Penpositive Podcast

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...

Is dying the same.... before and in this digital age.... When we die we don't exist in the physical world... but digitally our presence is felt... one does not need to pull the album and flip through it to see our pictures... They don't need to do anything to watch our videos... We are there now... digitally... nothing new.. the same old.. but it is us... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can...

If we live up to 80 years we would have lived around four thousand weeks. That is true... but I did not think about it till I read Oliver Burkeman's book 'Four Thousand Weeks'.... Time Management for mortals.... The book reminds us about both time and our mortality. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.insta...

Can we 'Think Uninfluenced'...? what does that even mean...? before you jump into any conclusions... I need to tell you that whether we agree or not, it is very much possible that we are all influenced by many things... I am.. and the funny part is most of the influence I myself am not aware... Then the other question.. should we even Think Uninfluenced..? what benefit does that do...? Isn't think...

Whether we like it being done to us or not.. we will do it to others... judge other people... Even subconsciously.... Sometimes I feel that this is our way of interacting... We see someone or hear someone and then make a mental picture and start working on that.... then it is all upon them to change our mental picture of them and they don't even know what it is... I sometimes feel that is bit unfa...

I grew up liking the company of people... always wanting to be around others.... May be that is how I chose sales after college... but I left that profession a few years later... when I moved into management and Agile.... but over the past few years I have become much distant from people... I am not sure but I really don't like being in crowds.... I think it has to do a lot with my internet and so...

Yesterday I was watching an Indian movie and in that a person in a running train walks up to the door and tries to open it. When asked she tells that she wanted some fresh air... She cannot open the door and so remains inside. As I was watching it....  I was thinking how dangerous that is and it brought back memories of myself being reckless and foolish. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you...

Don't we all have our share of madness? I think so... Some of the madness is so common that we think it is the norm... And some we hide though it is so OK... we hide it because we find it uncommon... We have this urge to gel in with the crowd.. to blend into what the world expects of us... to conform.... But I think we should give way for our madness... Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Re...