by Rajan Singh | Jul 28, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Whenever my planning has failed, it is because I did it in “Rambo mode.” During my student days, I would sometimes set ridiculous goals, e.g., “study for 18 hours a day, for the next 6 months!” But when I would start the execution, reality...
by Rajan Singh | Jul 25, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I received this email from a young lady suffering from depression and severe weight gain, which is preventing her from socializing and living a normal life. She stays awake at night, sleeps during the day, and is addicted to junk food. She wants to get out of this rut...
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...