by Rajan Singh | Dec 31, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
A Wharton professor, who taught us valuation, once told this story of Merton Miller, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on the Miller-Modigliani theorem. At that time, our professor was a student at the University of Chicago, where Miller was also...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 30, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
A long time back, I was part of an online group of (supposedly) entrepreneurs and investors. About half the chatter in that group was about crypto but there was zero logic in the discussion. Some day people would exult when Bitcoin went up. On other days, they would...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 27, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
I once was interviewing a professional investor who invests in power plants and infrastructure. But when I asked him “What is 1 kilowatt-hour?” he had no idea. Many people swim in the shallows. They make do by talking about high-level stuff, without really...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 26, 2024 | Productivity, High-Performance, Flow
Ever spent a slow afternoon procrastinating on a tough task? You may think that’s just you being lazy; but have you considered that it could be because you’re a perfectionist? Perfectionism and other such emotional habits are silent saboteurs that drain your focus and...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 26, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
We hear two extreme philosophies of life. One says, “Spend less, own less, and be minimalistic. The other says, “Live it up, enjoy the luxuries, and have fun.” So what should you do? While there can’t be a prescriptive answer, let me lay out a...
