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My Zen Path -  Manish Hatwalne

My name is Manish Hatwalne, a techie from India writing about work and life.

My Zen Path features ideas about self-exploration, purposeful work, life, and stories of individuals who personify these.

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  • Nine Years of My Zen Path: Some reflections…
  • Passion and Career
  • Staying motivated…
  • 8 years of My Zen Path: Readers’ favorites
  • Why fit-in, when you can shine!
  • Future-proofing your career: Thrive with proven strategies

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  • Teaching her way – Sunanda Khosla
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    Career Interests Inventory
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    The way we think about work is broken
  • What if I am not good enough?
    What if I am not good enough?

Category: Purpose & Meaning

Navigating your own boat…
Purpose & Meaning

Navigating your own boat…

She was expelled from her school when she was 15,  and her supportive mother told her something valuable – “Every … Continue reading Navigating your own boat…

Living with resilience
Purpose & Meaning

Living with resilience

I have mentioned resilience briefly on My Zen Path earlier, once in What keeps you going? while discussing what helps … Continue reading Living with resilience

Creation, beyond utility
Purpose & Meaning

Creation, beyond utility

Creation for the sake of creation? Will you be able create something only for the sake of creation – just … Continue reading Creation, beyond utility

Rethinking efficiency
Work Better

Rethinking efficiency

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed Anyone in the current work culture doesn’t need to be … Continue reading Rethinking efficiency

Ikigai – Reason for being
Purpose & Meaning

Ikigai – Reason for being

What’s Ikigai? I had written about Ikigai roughly 2.5 years ago in the article How to choose your career here … Continue reading Ikigai – Reason for being

Being creative…
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Being creative…

I wanted to continue on creativity since I had mentioned it in connection with likes in the last article. When … Continue reading Being creative…

Creativity and likes
Work Better

Creativity and likes

Creativity is interesting and puzzling. Moreover, while talking about creativity I am not only referring to artistic pursuits. I believe … Continue reading Creativity and likes

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My Zen Path -  Manish Hatwalne

My name is Manish Hatwalne, a techie from India writing about work and life.

My Zen Path features ideas about self-exploration, purposeful work, life, and stories of individuals who personify these.

Curious? Read further....

Recent Posts

  • My Zen Path’s Top 5 Articles of 2024
  • Nine Years of My Zen Path: Some reflections…
  • Passion and Career
  • Staying motivated…
  • 8 years of My Zen Path: Readers’ favorites
  • Why fit-in, when you can shine!
  • Future-proofing your career: Thrive with proven strategies

Topics

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My Zen Path newsletter delivers insightful stories to its followers once in a month.

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Explore My Zen Path

  • About My Zen Path & Manish
    • Contact
    • Newsletter

My Zen Path Exclusive

  • Teaching her way – Sunanda Khosla
  • He quit his IT job to travel ~ Rohan Sadadekar
  • Walking her own path ~ Sharda Bapat
  • The dancing healer
  • She left her corporate job and started a health food startup
  • Honey, I saved the bees!

Top Posts & Pages

  • Being yourself
    Being yourself
  • Career Interests Inventory
    Career Interests Inventory
  • Finding work-life balance
    Finding work-life balance
  • The way we think about work is broken
    The way we think about work is broken
  • What if I am not good enough?
    What if I am not good enough?
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