by Rajan Singh | Oct 13, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
Years ago, when I was a civil servant, a young IPS officer was briefly posted under me for training. A sensitive guy, he was struggling with some mental health issues. Unfortunately, his anxiety got aggravated, resulting in a near breakdown. A few days later, I...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 12, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
We often hear, ‘Don’t pick a job just for the salary.’ But if not salary, then what? Typically, the answer is – role, company culture, growth opportunities, brand, etc. And admittedly, all these things have serious merit. However, in my...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 11, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
I first read the book ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’, more than a decade ago. Since my wife was raving about the book, I got curious about all the hullabaloo. When I read the book, I found it stunningly disappointing. No storyline, no hero or villain, no suspense...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 10, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
During a leadership training at McKinsey in Chicago, we were split into teams and given a task: From cardboard kits for building toy planes, we had to build the most number of planes in a given time. We thought it was a fun team-building exercise. The plane assembly...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 7, 2022 | 2022, Newsletter
I recently read ‘The Attention Revolution,’ a book by Alan Wallace, in which he guides you through 10 stages of tranquility meditation leading to such mastery that you meditate for up to 4 hrs, with practically zero distractions. Even if we can reach the first 3 or 4...
