by Rajan Singh | Nov 21, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Everyone wants to make good money and build a great career. But you CAN’T build a great career if you disrupt your attention every 5 minutes. For our ‘Zen Productivity’ pilot program, we got about 500 applications and found that 50% of us are...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 20, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Early in my startup journey, an IIT/IIM guy reached out to me, wanting to join my startup. And he was simply brilliant. So after a discussion, I made a joining offer, which he accepted. And I was thrilled that we would be building it together! But after a few days, he...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 19, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I became a ‘first-time manager’ on the day 1 of my first job, when I took charge as Assistant Superintendent of Police in Karunagappally, a suburb of Kollam district in Kerala. I had two police inspectors and seven police stations under me. And both my...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 18, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Two days ago, at the breakfast table, my mother told me somewhat gleefully that she had walked for 1 hour and 10 minutes that morning. It was apparently her personal best 🙂 My mother is a bit overweight and not in the best of health. And when she first started...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 17, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
While working with McKinsey, I worked with two types of managers: Type 1: They wanted you to just solve the problem as best as you could. Type 2: They wanted your output (PPT slides) to look exactly like they would have done it. But the problem with the 2nd type was...
