by Rajan Singh | Apr 5, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
At my last job with a private equity firm, we had retreats at some really fancy hotels. At one of them, as part of the ‘evening service,’ the hotel staff would leave an array of small perfume bottles on the bed to help you sleep better. For sure, it felt like luxury....
by Rajan Singh | Apr 4, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
On day 1 of my first job with the Indian Police Service – I was quite useless. I had some theoretical knowledge of law enforcement but I am pretty sure I was good for nothing. But people tolerated me and with time and exposure, I learned. The same thing happened at...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 3, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts, Uncategorized
One of my best managers at McKinsey announced on day-1 of the client engagement, “Guys, let us aim to make it a 9 to 5 engagement – I mean 9 to 5 pm, not 5 am!” We had never been able to do that on any engagement – least of all, on a super-intense, two-week due...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 2, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Should you choose success over health or the other way around? It is a false choice. No job should make us choose between health and success. Without health, there can’t be any success. When we are in good health, we do better work. When we are relaxed, we think...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 29, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Growing up in a strictly middle-class family, we did not have too much money. And it may seem like it put me at a disadvantage. It did not. In fact, I consider my upbringing my biggest luck. Not having money, I knew that whatever I wanted to do in life, I had to do it...
