by Rajan Singh | Oct 26, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
If you keep hearing that startup life is about non-stop hustle and working 16 hours a day, rarely sleeping before 2 am, let me assure you – that is total nonsense. Of course, if you choose to go that crazy, nobody can stop you. But there is absolutely no need. I have...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 25, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
One fine morning in 2001, when I was heading the Trivandrum City Police, students from a particular political union in Trivandrum’s University College went on a rampage. But since we were anticipating the violence, we were ready. With a good number of police teams...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 24, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my stint with a private equity firm, we lost hundreds of millions of dollars because of a simple reason: We could not accept the truth when it was unpleasant. One of our investments was in a tech company that was blowing up money from day one. It was impossible...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 23, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Over the years, I have discovered this recipe for simplifying life and getting rid of melodrama. Allow me to share it: 1. Don’t chase goals at the cost of ‘peace of mind.’ 2. Your health comes first – mental and physical. Everything else comes fifth...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 23, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
Conventional wisdom states that, as an entrepreneur, I should be slogging 12-16 hrs a day. Yet, on any given day, I never exceed 4-5 hrs of real work. Of course, I work beyond that as well – e.g., on administrative work, emails, etc. But I don’t do long hours or late...
