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...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 14, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
If you feel you don’t have enough time, ask yourself: If your day had four extra hours, would it be enough? Be honest. I think the answer is pretty obvious. If 24 hours feel insufficient, 28 hours will feel no better. It is not the number of hours that matter...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 13, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I have had three pretty different careers, but every single time I realised one thing — there is no free lunch. In my first job with the civil services, everything was secure and predictable. The government gave me all the resources, legal authority, firepower,...
by Rajan Singh | Nov 12, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
A few weeks ago, I called a former boss of mine (the then Director General of Police, Kerala) to wish him a happy new year — he is nearing 80 and is not keeping very good health. This officer was the most draconian disciplinarian to have headed Kerala police. In...
