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Penpositive Podcast
by Vinod Narayan
Penpositive Podcast is an Active Learner’s Journal. A reflection of the multitudes within us. It is about Life, Work and the Life at Work. Hosted by Vinod Narayan, Founder @ PENPOSITIVE.COM, a community of Active Learners. Vinod delves into his learnings on Life and Work from Conversations, Articles, Books, Movies Podcasts and More. Reach him at [email protected] And Connect on FB | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn | Telegram @penpositive
Episodes
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EP-454 Thank You, Teachers by James Patterson - Book Recommendation
On this Teacher's day, Sharing a few thoughts from Thank You, Teachers by James Patterson Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and…
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EP-453 The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga - Book Recommendation
The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga explores a provocative idea: much of our unhappiness comes from living according to other people’s expectations. Drawing on Adlerian psychology, the book asks what might change if we stopped seeking approval, accepted responsibility…
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EP-452 Situation By Angela Duckworth - Book Recommendation
What if changing our lives isn’t always about changing ourselves? In Situated, Angela Duckworth explores how our environment, the people around us, and the situations we create can shape our behavior and choices.In this episode, I share three ideas from the book that stayed with me — about...
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EP-451 Close to Home By Thor Hanson - Book Recommendation
Sharing some thoughts from Close to Home By Thor Hanson Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-450 Wasteland by Oliver Franklin-Wallis - Book Recommendation
Today I want to introduce you to Wasteland, Oliver Franklin-Wallis Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-449 Open To Work - Book Recommendation
Today I want to introduce you to this book Open To Work. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-448 If people hate Mondays, something is broken.
Monday is a beginning. A reset. A fresh page. And yet, for so many people, it feels like something to endure rather than look forward to. Let us talk what we can do. Please email your thoughts to...
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EP-447 Meetings and How we attend them
A lot of our professional life is spent in meetings and some are very exhausting while some feel good. Let us talk what we can do. Please email your thoughts to...
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EP-446 Rethinking Our Mornings and Evenings
When I started seeing my therapist mid last year, the issue I brought into the room was my mornings. And then I found out that it was not just mornings but also evenings. Please email your thoughts to...
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EP-445 Why Some of the Most Important Things Are Invisible
Is all value visible? When does value become invisible? And how long can invisible value keep you going? Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and...
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EP-444 How do office meetings change us as a person ?
Today's journey is through the act of office meetings. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-443 The Idea of a Scrum Master
Today's journey is through the idea of the Scrum Master. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-444 Having a Good attitude for no reason
Today's journey is about having a Good Attitude for no reason. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-445 Why do we feel good about Fridays?
I often wonder why we feel good on a Friday. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-442 Some New Learning on Confidence
Today's journey is through the idea of confidence and some new learnings I had. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-441 Having a Decade View of our Life
Today's journey is through how we look at life in decades. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-440 Our Relationship with work
Today's journey is through our relationships with work. Please email your thoughts to [email protected] and connect with me on LinkedIn:...
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EP-439 Being Authentic
Sometimes it is a coincidence when you end up watching or listening to something that you have been thinking about. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-438 My love hate relationship with AI
As the title says I don't hate AI. I mean AI does not care. It is just that I explore how I should see it. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-437 I don’t know how to do it
We start learning only when we acknowledge we don't know If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-436 A Flash Fiction - Fixing IT
After a long while I wrote a Flash Fiction If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-435 Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey
There was something so profound I read a few days back.. "Freedom... is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey" This is a line from Chinese American poet Bei Dao's poem Accomplices. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me...
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EP-434 Meaningful Work: Goldfishes, Community, Contribution and Challenges
As we look towards meaningful work here are a few things I recently learned from a book If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-433 My journey of recovery and the process
The only person on whom we can experiment is ourselves. Even when we want others to change, the closest person we can work on changing is ourselves. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-432 Bukowski Choices: Learn or Die
Today's episode was inspired by a quote by the poet and novelist Charles Bukowski “Let’ em learn or let’ em die” If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-431 Emotional Intelligence
Today let us talk about Emotional Intelligence. A must sought out skill among managers and leaders in corporate sector If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-430 Growth Mindset
Today let us talk about Growth Mindset. We live in between a world of scarcity and Abundance and Growth mindset is a lot introspective as well. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-429 Managing the Limited Time
Time is a limited commodity and life involves managing it. But what does that mean..? Let us explore If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-428 That Collective Understanding
Sometimes we know it is going to be tough. We know we have a lack of knowledge. We know we have less time. We know the expectations are high. The stakes are high. What do we do ? If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-427 We don't need to like everyone
Do we need to like everyone. We don't need to.. But there are a few things about liking and disliking. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-426 Why do we work ?
