by Rajan Singh | Jun 20, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
On the National Police Academy parade ground, our assistant drill instructor, head constable Ram Singh, would bark at us like he was General Patton. And even a millisecond delay in obeying his command would invite his rage, and the drill sequence would start all over...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 19, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Five years into my first job with the Indian Police Service, I was unsure what to do next — something had changed. In the beginning, everything was just so exciting — nothing like anything I had done earlier. After spending years doing crazy math in the...
by Rajan Singh | Jun 16, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
At age 10, my daughter started taking swimming lessons with a bunch of other kids. But along with those kids in the pool, there was also a grown-up man taking swimming lessons. When I saw him, I smirked and thought, “What is this guy doing here?” – as if he was...
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...
