by Rajan Singh | Sep 10, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
The first time I fired a 9mm Browning pistol was at Mussoorie’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy. The instructor lined up five of us, 10 yards from the target, and told us to shoot. After five carefully aimed shots, we excitedly went to check the target and found it...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 9, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I came across a video of the Indian Army special forces training, in which the soldiers have to run 100 km, with a 17 kg load. I thought it was borderline impossible but their trainer had a different take on it. In the video, the trainer says, “If we give them a...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 8, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
When I launched my first startup, on the way to my rented office in Mumbai’s Bandra, I would see a house where two retired-looking men would be sitting, listening to vintage Goanese and English songs. Their faces had no joy, no expression. All they had to look...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 5, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
The most effective tool for learning is also the most overlooked — taking notes. We often assume that we should take notes so we can refer to them later. That is NOT the best reason, especially in today’s age when ChatGPT can summarize things and digital...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 4, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
During my MBA program, I became a student consultant for local businesses in Pennsylvania, as part of a University-run initiative. And like most of my fellow student consultants, I was pretty useless. Here is why. The program implicitly assumed that if you throw a...