And why do you work..? If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to [email protected] Connect on Social Media PenPositive...
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EP-425 The safety to be Vulnerable
To be vulnerable needs courage... If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to [email protected] Connect on Social Media...
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EP-424 Stories that hit us hard
Yes Stories.... If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to [email protected] Connect on Social Media PenPositive YouTube...
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EP-423 What happens most weeks
There are two things that can happen most weeks. One is achievement and other is Learning. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-422 Embracing our Limitedness
How long do we have? How many weeks more? Before we leave this world. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-421 When my daughter came to visit me at work
The other day my daughter came to visit me at work. It was a pleasant experience. She works a few blocks from where I work. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-420 Return To Office | What can Motivate us ?
More and more companies are asking their employees to return to office. There are debates and concerns as leadership and teams try to find the best ways. I want to share with you and explore what are the things that motivate me to go to work in the office everyday. These are my thoughts and I...
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EP-419 Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki | Book Positive
The last book I read in 2024 is an important book that gave me some insights foe 2025. Let me start this year by talking aboit that book. The book is Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-418 How do we define success in our career?
This week‘s question is “How do we define success in our career?” let us travel to explore that a bit further. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-417 The Friction project for Professionals
The Friction Project by Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao is one of the most important books I have read this year and highly recommend to people in the industry who deal with friction at workplace day in day out. It tells us how to identity good friction and bad friction and how we can try being friction...
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EP-416 Why I took a PMP Certification
After many years of doing it, I guess now I am officially certified to do it as well... I wrote my PMP and they have confirmed I passed. But why now.... after so many years being in this profession why a certification now.... Here is why..... If you are listening on Spotify please share add your...
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EP-415 Are you Afraid? I am...
This is something I wrote on LinkedIn as well as Medium. Thought I will try a Spoken word on it. The goal is if you feel like trying something new, Just try it. There are some things in life where waiting is worse than failing If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there.…
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EP-414 What are your long term career goals ?
This is one question that I have seen coming too often now a days. Let me share some thoughts with you. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-413 Is Agile Dead ? - An Agile Positive Podcast
This is one question that I have seen coming too often now a days. Let me share some thoughts with you. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-412 The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean François Marmion - A Book Positive Podcast
The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean François Marmion is the book this episode. Stupidity as explained by some of the smartest people in our world. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-411 What motivated you to get into your current career ?
This episode onwards I am trying something new. I will take up one question and spend time writing about it from my experience and then create this podcast. You can read the article on my website: https://penpositive.com/ If…
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EP-410 Motivation and Stress at work
The questions for today deal with stress and motivation. What motivates you to excel in your job? How do you handle work-related stress? If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-409 Staying Updated on Industry Trends for enhancing your Career
This episode there are two career related questions we will tackle. How do you stay updated on industry trends and changes? and Can you describe a challenging situation you faced at work and how you overcame it? If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on…
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EP-408 Career Goals | Career Success and Inspiration
A new series where every episode I will ask myself a few questions and try to answer them from my experience. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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EP-407 Madonna - A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel - A Book Positive Podcast
Madonna‘s biography by Mary Gabriel is the book in thia episode. I listened to the Audio book here. Here are my thoughts If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to...
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Penpositive Podcast is an Active Learner’s Journal. A reflection of the multitudes within us. It is about Life, Work and the Life at Work. Hosted by Vinod Narayan, Founder @ PENPOSITIVE.COM, a community of Active Learners. Vinod delves into his learnings on Life and Work from Conversations, Articles, Books, Movies Podcasts and More. Reach him at [email protected] And Connect on FB | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn | Telegram @penpositive
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