Author Archives: Konrad

Although lying may be easier or more helpful in the short term, it will come back to haunt you. 1. People will respect you for telling the truth which leads to trust which leads to better outcomes for you. Both in personal and professional relationships. Lying will lead people to avoid you, your company and…More

We expect to find a perfect match. If someone doesn’t match in every way, we move on. We are misguided. A successful relationship that lasted 50 years is the story of two people. People who worked hard to create shared experiences and values. That is the strength and power of the relationship. Not the initial…More

The people that I don’t like at first blush become much more interesting when you ask them questions like: 1. Whats your story? 2. What do you care about? 3. Personal questions about family, past relationships and best or worst experiences. 4. Not a question per say, but sharing your vulnerabilities and admitting flaws and…More

The current goal for the US is 10,000. We should take much more. My argument is: 1. Patriotic immigrants are always good. 2. US infrastructure is falling apart. 3. Power comes from population. Patriotic immigrants are always good. By “patriotic” I mean immigrants that come to the US and adopt it as their own country.…More

People hate them because they’re doing it wrong. Two things that get in the way of effective meetings: 1. Lack of preparation 2. Lack of candor Lack of preparation: Most meetings that are rambling conversations with no clear beginning middle or end. This is frustrating. One framework that overcomes this is GAP: Goal: What is…More

Non-profit foundations can be a good thing but they tend to be bandaids instead of solutions. Most people’s time is better spent generating money through the thing they are good at. Part of that money should be spend on systemic solutions. There are some non-profits that do work on these system solutions. The problems with…More

Solar and wind power are cool and all but not consistent enough. What happens when we start going further into space? We need to focus on developing higher efficiency and safety fission reactors in the short term. And in the long term, developing fusion. ^Day 21/90 55 wordsMore

The biggest difference for me from NYC is community based. How specialized vs general the people are in their knowledge. In NYC most people are extremely specialized and only do one specific thing. In El Campo people do a little bit of everything and are extremely involved in the governing of the town. ^Day 20/90…More

I’d love to ban cars in manhattan with electric self-driving taxis serving as public transit. It would solve several problems: 1. Overcrowded streets 2. Polution / air quality 3. Access to easy transportation The self-driving taxis would be super cheap making easy transit available to all. You could turn most of the street level into…More

I wonder if they’re trying to take advantage of a subconscious association. I wonder if that sort of an association would actually increase sales. It would be a pretty slick way to piggy back on the #1 marketer in the world (http://www.coca-colacompany.com/…/effie-ranking-the-coca-co…). ^Day 18/90 56 wordsMore