Author Archives: Konrad

The reactions will only end when you die. And then only the conscious reactions will end. Your body will continue to react to the world. Every time you see a friend you react to their presence, whether positively or negatively. When you learn of a new task, you react. When you accomplish a goal, you…More

An example of a non-tactile decision point would be “Every time I delegate a task” or “Every time I’m feeling un-motivated”.  They’re non-tactile because you can not attach an automated action to these points.  A tactile decision point like “6pm” is easy to attach an action to. You can set a reminder on your phone…More

Its the skill that distinguishes the good from the great. Being able to convince people of a path that you want to take forward.  Its not enough to be right. If you’re right but can’t convince anyone of the fact you will gain no benefit from it.  Instead, you must polish your presentation skills to…More

We have an obsession with things that are brand new. Things that are innovative.   And although innovative techniques help move us forward, make sure that you’ve discovered all the good things out there before trying to re-invent the wheel.   The truth is that we, as individuals, don’t know most of the things that…More

The golden rule.   It sounds easy enough to follow. But to make it really work for you it must become a habit.   You must think in every moment, how can I actually help someone?   Before every time you speak you must forget about what you want and instead ask what the other…More

Looking back thousands of years to the Egyptian, Indian, Roman or Chinese civilizations we see societies that functioned socially more or less similarly to our own. People played, joked, ate, worked, read, married all in the same sort of ways that we do now. So much so that Indian civilization decided that we all had…More

It seems like they are infinite but in reality its a mix of: 1. Friends & Family 2. Significant Other 3. Personal Growth 4. Fun & Leisure 5. Home Environment 6. Career 7. Money 8. Health 9. Spirituality You may call your categories differently but there are no other major things that we as humans…More

Its easy to be on a schedule when its required by your place of work. Its easy when you know you’ll be fired if you don’t put in the effort. When you’re working for yourself its much harder. This could be working on your own business, working on a hobby, or just working on your…More

You must pick outcomes that are attainable and measure progress. Otherwise you’ll fall in love with the act of focusing on your improvement instead of actually improving. A good example of this is monks who believe they will be able to levitate if they meditate enough. Even though they are making no progress towards this…More

If you want to improve yourself, you will need to do it on your own. In the best case your friends will encourage you but if you’ve been the same for a long time this is unlikely. The people around us influence our actions. If you had people that were constantly improving around you wouldn’t…More