by Rajan Singh | Feb 11, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
“I have too little time” — almost always, this is a lie. I have found that when I work for 5-6 hrs with intense focus, I have no more cognitive capacity left. And this is not an isolated fact. A study of elite musicians (e.g., violinists) revealed...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 10, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
During my MBA, like in many other B-schools, you couldn’t just register for any course you wanted at Wharton — you had to win them in an auction. And naturally, everybody wanted the most sought-after courses from star professors, which cost nearly 10,000...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 7, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
In my consulting days, one of my managers had built a unique personal brand — he loved all-nighters and had an aversion to sleep. He was known as an ‘intense’ person but I soon found that his intensity boiled down to only one thing — staying...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 6, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Unpopular opinion: Knowing how to use AI, by itself, will NOT build you a great career. Here is why. Technology makes you more efficient — no question about it. But when EVERYONE is using the same technology, everybody’s efficiency goes up equally. Result:...
by Rajan Singh | Feb 5, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
When I was in 6th grade, I read an abridged version of Mahatma Gandhi’s “My Experiments with Truth” for a competition organized by our school. And despite my severely limited vocabulary back then, the book’s simple language totally absorbed me....