I was upset today. Something happened and it got me wound up. As I went about my day I thought to myself “how can this person do this to me?” Then the other part of me started speaking up “whoa, I thought someone wanted to change, to be a better person? What happened to that?”. I was furious and at the same time struggling to understand my feelings and emotions. On one had...
I sat in the meeting room perplexed trying to maintain my composure and make sense of the sketch in the whiteboard. The project plan was flashed across in the screen. I blinked a few times and asked more questions. Some of the people around me looked just as dazed as I was while the leader was trying to make his point and do his best to explain. A whiff of helplessness swept my mind and my body...
Many months ago I was searching for articles on affirmation. I wanted to learn more on the science of affirmation and specifically why do people not affirm or recognise people in the workplace. In fact studies and scores of surveys have shown that one of the fundamental reasons why people leave the workplace is not so much because of the work itself, but because of the boss or supervisor that...
A couple of days back I got an email saying that my hosting site had not been renewed and that my account will be suspended. I didn’t bother to react. When my site finally closed all of a sudden I started to panic. Having restored it back in just a mere 24 hours thought me something really important. I miss writing my thoughts! While waiting for my site to come back up, I went through some...
Note : This is one of those entries where I did write about it but for some reason never got it published. It went missing for sometime but one fine day, I found this in my Day One Journal. This definitely is one of my favourite posts. It takes place just a little over a month after my US trip when I meet Polly for the first time. Glad to have captured it for memories and safekeeping – the...