Author Archives: Konrad

Theres a feeling that taking a vacation is a weak thing to do.   It actually helps you to do more.   When I’ve worked for 12 months straight with just weekends off I get burnt out. I get distracted more easily and don’t put in my best work.   Taking a week off once…More

I have a tendency to focus on strength at the expense of a mobility.   This leads to lower quality of life   This is a huge trend in our world. People sit all day and then lift some weights or go for a run to balance it out.   It works part of the…More

Society has conditioned us to do more always.   But, often, more can be counterproductive.   This is true in exercise where it is easy to overtrain and not focus enough on resting.   This is true in learning where you can cram everything into your brain for a test and then its all forgotten…More

My ideal Sunday looks like this:   Wakeup before 10am. Meditate. Cook breakfast / brunch. Do Personal Evolution, a daily list of admin tasks. Do Weekly Review, a review of the previous week and preparation for the next. Hangout and relax in the afternoon with friends. Dinner with parents. Watch a movie before bed and…More

Spain gained enormous wealth through colonization, spent it all, and returned to status as a secondary power. All within a few hundred years.   England gained enormous wealth and property and continues to hold a pivotal role in the world economy today.   There are countless ways to explain this difference, here is one:  …More

You’ll never create asymmetric returns by incremental gains.   Compound interest is extremely powerful, but it won’t make you outsize returns.   It won’t eliminate your need to work. (although there is of course a desire to work)   Most people won’t get there.   But, the way to get there is to persistently show…More

I’ve been used to sleeping 7.5+ hours and forgot the extent to which sleep matters.   Over the past week there have been a few 5 hour sleep days.   On those days I had significantly lower willpower.   I didn’t organize any of my belongings.   If there was an item I forgot after…More

I’m coming to the end of 2.5 weeks in Europe working / playing.   The concept of the trip was inspired by one I took 2 years ago. Alika and I spent 6 weeks in europe with 1 week per city we were in.   The takeaway from that way that was that we needed…More

Numerous religions have a flood myth.   Numerous religions have a code of morality.   These traditions all built on top of commonly help beliefs that are the same now as they were thousands of years ago.   A general purpose code for human interaction.   So change it to suit your needs, but realize…More

Often bad habits become part of our identity.  Something that other people use to label and describe us.  “I’m a smoker.” “I’m a fast drinker.” “I’ll eat anything.” “I’m not smart.” “I’m always late.” The first step to changing these things is acknowledge that we feel this way.  The second step is to commit to…More