by Rajan Singh | Jul 26, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
One of the most humiliating moments of my life came in 2008, on a day when nobody humiliated me — I did it to myself. At that time, I was working with McKinsey in New York and desperately wanted to move back to India (my family had relocated recently). To find a...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 25, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In 2004, I walked into Mumbai’s Oberoi Hotel for my Wharton MBA admissions interview. I was nervous but once the interview started I got into flow. The interview was smooth, and I had no idea how time flew by until the interviewer thanked me, indicating that the...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 24, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In 2004, I realized that my life-story was going wrong. I had joined the Indian Police Service expecting massive challenge and excitement. And the first five years delivered exactly that — it was like a dream, despite the ups and downs. Yet, after that,...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 21, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my Civil Services training in Mussoorie, an IAS officer conducting a class once asked us, “What are officer-like qualities?” Soon we rattled off a barrage of heroic qualities: Integrity, courage, vision, persuasion, eloquence, teamwork… When the list on...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 20, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
The MBA at Wharton turned my life into a one-pointed quest: Find a summer internship. At any cost. When you are an international student with zero bank balance, do you really have a choice? Further, two things made my desperation worse: 1. Nobody was dying to hire an...
