by Rajan Singh | Jan 12, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
During my BTech days, when my classmates aiming for a Master’s or PhD in the US were slogging hard, the aimless folks like me were taking it easy. I remember often pitying those people, and occasionally, even making fun of them. But very soon, the tables were turned....
by Rajan Singh | Jan 11, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
At McKinsey, the skill I needed the most was not maths. In fact, the most advanced maths I ever used was multiple regression. Surprisingly, even more than ‘problem-solving’, the skill I used the most was ‘articulation’ – writing, explaining, and...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 10, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
When I was in school, I believed that the ‘real life’ would start in college – school was just a prep for it. But during college, I felt that real life will start once I begin working. When I took up my first job in the Indian Police Service (IPS), I got so busy that...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 9, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
I discovered the effectiveness of this note-taking technique during my Civil Services exam preparation. At that time, I barely had 1.5 months for the preliminary exam. So this is what I did – I would read the questions from the question bank one by one, evaluate the...
by Rajan Singh | Jan 8, 2024 | 2024, Newsletter
Wish you a very happy new year. 🙂 You probably want to make 2024 different. But haven’t we tried that in the past? How can this year be different? Here is my simple answer – this time around, avoid the usual traps we keep falling into every year. Just do that, and you...
