by Rajan Singh | Apr 24, 2023 | 2023, Newsletter
Whether it is making a presentation, talking to our boss, or socializing after work, some of us experience a serious lack of confidence or anxiety. We anticipate that we will fumble, make a mistake or do a really bad job. And when we are afraid of making a fool of...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 24, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
After my father dropped me off at the IIT Kanpur hostel, for the next 4 years, my parents did not even once ask about my grades. Nor did they bother about my career plans, until one day I told them that I would be joining the IPS. And when I quit the IPS, they were...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 21, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Early in my tenure at McKinsey, I once committed a terrifying blunder. In those days, every BlackBerry notification would make us stop all work and check our email. Superfast email response was fast becoming a religion. But one day, due to some technical glitch, my...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 20, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
I was racing a 2:30 am deadline to submit my Wharton MBA application in Round 1. Post midnight, in the frantic rush, as I was giving the final touches to my application, the Microsoft Word document crashed. When I tried recovering the changes, I messed up and lost all...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 19, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
On the top floor of my building, lived my friend and junior from IPS and IIT – Sunil Asnani. In the evenings, we would often hang out on the rooftop, talking about his plan to quit the IPS and do an MBA from a US business school. The plan sounded crazy —...
