Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 04/08/2019
Is Joe Biden a senseless dolt who inappropriately touches women and invades their space? Is he from some other generation or distant point in the cosmos where he's failed to adjust his demeanor to the times (he's three years older
Evolution
I understand that a fish has a total memory of about four seconds. When you ask me for help and I provide it, and then ask the exact same question in the future, you haven't integrated the learning. You simply see
Pressure
Have you noticed in March Madness that the players who are the real stars are the ones who perform best under pressure and are calling for the ball in the final seconds? A kid from Virginia takes a three-point shot
Pumping
I'm 73 and standing in the rain pumping gas into my Rolls. I know, a lot of people would love to have this problem. But this once was a full service station where I came for over 30 years. Mark would
Avoiding A Circus
Always arrange to talk to your prospective buyer alone. Subordinates in the room are often threatened and/or want to know about the details of implementation. Ask the buyer for some private time to discuss issues not appropriate for subordinates to
Here’s Your Hat, What’s Your Hurry?
When a clients quickly ask for a proposal and then don't return your calls after you submitted it, the reason is that they only asked for the proposal to get you out of their office to begin with! Spend more
Episode 78: Only the Best
Why is it revolutionary and shocking to suggest that NOT everyone deserves a turn at everything and we should focus on the best? People deserve their turn? No, they don't.
Alan Weiss’s Word of the Week™ – 04/03/19
Today's word: bricolage.
Fearless Creation
People ask me all the time how I can turn out so much content monthly—newsletters, podcasts, videos, blog posts, teleconferences, articles, live-streaming, etc. It's simple: I create what I think will help people and get it out into the public