Penpositive Podcast

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...

We will never be able to do everything we want....and I get that... I hope you do too... but the bigger problem is saying No to some of the things we want to do.. Remember we spoke about value trade-offs.... Even when we are able to find the value and do the trade off.. there is a point that we miss.. when we decide to say No to doing something.. we might be saying No to it for our whole life.......

There was a 2019 book by Marcus Buckingham ‘Nine Lies About Work’ that he had coauthored with Ashley Goodall.. I highly recommend you all to read it…. In fact the Episode 9 of the Penpositive Outclass Podcast was about that… The book again came to my mind recently as I started reading and writing about ‘The Great Resignation’ and the post pandemic work culture in general…. Want to be an Active Lea...

Two days back as part of the Penpositive Journal on the Penpositive YouTube channel... I did a video on The Great Resignation ... some personal thoughts... I did not have any intention of repeating the same thing here.. but it was interesting to note some comments that came on my Social media Channels and I thought there is more to this than just a video..  Want to be an Active Learner? Now y...

A day can be bad for many reason.. today was one such… today means the day I am writing this blog… I am not sure which day you will read this… May be you will read this on a bad day for you…. I usually don’t have much reasons to feel bad on a day…. it goes on just like another day… Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: h...

‘You need to work on the stronger branch’… I heard this phrase a few days back… I am not sure if I read it or I heard it… Either way I loved it… The context in which I heard it was on career and work… it was talking about identifying the stronger branch among our superiors and ensure that we work on that…. At least that is what I remember… Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join...

Does Multitasking work..? or even better… is there any workable multi-tasking… Growing up I have heard two different sides on the Multi-Tasking debate. One was that it is perfectly ok to multitask… because things don’t need to be perfect and the other was obviously.. don’t multi-task.. even Leonardo Da Vinci was not able to do it… then how can you…. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Reques...

What choices do we have in our life…? Many…..? Multiple…? But our choices vary… it is tied to who we are.. our privileges… where we live… And so many other factors that impact not just our choices.. but also their availability to us. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/ YouTube: ht...

“Are you ignorant?”… if someone asks us that, we might get offended. but we all know that we cannot be knowledgable about everything. There are definitely more things in this world that we are ignorant about than what we are knowledgable about… same goes with experiences. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www...

In the era of Social Media and cell phone cameras and live streams.. do people fear being exposed. Apparently people’s life taken out of context can also cause trauma. I was thinking about this the other day… When do we feel exposed and why do we fear we might get exposed. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://ww...

I have always considered myself to be low on willpower. And recently the topic of willpower came up in a conversation with friends. Usually I try to change the topic as I personally feel I have less of a willpower and that was my way of coping with that vulnerability. But I guess it depends on how we decide to look at it. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.co...

Tradeoff is a word I often use… while talking and while writing…. because a lot of what we do is in a way a trade-off. but yesterday I was thinking about Value Tradeoff. Because any Tradeoff is associated with a Value….. or a perception of value.. value gained and value lost…. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https:...

We live at a time when focus is a rare commodity. It is not about focussing on what is difficult to focus.. but even the easier things seem hard to focus. I never needed effort to focus on Movies… I just love them… But that is not the case now. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penpositive/...

Life is not a race or a test to get perfect scores.. It is not a Gymnastics act either.. even though many of us might feel it is at times…. Life does not give you perfect scores. But as human beings we are obsessed with it. I was trying to think if I have ever received perfect scores… And there is a reason to think that way.. And it has to do with the listeners of the Podcast Outclass Podcast Want...

Talking about death is not considered the best thing in most cultures.. but there are many cultures where death is discussed… As mortals I think we all need to think about ourselves on our deathbed and imagine how the world around us should be at that time. How we should feel… and how others would feel… Because there is one thing in our control… if we think about it now.. we might be able to make...

There are times when I question myself…. if I am on the right track…. What we navigate in life is not always black and white and there are so many grey areas. The question is if we are on the right track and it repeats itself. And we need to answer.. but it is not enough to be on the right track. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Medi...

We all have limited time… though when we are young we think otherwise. The first time we hear death or see it we know life will end but we always feel that is a long time in the future. We have time.. And then years later it dawns on us that we have to be thinking otherwise. What happens in between these moments is also life… years of life… Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join...

Tough is always considered better than Weak. I was also taught that anyone can be tough. And I honestly believed that. Till I started thinking otherwise. I believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution… I don’t believe in any other story… but when you look at our human life from a survival of the fittest point of view I always feel it to be very narrow and self centered and not thinking about the larger...

With the Advent of Social Media... everyone seems to be a philosopher... in a one line motivational quote they seem to solve all world problems. Motivational Quotes are a big thing on all major social media.... Even I do it at times... But sometimes it is a bit too much. Want to be an Active Learner? Now you can Request to join www.penpositive.com . Connect on Social Media: Instagram: https://www....