by Rajan Singh | Mar 6, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
One of the small regrets I have in life is that I never did a commando training course. When I finished my IPS training I was very fit and I thought about doing a commando course. And it was very easy for me to do that – I could literally have picked any course and...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 5, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Two of my friends were doing a startup together – both exceptionally smart and good human beings. But unfortunately, their startup did not do well. One of them continued toiling, while the other one quit. Would you say that the guy who quit lacked perseverance? Now...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 4, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During my MBA at Wharton, people told me that consulting is really exciting – you get to solve the hardest business problems! So I joined McKinsey for my summer internship. And I was looking forward to all the excitement of problem-solving. But on my summer project,...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 1, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
When I was working as a consultant with McKinsey, one day, the client walked into our room and said, “Guys, I know you are doing cost-cutting and all. But I want to tell you a story.” He told us that when Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, a movie production company,...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 29, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Every time we switch between tasks, it takes an average of 25 minutes to return to the original task. On top of that, every time you switch tasks, the previous task leaves an attention residue in our brain. And if we keep switching, the attention residue adds up and...