by Rajan Singh | Jul 24, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Long ago, during an evening stroll with a retired VC in New York (from Bessemer), I asked him, “What differentiated your best investments from the others? Could you have seen them coming?” He said, “My best investments were the ones where some team...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 23, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
How does discipline break down? Answer: One exception at a time. But then, how can we be 100% consistent or never make exceptions? That it true — we can’t. However, the real problem is not the imperfection itself, but when we tell ourselves, ‘This...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 22, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Last year, I lost three friends who passed away unexpectedly, including an ex-boss I was close to, whose passing made national news. When you lose friends, it is hard to accept that it is all over. With one of them (Amarnath Raja), I am still unable to accept that he...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 21, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
As a consultant, I have helped companies cut costs. But 3-5 years later, many of these costs come right back up. In fact, most company initiatives work well for a while, and then, regress. The same thing happens to us individually — we build new habits (e.g.,...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 18, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
One of the consultants at McKinsey I worked with, is today leading McKinsey’s digital initiatives. You might say — naturally, an engineer can’t help being an engineer! But this person was NOT an engineer. He was a hardcore Pharma and Lifesciences...
