Rajdeep Singh

Chartered Accountant, fiction lover

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

Ap chronology samajhiye 😉

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

Insane

[Pankaj @the2ndfloorguy]

i hooked my whoop to my work calendar to find which coworker gives me the most stress 🚨

thanks to fable, I reverse engineered whoop to pull per minute heart rate. nd matched spikes with cal events and attendees

I now have a leaderboard and I think about it daily.

few info masked for obvious reasons ;)

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

😳

[Pratham @CapitalLens_]

An 80-year-old man, Dhaniram Mittal, reportedly pulled off one of the wildest scams ever.

• Created fake govt & car documents
• Sold 1000+ stolen cars using fake papers

But then he went next level…

He allegedly sent a fake government letter to a Haryana judge, forcing him on a 2-month “holiday”

Then…

Dhaniram himself sat in the judge’s seat as a fake judge and granted bail/orders for 2000+ criminals.

Real life is crazier than movies 🤐

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

Colour filter is a good idea

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I broke my phone addiction in 30 days.

• Screen Time down ~70%
• Phone pickups down ~50%

I reclaimed 4 hours 30 minutes per day. That's 1,635 hours across a full year. 68 days of life from a single behavior change.

Here's exactly what I did (save this):

1. Grayscale Mode

Put your phone on Grayscale Mode for the entire day.

Grayscale Mode removes the colors to make your phone immediately less appealing and addicting.

It takes 30 seconds to set up.

If you have an iPhone, follow these steps:

• Settings
• Accessibility
• Display & Text Size
• Color Filters -> On
• Grayscale

Next, create a simple shortcut:

• Settings
• Accessibility
• Accessibility Shortcut
• Color Filters

Now, if you triple-click the side button, you'll be able to toggle it on and off.

For non-iPhone users, you can find instructions​ with a simple search.

I kept my phone on Grayscale at all times and only removed it for specific reasons (like posting something that required me to see the color, looking at photos, etc.).

It made me less interested in grabbing my phone for the random "just checks" during the day.

2. No-Phone Zones

Set specific locations, times, and events where you won't have your phone on you.

I called them No-Phone Zones:

• Downstairs (kitchen, living room)
• Creative flow time (from ~5-8am)
• Family flow time (from ~5-7pm)
• Family gatherings

During these windows, my phone would be in a lock box or in a drawer in my office. If we were out at a family gathering, I would leave it in the car or in my wife's bag where I couldn't feel it.

Specifically listing out these No-Phone Zones had the benefit of making it a clear rule that I could cement in my mind.

Create your list of No-Phone Zones. Write it down if you need to.

3. Strategic Friction

Even with the Grayscale Mode and No-Phone Zones, my phone addiction intervention would have been difficult to execute without this final piece of the puzzle.

Motivation and discipline are never enough when you're trying to crack a deeply entrenched behavior.

There's a theory in cognitive science called Choice Architecture, which is the idea that you can design your environment to make good choices easier and bad choices harder.

Basically, I wanted to add strategic friction to make it much easier to adhere to my rules (and much more difficult to break them).

Three primary ways I did that:

1. I locked my phone in a ​lock box​ during my morning creative flow (5-8am) and evening family flow (5-7pm). It was a timed lock so I couldn’t get it without emailing the company.

2. I left my phone far away from where I was going to be working. If I wanted to get it, I'd have to walk to the other side of the house or down a few flights of stairs to get it.

3. I added really low screen time restrictions to social apps. If I wanted to overuse them, I'd have to keep approving more time, which felt like letting myself down when I did it.

Breaking the addiction is going to be difficult at first. Create strategic friction that helps you stick to the change. Make it difficult to make a bad choice.

The Life Impact

I'm not going to sugarcoat it at all:

This was the single most powerful behavior change I've ever made in terms of the tangible impact and ripple effects on my life.

That is not an exaggeration.

I was more present, less stressed, and able to connect on an entirely different level. In short, I showed up more aligned with how my ideal self would.

My capacity for deep work expanded significantly from simply placing my phone in another room or a lock box.

I got more done, faster, at a higher quality bar. It was like the holy trinity of productivity improvement, with no fancy productivity tool required.

Reviewing the research, this isn't surprising: There is clear ​scientific evidence​ that even having your phone in your pocket or on your desk reduces your cognitive capacity.

