Speed
Most people move too slowly. Achieving something imperfectly fast is far better than perfect and slow (and too late). Some of you may be thinking that you'd like your surgeon to be meticulous and take the time needed for a
Before and After the Fall (Prelapsarian Fun)
I used the word "prelapsarian" (before the fall of man; Edenic times) this week in my Monday Morning Memo. Sure enough, some clown who received the FREE newsletter writes me and tells me that using the word was pretentious. So
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/29/16
There is nothing at all wrong with running a small business. Heck, I run one and so do most of you! But there is something wrong with having a small mind. I was in a cigar club the other day
DASM: University Orthopedics
My latest Dumb Ass Stupid Management Award goes to Dr. Manuel Dasilva and University Orthopedics, here in East Greenwich, RI. I had an appointment for a problem with my hand. At 11:30, the appointed time, I was shown into a small
Leaning Crazy
I've been in Munich and Hamburg for a few days, and the only English-speaking television is CNN, MSNBC, and Bloomberg. They are 90% business news, and they are all insane. They cover abstruse and obscure market movements, and hypothesize all day
Adventures in Germany
• I returned to enter the meeting room while my partner, Matt, was running the program. A manager in the hall stopped me and said, "That meeting is already in session, are you sure you're in the right place?" I
Breakfast Is Not Included
At my hotel in Hamburg the woman at the desk specified that breakfast was not included in my room rate. I ignored that and asked if I could upgrade to a suite in any case (I hadn't made the original