by Rajan Singh | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the summer of 2006, someone at McKinsey sent an email asking for a laptop to be sent to Sweden. But instead of copying the recipient, by mistake, the sender copied all the consultants in US and Canada — thousands of them. Naturally, one guy did a reply-all,...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 25, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
If you follow the ‘zero inbox’ philosophy for email, I have some bad news for you. Zero inbox is great in theory but in practice, it fails. Here is why. When you go zero inbox, by replying to emails, you throw the ball back in someone else’s court....
by Rajan Singh | Sep 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
For a long time, I had this habit of replying before people had even completed their question. Maybe, I subconsciously wanted to impress them with my rapid response. Or maybe, I was just impatient. Regardless, this is a terrible habit. When people are talking, the...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 23, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I was once recording a video talk for a TED-like online platform. When I was preparing the script, the organizer asked, “Can you insert some struggle in this part of the video? We want it to really motivate our audience!” I told him that I did not have any...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 22, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
During my policing career, when interacting with very poor people, I would often notice an attitude of helplessness and resignation. Life had probably battered them so much that they felt that nothing they did mattered. Martin Seligman, a renowned psychologist, called...
