Author Archives: Konrad

Its that simple. If you do something that no-one wants, its not valuable. It doesn’t matter if you think the solution is better than everything out there. If you show it to people and they don’t want it. You will fail. And the more people want what you have, the more valuable it is. Sure,…More

I just finished listening to “Under the Banner of Heaven” which tells the story of the Mormon church through the lens of Dan Lafferty’s story. He believed that God told him to kill his sister in law and her daughter. Aka: He didn’t like her because she encouraged his wife to leave him because he…More

This is only true if I’m not letting it happen every weekend. 1. Being immersed in a virtual world helps with imagining new scenarios and solutions to problems that I’m facing on a daily basis. 2. Not having to actively think for a few hours allows my brain to rest and then I am much…More

I barely read real books anymore. I can’t concentrate on them. I have nearly 3 hours a day to listen to audio books but nearly no time to actually sit down and read. 1 hour while working out. 2 hours while commuting. In contrast, whenever I have a free moment that I could sit down…More

Whether they are startups or more traditional small businesses. We ended up covering: 1. Balancing staff and founder time commitments – How to do trial based hiring – Holding contests for hiring – How to choose which work to delegate 2. The Cultural Evolution of US Businesses – Balanced scorecard and the move past profit…More

Last week I took the hermits route. From Monday morning until Saturday morning I essential put my head down and worked. I didn’t socialize much and spent a lot of time on focused tasks. On Saturday my brain exploded with ideas. During the course of a 12 hour excursion that started at MOMA and ended…More

So don’t use that fact as an excuse to not do the exciting things. If you don’t put the responsibilities to the side occasionally you’ll die having done nothing interesting. Don’t put off the fun until retirement. Have fun now. ^Day 222/90 51 wordsMore

Last night I had worked all day, putting in a total of 8 hours of clocked in time, which means more like 12 hours of at desk time. I had an hour until the time I wanted to sleep and figured I’d watch an episode of Season 2 of Amazon’s The Man in the High…More

Its a common objection to the all the work that goes into being healthy. The calorie counting, diet watching, non-sugar eating, exercising just isn’t worth it. Even if you live a perfectly healthy life you will only extend your life by a decade or two max. Its true. But, there are two things that make…More

Its easy to dismiss variety. To instead focus on focusing. To attempt to commit to 18 hour days of work on one project. There are plenty of business myths about it as well. Steve Jobs’s relentless focus. Elon Musk’s “You need to work 100 hour weeks”. Banking’s mythical all day and night hours. The problem…More