dune...? Why now? Want to be an Active Learner? Now...

Last weekend I saw two movies and I am going to dedicate this and the next episode to those movies. I am not sure if I can call these reviews but more of my experience watching and thoughts that went through my mind watching them. I watched both the movies in the theaters. Today let's talk about Belfast. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Soc...