Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/4/18
Learning is abstract and often useless unless it’s reified. The theory of how to ride a bike, steer a car, or ski downhill isn’t very useful until you practice it, making the inevitable adaptations you need to be successful. Most of the stuff I “learned” in 20 years of schooling—most—was useless then and is useless now.
What was important was learning how to learn. And that was something I could apply every day.
Many of us are engaged in repeatedly learning the same thing because we discard the opportunity to integrate what we’ve originally learned by not immediately applying it. (I mention, by way of digression, that second marriages have a higher divorce rate than first marriages, and third marriages higher still. I asked the president of the American Psychological Association once why that was. He explained, “We keep marrying the same person.”)
You may never forget how to ride a bike, but if you haven’t done so for a few years you won’t be as comfortable or efficient as someone who does so every day. The same applies to your physical, emotional, and mental health. It’s been said that if you learn a new word and use it three times, it’s yours for good. Use what you learn immediately, find an excuse to apply it, don’t wait for the “right moment.”
I speak Spanish much better when I’m in a Spanish speaking country and have to do so. Fortunately, I get to apply my business language every day.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
—Leonardo da Vinci
Thought Leadership 2018: Join me and my very special guest Charlene Li at the spectacular Four Seasons Hotel in Palm Beach along with two dozen colleagues. Ms. Li is one of the most prominent business experts and authorities in the nation, featured in all the major media. She is going to speak to us informally on her career and her views of social media and leadership. This is our ninth year presenting global luminaries in a unique, intimate setting. I have 8 seats remaining:
https://www.alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/2018-thought-leadership-ninth-annual-conference
How to be Outrageous: Super creative marketing expert Mark Levy and I are conducting an experience in New York with outrageous hours, outrageous exercises, an outrageous location, and an outrageous money-back guarantee (if you follow the steps we both agree to in the ensuing two months). This is how to be outrageous and stand out in any crowd all day long, not as a one-off activity. I’m the guy with the $495,000 franchise offer on his site, where the box asks when ordering, “How many?” Limited attendance.
https://www.alanweiss.com/outrageous
Super Global Best Practices: I’ve gathered the best practices of entrepreneurs, boutique firm owners, solo practitioners, academicians, and authors to create a vibrant day of improved performance that will immediately increase your business results and decrease your labor intensity. I’m guessing people will be rushing out during breaks to change proposals, alter online work, and create new initiatives.
https://www.alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/super-best-practices-experience
Thinking BIG: You can’t “think outside the box” if you’re still in the box. And any box is too small for any true entrepreneur. Yet you probably don’t realize the dimensions of your current, unconscious confinement. Join me for a BIG day in Miami in January to learn how to instantly think in larger terms, be seen in a larger light, and live large.
https://www.alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/thinking-big
I have a new ebook on The Martial Arts of Language. I’ll send you the advance, unedited manuscript for $50 if you’ll respond with still more language and situations you’d like me to cover. And I’ll update it for free for a full year as I publish it and add to it. Order here:
