by Rajan Singh | Nov 4, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
A bag is heavy only if we carry it on our shoulders. If we put it down, it has no weight at all. Most of our mental worries are baggage our mind can’t put down. That is also why we become so busy and overwhelmed. It is not the length of our to-do list but the...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 3, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
A decade ago, while running on Marine Drive in Mumbai, I saw a somewhat familiar face. But because of his sunglasses, I couldn’t place him. I then saw that the guy running next to him was a cop (the bulge of a pistol in his jacket gave it away). Since he was...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 2, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
If you visit the Trivandrum Zoo, you will see a name on a granite stone in front of each enclosure. And no, it is not what you think – it is the name of the politician who inaugurated the enclosure. This means each enclosure was inaugurated with fanfare and the...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 1, 2022 | Productivity, High-Performance, Flow
Whenever I sit down to prepare an expense report, my brain presents me with a list of several other urgent things that I need to do, and I struggle to maintain focus. In fact, I’ve noticed this surge of distracting thoughts whenever I start working on something that I...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 1, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
During my training with the Indian Police Service, we were taught how to hit with a club/lathi during lathicharge, in a step by step, almost comical manner. Interestingly, this training answered a question I always had: Why do humans keep doing stupid and outdated...
