by Rajan Singh | Mar 12, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
My friend Vinod Thomas recently told me that while I keep talking about doing 25-minute focus sprints (pomodoros), even focusing intensely for 5 minutes is hard. And Vinod is one of the smartest people I know. So is 25 min of focus feasible or is it just a myth? The...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 11, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Your sanity is under threat from the zillion WhatsApp groups that everyone seems to be a part of. These WhatsApp groups are for all and sundry — folks from school, college, work, close relatives, distant relatives, extraterrestrials… and so on. Honestly,...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 10, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
A while ago, I was talking to a friend who once led a top-tier Indian university. One day, a psychologically distressed student came to him and somberly said, “I am 25. At my age, Mark Zuckerberg was already a billionaire. And what have I achieved? I am nowhere...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 7, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Yesterday, I asked my colleagues — “Which app do you find most distracting or addicted to?” And I heard a surprising answer: Swiggy. One team member candidly admitted that around 12:30 pm, when the Swiggy offers start pouring in, she can’t help...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 6, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
If you want to have unwavering focus but have struggled to achieve it, this Buddhist story has an answer. Once a king gave one of his subjects a challenge. He said, “You have to walk around the palace carrying a bucket full of hot oil on your head, with one...
