by Rajan Singh | May 19, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
There are three kinds of jobs: The ‘flatline’ jobs: Here you do the same thing for the same inflation-adjusted salary, all your life. E.g., a mailman sorting parcels. The ‘linear growth’ jobs: Here, you grow at a steady pace. E.g., start as a...
by Rajan Singh | May 16, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
At the beginning of the Ukraine war, Russians were abandoning their tanks at an alarming rate due to breakdowns and technical glitches. On CNN, one American general was asked why. He said that whenever an American tank convoy rests, the crew immediately starts doing...
by Rajan Singh | May 15, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Stress spreads like a contagion. Just one person needs to have it — especially the boss — and soon, everybody around will feel it. Once the boss is snappy and angry, team members get scared and are on the defensive. Everybody’s fight-or-flight system...
by Rajan Singh | May 14, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Focus is binary. When a sharpshooter goes from 100% focus to 50% focus, his score does not decline by 50% but it goes to zero. He misses every target. 50% focus is as good as no focus. And yet, when it comes to our work, we believe that we can make do with half-focus....
by Rajan Singh | May 13, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
You feel you don’t have a story to tell because your life is not exciting? Let me then tell you about Neman Ashraf, a police constable in Pakistan. A few years ago, I came across Neman’s posts on Quora, where he used to write stories about his life, his...
