by Rajan Singh | May 14, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During a video interview, the interviewer asked me this question: What would I do if I did not have any college degrees or any pedigree? Here is my answer: Even if I had nothing else, I would still have Coursera. There was a time when to get a good job, you had to...
by Rajan Singh | May 13, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
The biggest mistake I made in my twenties wasn’t that I lacked focus, ambition, or hard work – none of that. My biggest mistake was that I took life too seriously. I worried about too many things, cared too much about what my bosses thought (including the ones I did...
by Rajan Singh | May 10, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Here is a simple skill that can accelerate your career: Learning to disagree without being disagreeable or putting others on the defensive. When you tell someone, ‘I disagree with you,’ more often than not, it makes them defensive. If people take it as a personal...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
During my IPS training, we were excitedly waiting for the weapons training, imagining how we would be gloriously firing and hitting targets in the firing range. However, here is how the real training happens. First, you are taught the different parts of the weapon....
by Rajan Singh | Apr 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
In my life, I have never craved anything as desperately as I craved admission into IIT. Yet, once I heard my IITJEE rank, I felt absolutely nothing. No euphoria, no joy, no sadness – I just felt totally blank. Sure it was a relief, but I did not celebrate for...