by Rajan Singh | Sep 12, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
During my consulting days, whenever we felt unclear about what to do next, my panic would start rising. And my instinct would always be to push harder and churn out a few more slides. But thankfully, we would pause, go to the whiteboard, and do a problem-solving...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 11, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Many of us live by default — not by choice. After waking up, we all default to some behaviors, e.g., hanging out with a cup of coffee, going to the gym, scrolling the phone, and so on. Some of these are helpful, some are toxic — but they are very much...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 10, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
The first time I fired a 9mm Browning pistol was at Mussoorie’s Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy. The instructor lined up five of us, 10 yards from the target, and told us to shoot. After five carefully aimed shots, we excitedly went to check the target and found it...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 9, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I came across a video of the Indian Army special forces training, in which the soldiers have to run 100 km, with a 17 kg load. I thought it was borderline impossible but their trainer had a different take on it. In the video, the trainer says, “If we give them a...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 8, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
When I launched my first startup, on the way to my rented office in Mumbai’s Bandra, I would see a house where two retired-looking men would be sitting, listening to vintage Goanese and English songs. Their faces had no joy, no expression. All they had to look...
