Incongruent Thoughts

Incongruent Thoughts

By Kaushik NagarajanEducationSelf-Improvement
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Incongruent Thoughts episodes

  • Ep.13 Accountability, Broadcasts and Confessions

    Join the conversation with our returning guest Jeffrey George, a polymer engineer based in Chicago, IL. We talk about transparency, accountability, trust, relationships, reconciliation, discipleship, the local church and so much more!

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    41 min
  • Ep.12 Workspace Varieties

    Today's conversation was recorded back in September 2020, but still rings true almost half a year later. Hari Santhosh, an IOT Architect based out of Mannheim, Germany chats with us about Offices, co-working spaces, cafes, networking events, work-life balance, ergonomics and so much more.

    Links to stuff we spoke about

    • https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/co-working-too-costly-chennai-startup-offers-go-workspaces-starting-rs-25-101136
    • https://gofloaters.com/ - Chennai based startup that rents out cafes for cheap
    • https://youtu.be/Cf5QcNxdE-c - How to Rock Remote Work by an Atlassian employee

      • Hari's Socials

      https://anchor.fm/hari-santhosh/
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      https://www.linkedin.com/in/hari-santhosh/

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      40 min
    • Ep.11 A time to lose

      Kicking off 2021 with returning guest Johann Koshy, an engineer based in Columbus, Ohio. We pickup our previous conversation on habit building and dive into practical nuances such as,

      • Fat shaming
      • Intermittent fasting
      • The habit loop
      • Habit stacking
      • Routines and rituals
      • The willpower bank

        • PS. This was recorded back in September of 2020. But I don't think our views on this matter has changed since! 

        Stuff we promised to link

        The Social Dilemma (Netflix documentary)- https://youtu.be/uaaC57tcci0
        The video that helped me quite added sugar - https://youtu.be/f_4Q9Iv7_Ao

        Johann Koshy

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        34 min
      • Ep.10 Picture Perfect Parenting

        Nagarajan is a lead construction engineer based in Kuwait and we chat about raising humans, immigrant lifestyle and the role of faith in it all.

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        30 min
      • Ep.9 Mister Mused Medley

        We discuss music with our returning guest Tarun Mamachan who is a self taught multi-instrumentalist, engineer, meme lord and a brother in the faith. We share our journey with music and also discuss a broad range of topics like, 

        • school competitions
        • guitar, keyboard, bass, congo, drums
        • Sheet music vs improv
        • Learning multiple instruments vs specializing in one
        • How to train your kids musically
        • Pride

          • Tarun's Socials

          https://twitter.com/TarunMamachan
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          1 hr 12 min
        • Ep.8 The Art of Selling Yourself

          We chat today with Hari Santhosh, an IOT Architect based out of Mannheim, Germany. Hari and I are close friends and first we met each other while working in the same team as a fresher. He is also a mentor to me in all things related to the Software Industry.

          Our conversation is around the Art of Selling Yourself, effectiveness in job searching endeavors, the broken industry and much more.

          Hari's Socials

          https://anchor.fm/hari-santhosh/
          https://twitter.com/harisanthosh9
          https://www.linkedin.com/in/hari-santhosh/ 

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          42 min
        • Ep.7 Visionaries, Accomplishers and Venn Diagrams

          On this short episode, we differentiate between visionaries and accomplishers and dissect how one may effectively "grab their dreams".

          Walking us through these is our returning guest Joel Raju Mathew, a Purchase Engineer working in Chennai, India who also happens to be a writer, a brother in the faith and fun fact - my roommate from college! 

          We also discuss the importance of ideas, roadmaps, reminders and the daily grind.

          Quotes

          “Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.” – David Allen

          "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." - African Proverb

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          20 min
        • Ep.6 A Primer on Christianese

          Joining us today is Jeffrey George who is a Polymer Engineer working in Chicago, IL. We did our undergrad in the same university and were part of the same campus fellowship. 

          Our conversation is directed around the phrase Christianese! But we also talk about, 

          • theology
          • cliques
          • the Feynman technique
          • intellectual rush
          • analogies

            • PS. Excuse the audio quality fluctuations. We are learning from our mistakes. :)

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            31 min
          • Ep.5 Freelance, Startup or MNC?

            Today's episode is with Hari Santhosh, an IOT Architect who is finishing up his Masters in Industrial Informatics based out of Mannheim, Germany. Hari and I worked in the same team where I joined as a fresher and he has become one of my closest friends and a mentor to me in all things related to Software Engineering. 

            Our conversation primarily revolves around Hobby projects, Freelance, Startups and Corporations and which ones you should work for. But we also touch on topics like,  

            • Apprenticeship 
            • Mentorship 
            • Loyalty 
            • Learning from others 
            • The art of building and selling 

              • Hari's Socials

              https://anchor.fm/hari-santhosh/
              https://twitter.com/harisanthosh9
              https://www.linkedin.com/in/hari-santhosh/

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              35 min
            • Ep.4 Expectations, Honoring and Volunteering

              Our conversation today is with my friend Benjamin Mathew who is currently pursuing his Master of Teaching in Melbourne, Australia. Benji did his undergraduate studies in Engineering with me but switched gears and went on to teach in Asha Kiran Academy in Odisha, India.

              We discuss from a Christian perspective on topics like choosing careers, expectations of others, honoring vs blindly obeying and the benefits of volunteering.

              40 min

            About Incongruent Thoughts

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            This podcast aims to understand diametrically opposed ideas and attempts to reconcile them for the benefit of anyone with ears to hear.