Sayings, Leaders and Ideas

What are your social-political views?

I am skeptical of all political ideologies. I am liberal on some issues (e.g., the environment, population control, an economic safety net for the poor) and conservative on other issues (e.g., litigation/tort reform, vouchers and school choice). I don’t care what your politics are unless they were extreme — if you were a Muslim terrorist or a white supremacist, that would be a problem. In high school and at Claremont I studied political philosophy political theory, which I still find fascinating.

I am intolerant of intellectual intolerance. I met a woman who insisted that men she dates agree with her on every conceivable political issue. Our first date consisted of her grilling me on my position on numerous issues. It was a short date.

Who is your favorite leader in the 20th Century?

Target=”Winston_Churchill” Title=”Winston Churchill”>Winston Churchill.
I also admired

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

What are your favorite sayings?

This page has my favorite sayings, both mine and others’.

Have you written anything that I may want to read?

I’ve written my

target=”Statement_of_Mission”>Statement of Mission,
which started as a short statement of mission and has ballooned into a 500+ essay,
covering my thoughts on life, business, economics, intellectual capital, and dozens of other topics.

What are your thoughts on time management?

See my essay on David Allen.

How do you choose what to do and not to do?

I’ll do something if:

I enjoy it (e.g., I don’t delegate kissing my girlfriend).
I can learn something by doing it.
It can’t be delegated (sometimes it would be great if you could pay someone to exercise for you, but I haven’t figured that one out yet).
I’m better at it than the person I would delegate it to and it’s important (e.g., negotiating a deal, strategizing).
You can teach someone else something and then they are capable of doing it.
I can do something good for someone else.

If not any of these, then I don’t do it.