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...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 7, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
Today, while talking to a friend at Juniper Networks, we got talking about the company’s founder, an IIT Kanpur alumnus. His profile mentions that his dad wanted him to become an IAS officer. But instead, he went for higher studies and ended up building a...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 6, 2022 | LinkedIn Posts
Most small goals in life are like a football match — you can win, but you can also lose. If you are looking to crack a job interview or clear a particular exam, success is not guaranteed. But fortunately, the really big goals in life are like a different kind of...
