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...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 22, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
When I quit my last job to become an entrepreneur, I could no longer afford my house rent. So I moved into a place with half the rent. Later I moved from Mumbai to Trivandrum, and my rent further went down by two-thirds. Strangely, even though my ‘quality of...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 19, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
At McKinsey, the skill I needed the most was not maths. In fact, the most advanced maths I used was a simple regression. Surprisingly, even more than ‘problem-solving’, the skill I used the most was ‘articulation’ – writing, explaining, and crafting...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 18, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
“You want to change the world? Start by making your bed” – famously spoke Admiral Bill McRaven, the former head of US special operations command. How you start your day is often how your day goes. And how your days go, is how your life goes. So if you want to change...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 9, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
If you ever feel guilty about not figuring out your career path quickly, please take heart – I graduated more than two decades ago, and I still feel like I am just exploring life. Maybe some of us take more time than others. Or maybe we are all like that – I don’t...
