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Fun at work - Sashank

Fun at work

Fun can be had in multiple ways and  each person has his own set of things he might call fun. The fun that a stage artist or a sportsman has is invariably conspicuous by its display. Most people spend most of their time at work and it becomes...

Coffee when cold and Coke when hot - Sashank

Coffee when cold and Coke when hot

Have you been a part of those incessant family debates where there is a family member that has not a second thought before swallowing a pill and there is the other that looks at every pill as a small dose of addictive poison? I have heard doctors advise...

Do what you like - Sashank

Do what you like

Too much time is lost trying to please those that matter little. Fact is, those that can become unhappy with you or those that you have to work way too hard on to please, aren’t going to stay happy with you anyway! You are signing up for a...

Candor - Sashank

Candor

If you are honest about your mistakes, you will more than likely learn from them. On the other hand, if you constantly look for ways to cover up your deficiencies, you will never fill them. When a person tries to blame someone or something for his shortcomings in...

It is difficult to be good in this world - Sashank

It is difficult to be good in this world

We have built a world where you assume to receive dishonesty and lack of integrity. When you buy something, your first reaction is to ask for a lower price; you assume that the seller is marking his price up. When your vendor tells you that something takes ‘X’...

calm in anger - Sashank

Calm in anger

Everyone gets angry! It is a very normal human emotion. More importantly, anger can be a trait that can be used for a constructive purpose; it is a tool that should be used purposefully, with focus and in the right proportion. Consider the times and the things that...

Humanizing things and ideas - Sashank

Humanizing things and ideas

Probably one of the most immature human attributes is humanizing non-human things and ideas.  “I love my car.” “I hate this place.” “I do not tolerate anyone questioning my faith.” Some of the more terrible acts result when these non-human objects assume so much humanness that humans themselves...

Lasting change or lasting value - Sashank

Lasting change or lasting value

Lasting change is not terribly difficult to create and can be difficult to reverse. Lasting value is generally difficult to create and is difficult to sustain. What happened the last time you went after change? How did it feel when you created value? What are you focusing on?

Your life matters - Sashank

Your life matters

I write this with a heavy heart. I just learnt that one of my ex-team mates passed away recently. He was a strong technologist who has been in senior technology management for well over a decade. He is in his mid-forties and leaves behind his wife and two...