I felt happier and less stressed immediately upon making the change.

So, just keeping score...

This was a single, zero cost behavior change that had the net effect of:

• Improving my relationships
• Improving my work
• Improving my happiness

To be completely transparent, just a few days in, the only negative thought I had related to the intervention was simple:

Why didn't I do this sooner?

I hope this is the push you need to make this change in your life.

Start small and stick to it. Aim for a 10-20% screen time reduction week-over-week. Keep yourself accountable with a friend.

Having now gone through it, I can guarantee you'll see and feel the positive impact immediately.

Onward and upward.

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

Overload of AI

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

@ApolloPharmacy - Time taken for billing in your pharmacies is painstakingly high. Inspite of membership I prefer going to other pharmacies just to save time. Need of re-engineering in process.

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

Heights of compatibility 😂

[Aaron @aaronp613]

BREAKING: Apple's Polishing Cloth is confirmed to be compatible with the M3 iPad Air models and the iPad (A16)

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Heartwarming immigrant banking story: The State Bank of Texas is owned and mostly run by Patels.

Poor Indian immigrant Chan Patel comes to Stanford for grad school, becomes a successful hotel entrepreneur. He finds that lenders are unfairly discriminating against Indians & decides to open a bank to solve the gap.

He needed $2M of capital to start, so he crowdfunded from F&F, gave lifelong directorships to everyone who committed $100k (mostly other Patels who still form the board today).

They opened the bank on Black Monday (1987) with a single paid employee (& a bunch of unpaid family members who took bank training courses!). They've never had an unprofitable quarter, & now have $2.7B in assets.

The business is still mostly lending to Indian-Americans in the budget to mid range motels/hotel segment. This is a very large niche - Indians own 60% of the hotels in America, and most of the owners are Patels... AKA the "Patel Motel Cartel"

[Dr Prashant Mishra @drprashantmish6]

Dear Friends
@amitanam is our friend and he is in need of funds to save his life.

Amit Anam wants to raise funds for himself to undergo a lung transplant. ( I am giving his account details so you can directly help him )
Just read his story in Short

Dear friends,

I wanted to share a significant update in my life – I've recently been listed for a lung transplant procedure at DY Patil Hospital Pune (under the team of Dr Sandeep Attawar of KIMS Hyderabad) It's a crucial step toward a healthier future.

I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis (a progressive disease) in Jan 2020, health remained fairly stable for the couple of years due to anti fibrotic drugs and fluctuating dose of steroids.

But the last year and a half have been tough, both mentally and physically.

Most of the time I remained on O2 support, not being able to move around or speak much or enjoy with the family.

As advised, I tried to remain as active as possible to divert my thoughts and attention.

The procedure is costly, painful and very tough, but I want to take a chance and I am prepared for it, as It will give a window of a few more years to live.

I am 5th on the waitlist, I just have to hang on and stay safe till my turn come.

Thank you all for being a part of my journey. I'll keep you updated as this chapter unfolds.

Account Holder Name : AMIT DINESH ANAM
Bank : Axis Bank Bhayli Vadodara
Account number : 921010005728041
IFSC Code : UTIB0004729
Gpay : 9699957899
UPI : amitanam@axisbank

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

@WeekendInvestng @golfer93274208 😂

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Social Bread Indonesia adapted its entrepreneurial shared office space into an online marketplace platform to cater to the widely accepted influencer-driven e-commerce sector in the country, making it accessible to influencers.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

King of Spain at the final day of Wimbledon. This looks great.

Very rare to see this level of tailoring nowadays, even on the wealthy. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great. 🧵

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

India just passed China as the most populous country in the world. Why?

Because of the biggest accident in history

Look at where people live in India. What's that band up north?

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

@ravindra_devv 🤦‍♂️

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

This drone shot of Buenos Aires is INCREDIBLE 🔥

(🎥: Ale Petra)

[चिकित्सक 💉 @dr_Hypertension]

Happy teachers day 😂

[Rajdeep Singh @Rajdeep_11]

@exceldictionary @memdotai mem it

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

THE BEST DEFINITION OF FOCUS https://t.co/Ye1TTldQ8w

[Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 Commentary @RoflGandhi_]

Agencies landing at the Patna Airport.

#BiharPolitics