by Rajan Singh | Jan 19, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
A few years ago, a friend volunteered to help me for a few days with my startup. He showed up at my office and after a long discussion, offered to create a detailed execution plan for me. He then left, promising to reconnect in a bit. For the next few hrs, I was...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 18, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my middle school in a small town in Assam, we had a very strict English teacher (Goswami Sir). Kids who couldn’t answer his grammar questions got caned — never a word of encouragement. I am pretty sure that in their mind, our teachers rank-ordered...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 17, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
When my wife was the District Collector, Trivandrum, she was heading 200 odd committees. If the average committee met twice a year, you end up with 400 meetings — i.e., approx two meetings per working day. Yikes! And this does not even count all the other...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 16, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my stint with the Indian Police Service, a top police official once said this to me with immense pride: ‘I only travel to countries where I am not frisked at the airport. I go to Dubai because I am not frisked, but I won’t go to the US or...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 13, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
Last December, a colleague and I were talking to my friend Ashish Chordia, who also doubles up as our startup coach. When we excitedly told him about the new program we were going to create (on journaling), he asked, “How long will it take?” My colleague said, “3-6...
