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Figuring Out with Raj Shamani
Major Rishabh Singh Sambial - former Para Special Forces officer (4 Para SF) and former ADC, aide-de-camp, to the President of India - tells Raj Shamani what life looks like one step away from the head of state. He explains why nobody may touch the President's feet or shake her hand ('you don't know the intentions of the individual'), why the smallest thing he obsesses over is the glass she drinks from, and how a full one-kilometer area is sanitized before she arrives. He breaks down the ADC selection funnel: 20-30 officers shortlisted, five brought to Delhi for fourteen days of daily interviews, one vacancy; the 11-12 page checklist he had to memorize; and the pressure interviews designed to expose your weak subject - his was geopolitics. He contrasts President and Prime Minister security (police versus the SPG), explains why Para SF never does VIP protection, walks through every element of the ADC uniform from the maroon beret to the right-shoulder aiguillette, and relives the 90-day Para SF probation: the 72-hour stress phase with no food, water or sleep, and the diving tank where instructors push you under until you nearly give up. He closes with his four pillars of the military mindset, why he is retiring for his parents, the ADC rule against marrying while serving, and one piece of advice nobody should follow: be practical. FULL COVERAGE: the captions appear to cover the entire episode. All accounts and claims are the guest's own, not independently verified. Sponsor: Porter (title sponsor). Nothing here is professional or security advice.
Figuring Out with Raj Shamani
Host Raj Shamani with Rishabh Jain (Labour Law Advisor) and Anant Ladha (Invest Aaj For Kal) share ten rules for success drawn from their own business and creator journeys. They cover money rules first: why a car is a liability that should never be your goal, the 10x affordability test, and buying assets that fund your liabilities; then career rules: why investing as a full-time student is 'stupid' in their telling, investing for experience instead of wealth, and being clear rather than clever. Business rules follow: not avoiding a space because someone else is in it, hiring people better than you and giving them freedom and challenges, focusing on service over product, and the 3A model - access, awareness, availability - for making a product viral. They close on people rules: relationships as personal growth (including a candid 12th-grade love story), starting to trust strangers despite childhood conditioning, and helping people without expecting returns - give so much that people want to give back. All views and claims are the speakers' own; nothing here is advice. Sponsor: none stated. The conversation is largely in Hindi; some quotes are faithful translations, individually marked. Notes are based on the publisher's audio edition (Figuring Out feed, published June 24, 2022) and cover that audio edition in full - FULL COVERAGE. The YouTube cut of this episode may differ slightly in packaging or ad load.
