by Rajan Singh | Feb 15, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
I once thought that the biggest harm from digital distraction (e.g., WhatsApp, Instagram, etc.) was the wastage of time. It is like saying that drugs are harmful because they cost money. But if someone gave them free, would they be ok? Time-wastage is the smallest of...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 14, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
An investment banker friend of mine working with Goldman Sachs in New York once told me that in their office gym, you would find people running on the treadmill even past midnight. Being an investment banker is a grueling job – people often work more than 100 hrs a...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 13, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
One way to run 20 km is to just run the first 1 km without worrying about the remaining 19. And then repeat that 19 times. That is how I often run long distances, and I believe, so do a lot of people. What is true for running, is just as true for any challenging goal...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 12, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
One of my past bosses had a very clear metric to evaluate your commitment – how long you sat in the office at night. In fact, he himself used to sit till 9 pm every day. A very hard-working guy he was. Except that when he was transferred out, his successor found that...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 9, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
When I graduated from IIT in 1995, I was expecting to soon figure out my life and my career, and quickly ‘settle down’. I then joined the Indian Police Service, the ultimate platform for ‘settling down’. It was such a stable and predictable job...
