Pleasing
If you're going to try to please everyone, that's a hell of a lot of people to please, impossible. If you're going to simply try to please yourself, a lot easier, only one person. Of course, some people find that impossible, too.
If You’re Not Recommending People, They’re Not Recommending You
I asked a fencing company for a quote for a long fence through the woods on my property. It came to $20,000. But they insisted, on top of that, that I should hire people to dig a trail for them
A Minute With Alan® — The Workout
September 22nd, 2026 The Workout.
A Minute With Alan® — Rejecting A Good Client
September 21st, 2026 Rejecting A Good Client.
Collections
The beauty about collecting is that there's a sense of pursuit for items and great learning in doing so. I collect stamps, and I collect small rocks from places we've visited globally, and matchbooks from restaurants and hotels, though this
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/21/26
Trigger alert: I’m dealing with excrement here. Hyrox is a competition involving racing and fitness using weights and exercise equipment. As everything in the US, it’s gone to amazing and outlandish reaches. (I’d write about Pickleball but I keep falling down
Extremities of Extreme Sports
In a recent Hyrox competition, an elite athlete "soiled herself" in an indoor venue where competitors used common equipment. With feces trailing down her leg, she did not withdraw (and won the competition). In so doing, of course, she created
Difficult Conversations and Dysfunctional Lives
There is a great deal of work being done today around what's called "difficult conversations." I think the work is important and needed. In my experience, I've witnessed, been part of, and had to deal with more poorly done performance evaluations