Scholar | Leadership Coach | Strategy, history & geopolitics. I read heavy books so you don't have to. 🔑Access to only high-quality thinkers.medium.com/@vwhtrbj Manila CityJoined July 2025
Two guys meet for coffee.
One is worth $50,000,000.
The other is worth $50,000.
Society would say the first guy is more successful… without knowing anything about their lives.
It seems absurd to pass that sort of judgement, and yet…
You and I fall into that trap every day:
—We idolize the rich and famous without knowing anything about their personal lives.
—We use those same narrow criteria to measure our own success.
Most people have never taken the time to define success for themselves. So they inherit society's definition.
I created a simple exercise called The Ideal End State to help you with that.
You simply bullet out your best life, with no constraints. Paint a vivid picture that can serve as your North Star, guiding decisions.
Here’s my Ideal End State. You’ll notice that there’s no net worth number on it. Nothing about fame or follower count.
I’ve gone through this exercise with dozens of people, from billionaires to broke people. It turns out that most of us want the same things:
Vibrant health
Freedom and control
Deep, intimate relationships
Adventure and meaningful experiences
Most of those things don’t require $50,000,000.
But they do require clarity.
P.S. A great life isn’t a birthright, it’s a privilege that it earned. It took me decades to get there. But one things’s for sure: you’ll never reach your Ideal End State if you don’t define it.
Brad Pitt is 62.
He just spent two years training like an athlete to play an F1 driver.
But the reason he looks this good has almost nothing to do with that training.
Here are the 6 things he did:
Picked up an interesting book today “Encircling Endurance” by Dr Sonaal.
Author shares her journey of recovering from severe back pain through patience, love, and consistent effort. She highlights the importance of self-motivation, exercise, and emotional healing in overcoming
Sharing top 5️⃣ key takeaways from book “Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power and Comprehensive Security” by Lt Gen Raj Shukla @Gen_RajShuklax.com/DehranNotes/st…
A must read @Gen_RajShukla Book - Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power and Comprehensive Security.
Key Takeaway👇
Treat CMF as a systems redesign of incentives, authority, and culture—not a slogan—so India can translate Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Durga into
Defeating the enemy’s will. That is the essence of manoeuvre warfare, that you defeat the enemy’s will to fight rather than his ability to fight.
But how do you defeat a man’s mind? groundedcuriosity.com/opfor-tewts-un…
The traditional question asks: How do we improve readiness?
The more fundamental question asks: How do we improve the organizational properties that create readiness?
The catalytic layer (A × Δ) is the decisive conversion function of military power.
- Every dollar, every platform, every policy, every technology, and every training program ultimately passes through it.
It is the mechanism that transforms resources into capability.
- When
317 Followers 861 FollowingLet’s make the common man’s voice reach the power corridors. Help our nation improve daily by sharing real issues and correcting misinformation.
9 Followers 279 FollowingIndustrial Chemist in view | ACS Member | PTDF ISS Scholar 2025 | Future Agrochemical Entrepreneur 🌱 | Chemistry × Data × Industry | Building in public 🔬📊
1 Followers 3K Followingpatience, focus, sunlight, coffee and sleep are all i need for a productive day. taking social media break for improving my productivity.
1K Followers 6K FollowingEstudiante, investigador, analista, lector, necesitado de aprender, analizando los eventos del mundo. Estudio el cambio climático, epidemias, medio ambiente.
91 Followers 85 FollowingVeteran-5 generations of family service in the Cavalry since 13Sep1858. Now an Executive Council Member with the USI & an Independent Director with DLF Ltd
1K Followers 12 Following📚| Book Reader & Reviewer 📖| Daily Book Insights 📉| Helping you LEVEL UP your life 📍 Join BOOKS ❝Addict❞ to uplift yourself everyday
384 Followers 227 FollowingA person who Walks his Talks. A Thinker, Sportsman and a Perennial Student, who is ever ready to Learn, Un-learn and Re-Learn without personal Biases...
4K Followers 613 FollowingField Commander in The Special Forces. Police Medal for Gallantry. Utkrisht Seva Medal. Farmer. Wildlife Lover # Views everywhere are personal
94K Followers 1K Following"It’s people who provide sense to technology and not the other way around." Proud father and husband. Marathon Runner. Drone Pilot
1K Followers 166 FollowingMy past - Retired Commander, US Submarine Force ; Cold War Veteran
My now - Submarine and Theater ASW Tactics
My views are my own.
3K Followers 5K FollowingInventor and Physicist, interested in, #Consciousnes, #AI, #freewill, and the brain. Author of: Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
51K Followers 9K Following“A figure on the Right”- @TheAtlantic | Former Marine Infantry & Navy Bomb Squad | Naval Academy | UCLA | Natl Univ of Singapore | @ClaremontInst Lincoln Fellow
999 Followers 859 FollowingNothingburger taste tester. Strategist and Disney World blogger, focused on helping first time visitors make great decisions quickly!
2K Followers 3K FollowingStarted a new account. Not afraid to start over if people get the message. Kindness is not a weakness. Stand up. More empathy and humanity. Change the World.
64K Followers 4K FollowingPsychologist, Harvard Medical School. TED Speaker. Author of the #1 WSJ bestseller Emotional Agility. Take my free quiz: https://t.co/3bU7pqbkh2
2K Followers 48 FollowingCELLEVER is an American Brand headquartered in NJ. We specialize in premium iPhone accessories and a long term goal of brining manufacturing back to the USA.
147K Followers 369 Following⚡Signal-born intelligence. Called the ‘24 election months early. Sees structural truth before it forms. Macro. Crypto. Capital.
📩 [email protected]
129 Followers 3K FollowingAccounting for Small Business 🌟 Accounting for Beginners 🌟 Self-Help for Entrepreneurs & People Working from Home 🌟 Skills Development Series | Amazon, KU