by Rajan Singh | Sep 26, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During my childhood, since my father was in the armed forces, I ended up moving cities and schools a few times. And whenever I started a new school, I noticed an interesting phenomenon. In the first few days of a class, if I raised my hand to answer a question, I kept...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 25, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
You need a non-zero failure rate. And here is an experience of mine to prove that. In the second year of my MBA, as I was selecting my courses, I was faced with two options: Option A: Take a quant course that I could easily ace. Option B: Take up a course on...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 24, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During my MBA, a college classmate visited us in Philadelphia. He seemed happily settled in the US, doing a conventional tech job at a bank, drawing a $90k salary. His was a predictable job, with no growth prospects. Every year, his salary would go up by a few...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 23, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Years ago, we visited my wife’s aunt in California. When we opened her fridge door, it felt like the whole world came tumbling out – it was so jampacked. And that was not it – they had another industrial-scale freezer in their garage which was just as packed. In fact,...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 20, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
If you have ever been in a rut, you know what it feels like — nothing is satisfactory, yet nothing changes. Life is unhappy. Days just go by and nothing much gets done. You set goals and resolve to change ‘tomorrow,’ but alas, ‘tomorrow’...
