by Rajan Singh | Jul 31, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Motivation is never the problem — ever. The problem is something else. And here is how I know. When I was determined to clear the Civil Services, I had zero motivation deficit. There was no distraction, no procrastination. In the police service, I have worked 36...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 29, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
A 101-year-old changed my plan for today’s newsletter. I was planning to write about something else until a week ago when I came upon the curious case of retired Navy commander V. Sriramulu. At 101, Commander Sriramulu walks and runs 18 kilometers. He has won many...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 28, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Last month, I had a traumatic experience — I tried to book a cab. I was in this unfamiliar city of Rajkot, and who wants to talk to a taxi company in a new place? So naturally, I thought of the app-based taxi service unicorns, opened my phone, and booked a cab....
by Rajan Singh | Jul 27, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
The best book has not been written. The best ad campaign has not been created. The best painting has not been painted. But who will write the next big book? Or create the next big whatever? The book that beats Harry Potter will probably not be a book about a magic...
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...
