by Rajan Singh | Jun 16, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Panwali was going to be our Waterloo, we were warned. This was a part of the 9-day trek during our Civil Services training that included a near-vertical climb of 2 km in the Panwali mountain range. In the words of our Physical Training Instructor, “Panwali ki chadhai,...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 15, 2023 | Productivity, High-Performance, Flow
We all know how it is. You’re diligently working on a project, and then out of nowhere, the Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) strikes. Suddenly, you’re checking your social media feeds, feeling envious of everyone else’s adventures, successes, and even...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 15, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In a semiconductor course tutorial at IIT Kanpur, Prof. Aloke Dutta pointed at me and said, “Please come and explain the functioning of an NPN transistor.” As I sprang to my feet and walked up to the blackboard, my friend Ashish Agrawal was gaping at me: The task was...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 14, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In one of my McKinsey projects, every Friday, sharp at 5:30 pm, our engagement manager would pack up and vanish while the rest of us kept slogging till late in the night. And for the next 24 hrs, he was unreachable even if the world melted down. What was the mystery...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 13, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
There are two people I knew, who tragically died of cancer — one somewhat recently. One was a professor and another was doing some research study. And in both cases, they kept working nearly till the end. Why did they do that instead of taking it easy? My...
