Nantucket 2012—11 Breaking and Entering
It all started when I learned how to lock the rear sliding door that leads to the beach. Famously, no one on Nantucket claims they lock their doors, but I'm from New York. I finally found the locking mechanism this
Nantucket 2012—10 Wildlife
When we vacation in Cape May, NJ, we see dolphins travel south in the morning and return north in late afternoon, I assume having visited feeding grounds, or family, or gone to a ball game. Here in Nantucket, we see
If You Want To Make It As A Consultant
If you want to make it as a consultant: • Develop listening skills, which means you need to speak far less. Counter-intuitively, stop telling people about yourself and start asking others about themselves. • Develop questioning skills. Learn to direct a conversation by
Over Here
On the beach I noticed a lone plant, very green and apparently doing quite well, isolated on the sand, having withstood high tides, winds, and storms. Not far away was some flotsam, what looked to be part of a mast
And Introducing….
I remember the first time I saw the introducer of a general session speaker at the annual convention of the National Speakers Association take five minutes to introduce a 45-minute speech. The introducer did her own "star turn," to rousing
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/13/12
August 13, 2012—Issue #151 This week's focus point: I'm sitting in a beach house on Nantucket Island at 7:30 on a stormy Sunday morning, watching angry waves pound a stoic beach. Avian air traffic control has grounded
Nantucket 2012—9
A stormy day yesterday, but a warm and windy beach in the afternoon. Magically, the Sunday New York Times managed to make it to the island. The shorter route into town involves far more cobblestones, but we chose it last
In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• The position of vice president of the US is notorious for being almost irrelevant short of the death of a President, yet the media focus on it as if that candidate will decide the election. • About 99 percent of
Nantucket 2012—8
We dined in Dune last evening, which is a superb restaurant with elegant ambiance and terrific service. There's an informal bar and eating area downstairs under a tent, and formal dining rooms upstairs and inside. The were fully committed on