by Rajan Singh | Sep 1, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In my first year at IIT, we had a race — no, not the rat race, but a literal one. We had to pick a humanities course, which was assigned ‘first come, first served.’ Prof Amit Ray’s course on arts/design was the most popular — he gave ‘A’ grades quite...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 31, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
When I left McKinsey to join private equity in India, I was extremely nervous. I knew nothing about investing. All I had learned at b-school and at McKinsey was the theoretical stuff. And now I would have to rub shoulders with the ‘pros.’ Since these people were...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 30, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Many years ago, during a social event, an IPS officer known for obsessive drinking claimed that while serving in the Border Security Force, he had liquor in the deserts of Rajasthan, under the night sky. And that according to him, was the most enjoyable experience man...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 28, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
On Feb 22, 2021, I got an email from Apoorba, a participant from our digital detox program Undistractable (it was then called ‘Reboot’). Apoorba was in the middle of a career crisis. His sales team was shrinking and the sales numbers were crashing. Covid had made it...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 25, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Years ago, my first detox was not from unhealthy food or some bad habit, but from authority and power. Working in the IPS had many good things, but one bad thing was that you get addicted to power and authority. And I could see all the symptoms of addiction. When you...
