by Rajan Singh | Jun 21, 2024 | 2024, Newsletter
A. THE MYSTERY OF EFFORTLESS SUCCESS In my college days, the people that really annoyed me were the all-India top rankers. These guys beat us by a mile in the entrance exam, even though we tried so hard. But there was one consolation – they surely slogged 18 hours a...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 21, 2024 | 2024, Newsletter
In 1991, I entered the IIT Kanpur campus loaded with confidence and zest. And then, we had our first quiz in which I got a big zero. That too, in Physics – my favorite subject. Sadly, that zero also summarizes my four years at IIT. 😊 By the time I was in my final...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 21, 2024 | 2024, Newsletter
The Shockley Story: A Lesson in Focus William Shockley was on his way to winning the Nobel Prize. But he nearly lost it. And here is why you should care. Shockley, along with two fellow scientists, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, were working on inventing the...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 21, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Chronic worrying is a habit. And like any habit, it can be broken. But let us first understand how this habit is formed. When our brain feels some threat or uncertainty, it creates this dreadful feeling in our head that we call ‘anxiety.’ And we desperately want to...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 20, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
I have been part of two very different recruitments: Drivers in the police force and consultants at McKinsey 🙂 And yet, from both the recruitments, I learned the same lesson – we totally underestimate the role of luck in our life. During my stint with McKinsey, the HR...
