25. Manish Raizada (Part 2) and Erin on Food, Family and Friendship

My conversation with Manish continues in this Part 2 episode. Together, we discuss some of the challenges of raising kids these days and Manish shares the two best pieces of advice he received that changed the way he approaches parenting. We then take our time building Manish's equation, which is fantastic because it produces many interesting and insightful discussions around how to put family first, how to set up boundaries around work, why nature is so central to our wellbeing and how food can be a source of creativity and connection.

Manish also talks about the importance of social connection. He totally wows me when he explains how he calculated his future time with a close friend and realized it wasn't nearly enough. As he said to his friend, "If I only get to see you once or twice a year, that is a cosmic rip-off". It's amazing how our priorities can become so clear when we zoom out to a perspective that highlights how short life really is.

In the end, we summarize Manish's equation: 35f + 5W + 3e +4ns + 14fd + (→1)s