Author Archives: Konrad

I’ve experienced this first hand in the past 20 years. In my younger years I was crippled by the inability to focus on something for long unless I was immediately amazing at it. I would start an ambitious project, lets say learning programming or a new language, and would give up when I wasn’t fluent…More

If there is one soul mate for you, then what are the chances that you will actually find that person? There are 7 billion people on this planet. The chances of you “happening” on that person are non-existant. No, instead, a potential partner is someone who you have a lot in common with. Then its…More

Tell them they tried hard. This is especially important with children. If you tell one that they’re so smart when they get something right, how will they feel when they mess something up? They’ll think that they’re stupid. But, if you praise them for trying hard. Then when they mess something up they’ll just try…More

Learning early in life to have fun in the rain helps later in overcoming external obstacles. So don’t say that the weather is “bad”. Say that its raining and be excited about it. Over time even if your parents messed you up you’ll start to realize that external roadblocks are just challenges to be overcome.…More

Its called the “Knowing doing gap”. Or, “The frog in the boiling water problem.” You may know intellectually that you should make a change. That you should leave your SO, that you should quit your job, that you should eat healthier. But, your current path is comfortable. Your current path is how you got to…More

Its hard to know whether you are doing too many things or whether you are not doing enough. There are so many contradictory stories. e.g. AirBnB made a breakfast cereal in 2008 based on the names of the two Presidential candidates. They sold tens of thousands of $s worth and it helped to fund their…More

Its much better to eat liquid or food bars like Soylent or the others available. Why? Because, most of the food most people eat on a daily basis is shit. Whether its in NYC and you are ordering take out for lunch or going to the corner lunch place, or you’re elsewhere and getting food…More

When you know you should do something, whether its brushing your teeth or speaking up in a meeting, and its not a habit, you feel physical pain in your chest. This pain leads your brain to default back to easier behavior. Its hard to overcome on its own. This is why its necessary to change…More

I wear the same dress shirt every day. This past weekend I deep cleaned my 11 shirts and had to wear a t-shirt for two days in a row. At the time, it seemed cool and interesting. I got a lot of positive reactions from friends who have never seen me in anything other than…More

Focus is intrinsically tied to motivation. But not in the sense of “I need to read some motivational quotes.” Rather, in a very deep rooted answer to “What motivates you?”. People that can focus have a history of experiences and examples where focus paid off for them. While those that cannot focus tend to have…More