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
Logic and Emotion
Logic makes people think, emotion makes them act. What you say to someone holds much less permanence than how you make someone feel in that moment.
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 04/01/2019
When I was growing up there were several sources from which one learned of values and ethical behavior (although I never recognized them as such until much later in life). Today such issues are part of a polysemy without much
Instant Rejection
A great many people today respond to critique or even disagreement by "branding" the other person. They are a "bigot," a "racist," a "denier," an "Islamophobe," an "anti-Semite," a "red" or a "blue," a "neocon" or a "radical." Not everyone
Thoughts and Prayers
I understand diverse political opinion and even polarization. (I don't like it, but I understand it.) But I'm having a real problem with contempt. A great many people indicate sympathy (or even a frustration in being unable to be of more
What’s Next?
Our lives are complex. We have a lot of legitimate priorities. Don't try to choose "the highest." Simply choose an important one and resolve it. Then choose another. Some people spend all their time setting priorities and never get around
Was Someone Here?
You have to love it when someone arrives 20 minutes late for a session, frowns when the only remaining seat is right in front, and then tells you that it will be necessary to leave early!