Pratyush Mishra

My interest lies in the intersection of Finance, Tech and Analytics | Love Automobiles and sports | Radio show presenter @RadioNagarik965.

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

There is a process that I have used, and still use, to reignite life...

Create two timelines—6 months and 12 months—and list up to five things you dream of having (including, but not limited to, material wants: house, car, clothing, etc.), being (be a great cook, be fluent in Chinese, etc.), and doing (visiting Thailand, tracing your roots overseas, racing ostriches, etc.) in that order.

If you have difficulty identifying what you want in some categories, as most will, consider what you hate or fear in each and write down the opposite.

Do not limit yourself, and do not concern yourself with how these things will be accomplished. For now, it’s unimportant. This is an exercise in reversing repression.

Be sure not to judge or fool yourself. If you really want a Ferrari, don’t put down solving world hunger out of guilt. For some, the dream will be fame, for others fortune or prestige. All people have their vices and insecurities. If something will improve your feeling of self-worth, put it down.

Drawing a blank? In that case, consider these questions:

1) What would you do, day to day, if you had $100 million in the bank?
2) What would make you most excited to wake up in the morning to another day?

Don’t rush—think about it for a few minutes.

If still blocked, fill in the five “doing” spots with the following:

— one place to visit
— one thing to do before you die (a memory of a lifetime)
— one thing to do daily
— one thing to do weekly
— one thing you’ve always wanted to learn

What does “being” entail doing?

Convert each “being” into a “doing” to make it actionable. Identify an action that would characterize this state of being or a task that would mean you had achieved it. People find it easier to brainstorm “being” first, but this column is just a temporary holding spot for “doing” actions.

Here are a few examples:

1) Great cook —> make Christmas dinner without help

2) Fluent in Chinese —> have a five-minute conversation with a Chinese co-worker

Determine three steps for each of the dreams in just the 6-month timeline and take the first step now.

Define three steps for each dream that will get you closer to its actualization.

Set actions—simple, well-defined actions—for now, tomorrow (complete before 11 A.M.) and the day after (again completed before 11 A.M.). Once you have three steps for each of the four goals, complete the three actions in the “now” column.

Do it now. Each should be simple enough to do in five minutes or less. If not, rachet it down. If it’s the middle of the night and you can’t call someone, do something else now, such as send an e-mail, and set the call for first thing tomorrow.

If the next stage is some form of research, get in touch with someone who knows the answer instead of spending too much time in books or online, which can turn into paralysis by analysis.

The best first step, the one I recommend, is finding someone who’s done it and ask for advice on how to do the same.

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Congratulations to Alex and the whole team at MSL. As a sucker for all things speedy (https://t.co/Od1fQoL3FQ), I thought this was an impressive chart:

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

The best ever advice to achieve a long term goal by Tolstoy:

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

@AravSrinivas Would love to try it!!

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

Oil prices are crashing:

Despite supply disruption risks, stimulus in China and Fed rate cuts, oil prices are set to drop below $70 today.

Over the last week alone, oil prices are down nearly 12% from their peak.

Are oil markets pricing-in a recession in 2025?

(a thread)

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

Stock markets around the world are crashing right now, but why?

The answer to this question is the Yen carry trade, a term you'll probably hear many times this week.

So what exactly is the Yen carry trade and why did it cause a market downturn?

A thread to explain:

(1/7)

[Zach Vorhies / Google Whistleblower @Perpetualmaniac]

Crowdstrike Analysis:

It was a NULL pointer from the memory unsafe C++ language.

Since I am a professional C++ programmer, let me decode this stack trace dump for you.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

“F1” film going to be crazy:

>Apple spent $200m+
>Lewis Hamilton producer and advisor
>Hamilton trained Brad Pitt for 3 months to drive (and Pitt will do actual driving)
>Filmed during actual British Grand Prix (F1 allowed filming everywhere, eg paddock

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

Ep. 73 The Vladimir Putin Interview

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

Got recommended @fishwife by bowls_breakfast on IG and I have to say… it’s amazing. Tried the smoked rainbow trout and it’s nothing like the other ones you get at the market. Try it!

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

Rest in peace Charlie!

[CNBC @CNBC]

Charlie Munger, investing genius and Warren Buffett's right-hand man, dies at age 99 https://t.co/4PxqAQllaT

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Small tip as you move along in your career: keep a few memories of the key moments in your professional life. I didn’t do it but was lucky to receive this photo from an old acquaintance. Brought back some fun memories.

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

Uber, why is it that I’m being charged 40 dollars extra for scheduling (an hour) in advance? Absolute ripoff

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

First time listening to the @theallinpod and this is how I know it’s a good one:

1) They have amazing taste in music - they like Telegraph Road
2) Never ask “What do you do?” for as long as you can on the first meet

Taking notes ✍️✍️

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

So UFOs are real? 😱👽

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

@chamath @theallinpod Will we be getting an episode segment on this?

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

@kayosports really got to add Pool and Snooker tourneys. A bit disappointed

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

@FlerlageKev @HighVizAbility @EthanHahnEH @deeVizable Both the brothers submitting resignations. Coincidence? 🤨

[Pratyush Mishra @1eatherman]

@JayDahal Congratulations Jay dai. Best wishes to the Machnet team!