by Rajan Singh | Aug 31, 2022 | Stress, Anxiety, Depression
A few months ago, I underwent a test for a medical condition that could have potentially shortened my life and also made it very painful. When I got a phone notification from the diagnostic lab that my test results were available for viewing, my heart was pounding,...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 26, 2022 | 2022, Newsletter
I don’t know if you have ever been in a rut but I have. There was this one particular year in school, which I totally whiled away without studying. It was not that I was caught up in some bad habits or delinquent behavior, but somehow, I could just not break my...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 12, 2022 | 2022, Newsletter
When writing this newsletter, the first thing I did was to switch off my phone. Once I let my team know that my phone was off, I now had only one thing to do – write with complete focus. But why am I doing this? Just for productivity? Not really. Productivity is a...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 29, 2022 | 2022, Newsletter
I am doing a 5-course specialization on Coursera and I finished almost 6 weeks’ worth of material in 3-4 days. Impressive, no? Actually, not – in fact, I am regretting it. Initially, I was jotting down the key points and recapping as I learned. But I was in such...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 15, 2022 | 2022, Newsletter
Stuck in a traffic jam or waiting at the airport, what is our unthinking reaction? Most of us pull out our phones and start checking some app. Such mindless actions are what we call habits. These are things we do on autopilot, in response to a trigger (in this case,...
