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EP-425 The safety to be Vulnerable
To be vulnerable needs courage...
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EP-424 Stories that hit us hard
Yes Stories....
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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.
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EP-422 Embracing our Limitedness
How long do we have? How many weeks more? Before we leave this world.
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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.
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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 understand my thoughts are not the same for everyone.
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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.
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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.
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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 fixers. Here is my review
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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.....
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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/
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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
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EP-406 What Agile Certification should I take? - An Agile Positive Podcast
Someone asked this question that came up a few days back. What certification should I take? Sharing some personal thoughts in this regard.
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EP-405 Until August by Gabriel García Márquez - A Book Positive Podcast
Until August is a novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez published posthumously in March 2024. It was released on the 97th anniversary of his birth, March 6th 2024.
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EP-404 Some Self Reflection on Focus and Content Creation
There are two problems I have one is about Focus and the other is about stretching thin. I have not found a solution on that but I am exploring
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EP-403 Van Life by Naomi Grevemberg - A Book Positive Podcast
Sharing another Book Positive podcast and this time it is Van Life by Naomi Grevemberg. A book that helped me learn about Vanlife beyond the idea of romanticizing with it and understanding the commitment and effort needed to lead that life.
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EP-402 Hidden Potential by Adam Grant - A Book Positive Podcast
Sharing another Book Positive podcast and this time it is Adam Grant's book Hidden Potential. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-401 Elon Musk By Walter Issacson - A Book Positive Episode
I have started doing Book introductions in my YouTube channel Book Positive and I will share the audio of those here in the podcast as well. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-400 My Learning Week
Since I made an episode on being uncomfortable last week coincidently I started recognizing my discomforts this week. This opened up so many ways to learn. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-399 Try Being Uncomfortable
Happy new year to all. It has been a while after my last video and this is the first one this year. I want to set the tone for the year and discuss how important I think it is for us to try being uncomfortable. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-398 Scheduled Downtime, Staying Flexible & Expressing Gratitude | Planning the New Year 5/5
Final part of the 5 part series. Today we will discuss Scheduled Downtime, Staying Flexible & Expressing Gratitude. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-397 Personal Development, Healthy Habits & Connections | Planning the New Year 4/5
The 4th part of the 5 part series on New Year planning. Today we touch on three areas Personal Development, Healthy Habits & Connections. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-396 Focusing, Organization and Finances | Planning the New Year 3/5
3rd part of the five part series. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-395 Goals and Action Plans | Planning the New Year 2/5
Second episode on our welcome to the newer. If you are listening on Spotify please share add your thoughts there. If not on Spotify email me your thoughts to penpositive@gmail.com
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EP-394 Selection, Achievements and Improvements | Planning the New Year 1/5
The new year is in a month. There is no magic that will happen on Dec 31. If we need to change anything we have to do it now.
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EP-393 What do I want from my life ?
This is a very important question. What do I want from life? In the podcast I talk about an exercise I started. Here are the questions I mention in the podcast. This is no exhaustive list. Just a few I took up to do my exercise.
- What interests me?
- What makes me happy?
- What makes me unhappy, sad or worthless?
- What I don’t enjoy?
- What do I want from life?
- What is the kind of life I want for the next few years?
- What do I want to achieve professionally?
- What do I want to achieve Personally?

EP-392 We should keep experimenting

EP-391 Things that excite me today

EP-390 Writing and Completing

EP-389 How easily we quit

EP-388 My Audio Books decision

EP-387 Feedbacks, Horror Movies and Reading Books

EP-386 Random things and Kannur Squad

EP-385 A painful memory of abuse

EP-384 The idea of Brunch

EP-383 Gandhi Jayanthi

EP-382 The Agam Band

EP-382 The Creator Movie

EP-381 We are not Separate

EP-380 We are not Brands; We are Human Beings

EP-379 Algorithms and Humans

EP-378 Liberal or Conservative?
