About this episode

Mohnish Pabrai engages in a Q&A session with Dakshana Scholars, discussing various themes of learning, belief, and personal development.

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A Session with Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley, Pune, Maharashtra, India on December 26, 2025. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:37) - Breaking the question pattern (00:03:22) - Overcoming hardships through learning; YouTube & Muskan Soni (00:05:41) - Mental models - take a simple idea and take it seriously; Lyndon Johnson (00:09:57) - Upanishads - Your deepest desire is your destiny (00:13:43) - Belief comes before capability; Elon Musk & the reuse of rockets (00:18:18) - Dakshana: Cloned from Anand Kumar's Super 30 (00:30:47) - Robert Caro's books on Lyndon Johnson (00:37:44) - Be a harsh grader while choosing your circle (00:40:46) - Mistakes are a blessing (00:44:04) - Attraction towards the opposite gender is natural (00:47:30) - World changes if you have a burning desire (00:48:21) - Karam Yogi: You cannot make money if you want to make money (00:51:16) – Google The contents of this podcast are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be financial, legal, accounting, tax, or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account…

People in this episode

Host: Mohnish Pabrai

Guest: Dakshana Scholars

Topics covered

• Q&A session
• overcoming hardships
• mental models
• belief and capability
• education
• personal development
• desire and destiny

Keywords

• Mohnish Pabrai
• Dakshana Scholars
• mental models
• Elon Musk
• Lyndon Johnson
• overcoming hardships
• personal development
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dakshana

Places: Pune, Maharashtra

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