by Rajan Singh | Oct 21, 2022 | 2022, Newsletter
Rousseau said, “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” In this newsletter, I want to talk not about socio-political freedom, but something deeper – the freedom to choose how we live. Today, you live carrying a heavy burden. So do I. This burden is the...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 21, 2022 | Productivity, High-Performance, Flow
Your brain is so powerful that it can store about 1 million gigabytes of memory at any given time [1]. But it can also easily distract you, derail your focus, and sabotage your goals. Why this two-facedness, brain? Turns out, this ability to get distracted by the next...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 21, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
If you have to shoot two birds in the sky, what should you do? If you try to shoot both at the same time, you will shoot in the middle and miss both. The right answer is obvious: Shoot one by one. But if you focus on one of them, won’t the other one fly away. It...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 20, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
A McKinsey colleague once told me a funny yet sad story of this old lady working at a client company. He had to meet her a few times with some data requests. Since she used to always appear busy and overworked, he asked her what her job was. Turns out, she used to...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 19, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
Here is a powerful lesson in focus and getting things done, from an age-old army tactic – ‘bayonet-charge’. During a bayonet charge, army units are trained to scream their war cry like maniacs. Why is that? Because if they attacked silently, the...
