Abhishek Mishra

Building Cogniify

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

5/ Three things it taught me: Never think you have too little. If you have a dream, it's in your head for a reason. Determination plus hard work (plus a little luck) is enough.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

Came to the US with $2,000 and a head full of dreams.
Chose a no-name university for the full scholarship. Took a job that paid almost nothing to get my foot in the door.
People see Google, Berkeley, Cogniify and assume a straight line. It was wobbly. Just risk, work, and luck.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

3/ First job paid almost nothing. I took it anyway. It got my foot in the door.
4/ People see Google, Berkeley, Cogniify and assume a straight line. It was wobbly at best. No secret sauce. Risk, work, and a bit of luck, every time.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

In investing run far far away from folks who like to predict.

Predict anything. Not just markets.

It’s a habit.

[Bill Gurley @bgurley]

Remember when "everyone" thought scooters would replace 70% of ride-sharing trips? Guess that didn't happen.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

Tweeting so Elon does not delete my account. Come on man.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

@rohindhar When you say MLS is it resigns be Zillow or some other source ?

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

Not “this” awareness is the real you.
It’s the real consciousness.
Eliminate everything that is “this”.
Eliminate the object.
You arrive at the real you.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

@10kdiver @readwiseio
save thread

[10-K Diver @10kdiver]

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Key lesson 2. As far as possible, we should avoid putting ourselves in situations where a single turn of bad luck could force us to start over from zero.

This was Bob's problem. That's why he took longer than Alice in our example.

[Aswath Damodaran @AswathDamodaran]

Hibernating & working on my 2020 data update, but my first equity risk premium update for the start of 2020 for the S&P 500 is 5.20%, lower than the 5.96% at the start of 2019, but exactly what it was at the start of 2010. https://t.co/wy8WGupZeI

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

On advice. How to?
1. Be friendly: applaud the person for what they do
2. Look @ body language: dropping shoulders, softening eyes, letting breath out
3. Offer support and agree to next steps

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

On advice:
1. Make sure you are being asked for advice
Phrase it: would you be willing to hear some of my ideas or now is not a good time.

2. Be clear on goals
What do you want to know specifically that I can help with. Repeat back

3. Are you qualified

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

On giving advice:
Think any why and why is the person asking
Are you an expert
Do you have qualifications

If not then just listen.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

To take advice from someone is to agree to be influenced by them.

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

Different ways to be rich in 2019:
• being in control of your own time
• working remotely
• having a short commute to work
• having a handle on your burn rate

#algebraofhappiness https://t.co/lWJa1gIUIN

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

Nothing in life is a straight line. Everything is a circle. It a comes back to the starting point. So how are you going to conduct yourself. Hate? Jealousy? Love? Giving? Happy? Sad? You choose it all comes back.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

The only thing 100% certain they will happen to you is death.

[Abhishek Mishra @abhirules]

Experience is the only teacher we have. Talk and reason as much as you want but you can't truly understand something unless you experience it.
#swamivivekananda