Immediate Improvement
• Stop ending declarative sentences on a higher note ("uptalking"). It makes you sound uncertain and seeking permission. Women are worse than men at this, but men do it, too. • For the love of the epicurean gods, get a book
Alan’s Thought For Today
After a very full week in New York, we had room service and a movie. We chose "Django Unchained." My thought for today: Quentin Tarantino is one crazy dude, but we need him and people like him to shake up our
Tips from the Million Dollar Consulting® Mentor Hall of Fame
Here is a summary of some best practices that emerged from our annual Hall of Fame meeting in New York this past week. In my global communities of thousands of people (and hundreds of thousands of readers) there are about
New York Reviews
Swing 46: After Bette Midler's one-woman show, we wandered over to Restaurant Row on 46th and randomly chose Swing 46. They have an old-time "big band" in the rear, which was packed with patrons around a dance floor. We chose
New York Reviews
We're in New York all week working on some workshops and our annual Mentor Hall of Fame meeting. Some reviews thus far (and it's hitting 80 degrees, by the way!): • Caravaggio: I took a group of 12 people there last
Creativity Quickly: What’s Your Story?
Quick trip to creativity: 1. Select a brief, true story you often tell. It can be personal or professional, recent or dated. 2. Articulate the real moral of your story. What did you learn? Why is it a good story to tell?
Hey, Rutgers III
I'm just asking which of you donors, alumni, and contributors to the Rutgers Foundation want to start giving your money now, the first million of which will make up for the obscene amount of severance CNN is reporting that the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/8/13
April 8, 2013—Issue #185 This week's focus point: Very often I say to a coaching client struggling with an obstacle, "What would you advise one of YOUR clients to do?" They respond quickly with good advice, and I
The Pierre
We're in the Park Suite of The Pierre in New York City where I'm working over the next week. We have an extraordinary view of Central Park, and you'll note that's my favorite, Jean Marc XO vodka, provided with the