Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/10/2022
The unemployment rate is around four percent, which is almost at pre-pandemic levels, and most economists consider this full employment because those still unemployed are the chronically unemployed. The stock market, in a bumpy but steady trajectory, is progressing upwards, having
There Are No Good Answers Without Good Questions
I send out six simple (I think) preparatory questions for my elite coaching program. Some people tell me they were "hard" to answer. Yet, these are questions we should be asking ourselves regularly! (Sample: What the biggest obstacle to your being
DASM: It IS Your Fault, Not Covid, Not the Weather, Not Resignations
I've never been a big Elon Musk fan. Let me make that clear. However, I've also been writing about what I call The Great Excuses: Supply chain shortages, The Great Resignation, and Covid "shut downs." I call them "excuses" because some
That Doesn’t Apply to Someone Like Me
Apparently, when you achieve a certain level of fame and celebrity, you rise so high that the air thins out and you begin to hallucinate. How else do you explain the arrogance of a Novak Djokovic thinking he's so important
When A License Needs A Paw Print
There is a story in today's newspapers about a Shiloh Shepherd (German Shepherd/Malamute mix) who ran a mile down an interstate on the Vermont/New Hampshire border which attracted the state police. The dog kept running from them back to where
Guest Column: Three Words to Avoid and What to Say Instead
By Karen Laos There are many words we use by habit that take away from our credibility. Most of the time we don’t even realize we’re using them. Want to see if you do? More importantly, what to say instead? Here they are:
There Is A Comet
I've been repeating here forever: We cannot eradicate Covid. It is endemic, like the flu, and we have to learn to live with it. Forcing small businesses (the largest provider of net new jobs in the country) to go out
Episode 221 – Gratitude
Tune in to the latest episode of Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth® - Episode 221 - Gratitude. Listen to this episode on your favorite podcast platform: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth® · Episode 221 - Gratitude
Come On, Man: Stop Asking Me
Everyone is sending surveys about their service these days—airlines, hotels, online venders, health clubs, pet groomers. They want to know what your opinion is. The problem, however, is that the service seldom if ever improves. They believe that merely by asking you