Predictions

• The dissemination of vaccines will cause the infection rate and death rate to plummet faster than anticipated, and a renewed confidence will fuel consumer spending.

• Business profits in many sectors are high even with reduced revenues because expenses have been so much lower. Business will invest in expansion and hiring.

• Many consumers have money stockpiled because their expenses have been lower. A “Covid Cabin Fever” reaction will reinvigorate the hospitality industry with quick vacations and long weekends.

• One of the largest dichotomies in the nation (world?) will be the cautious people who continue to wear masks even when not required, and those who refuse to even be vaccinated because of conspiratorial paranoia.

• Twenty-five percent of every business, at a minimum, will be changed as a result of the past year. Not 25% of all businesses, but of every business.

• There will be a dramatic increase in physicians needing counseling as they fixate on life and death decisions they could have made differently. (A client of mine, who is young, contracted Covid and, alone on a hospital gurney, was asked by a calloused doctor if she wanted to sign a DNR and avoid major efforts to resuscitate her. She recovered completely.)

• They will eventually have to admit that, though the disease has a relatively small death rate, those deaths occurred overwhelmingly among people over 60, yet the vaccination effort at first (and, in some states, still) doesn’t make that demographic a priority.

• The medical and the military should have handled this, not the politicians. That will be a standard in the future.

• Countries that have not been able to contain the disease through lack of sufficient effort or incompetence will be increasingly isolated and their economies will be critically hurt.

• Families will realize that spending the holidays connected by Zoom and not going through the rituals of meals that are too large, arguments that never end, and trying to deal with that drunken uncle might just be the way to go in the future.

• We’ll understand great weakness in democracy was on display in the pitiful decisions and actions of most of the state governors. We don’t elect talented people, we elect popular people, or financially backed people, or wealthy people. But true talent and the willingness to serve are simply choked out of the electoral process. (I believe Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, has been a disgrace.)

I’ve been talking constantly to my clients about the fact that I believe every business will change by 25% as a result of the pandemic. Not 25% of all businesses, but of every business. You can see it already in the more thorough provision of take-out food even among high-end restaurants, scaled down versions of dance and symphonic events, and remote learning.

I think that this will also affect our personal lives directly, as well. A great many people had successful holiday celebrations using Zoom or similar technology. You could make the point that it was even higher quality than the in-person routine because it was less time and therefore more appreciated and fully enjoyed. There was no huge meal to clean up after or worry about being prepared to everyone’s satisfaction. There were no political arguments, and no drunken relative to be embarrassed by. There were no iPads used during the meal, very little inter-generational conflict.

You can’t throw relatives out of the house very easily, but you can certainly end a call abruptly.

People have started cooking more, enjoying home-made meals, taking more time to talk to each other. We are listening to podcasts, binging on cable series, watching streaming programming.

Work at home is simply not as productive as work at the office, substituting a greater set of distractions (kids, social media, hobbies) for lesser distractions (gossip, office politics, the noise in the next cubicle). But I’ve learned Q20 is greater than B40: A quality 20 hours is far superior to a busy 40 hours. If we can embrace that revolutionary fact, both our expectations and our productivity will be enhanced.

Finally, we are, most of us, hugely resilient (kids more than anyone). This learning experience will help us all in the future. Because this crisis is not isolated. There will be more. But perhaps we’ll be much better prepared.

QUESTIONS I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED

I’m inviting you to a Zoom workshop such as you’ve never attended. This is in the league of my Spirituality Workshop, Mystery Workshop, and Workshop Workshop in terms of my passion for providing unique value and original programming.

I’ve been interviewed thousands of times, coached thousands of people, made thousands of speeches. Not many people can claim that. Yet I’m always amazed by the questions I’ve never been asked. I’ve been around the block (over 60 countries to be exact). Maybe there are some things I’ve never shared because, as I think back, I’ve never been asked. If I were interviewing me, I’d be a lot more probing.

I’m aware of what’s “missing” so I’m going to delve into it. For example:

• What have been my most embarrassing moments and what did I learn from them to improve?

• What intimidated me to the point of being psychosomatically “ill” before the assignment?

• Did I ever really “fake it” and on what occasions?

• What have I said that I regret?

You’ll be hearing about these and scores of others in this self-interview (I got the idea from Ken Wilber’s A Brief History of Everything which I’ve been reading and in which he employs this technique). When I’ve worked with and chatted with Marshall Goldsmith, Jonah Berger, Dan Gilbert and a raft of other thought leaders, I’ve found we’re mostly asking each other questions and self-disclosing in response. (If Marshall and I had recorded our conversations in co-authoring Lifestorming we could have sold those for more than our respective coaching fees.)

And I’ll take questions throughout the session from attendees, and subsequently, by email, from those who watch the recording.

I guess it may be the only I can ask these questions, but I’m certain that you all can profit from the answers.

Date: March 9, 2021 Time: 9 am to noon US eastern time. Session will be recorded and sent to those wanting to time shift.

Fee: $1,000 by March 1, $1,300 thereafter.

Consider this therapy that I’ve convinced you to pay me for.

PRESTIGE MASTERMIND GROUPS

I’m forming a group of five people who will meet for 90 minutes once a week by Zoom over 90 days, following the success of two such groups.

• Maximum of five people per group

• Time adjusted to accommodate all members comfortably globally

• Meeting schedule set with all members for convenience

• 90 minute sessions over 90 days

• 9 meetings over that time span, virtually

• One-on-one work as needed and requested

• Video of all sessions within 48 hours

• Conditions permitting, an additional, live, full day meeting at conclusion with Zoom attendance for anyone who can’t make it

The fee is $5,000.  I’m predicting a “business renaissance” for late first quarter or early second 2021. Do you want to be a part of it or not?

CREATING DYNAMIC COMMUNITIES

I’m holding still another Creating Dynamic Communities session on April 13-14 for three hours per day. The fee is $3,800.

I’ve been asked for years how people can replicate my worldwide community, which is operating 24/7 virtually and in real time. Is it solely possible with entrepreneurs and the “retail” market, or can it be done with corporate clients and executives?

These communities (don’t confuse them with “tribes” which are exclusionary) provide huge business development benefits.

Sentient Strategy

There is no strategy that was in place pre-pandemic that is useful any more, period. Alan Weiss’s Sentient Strategy® is a revolutionary approach to the traditional, hidebound, lengthy, and esoteric discussions that take weeks to produce a strategy that is obsolete as soon as a consensus is finally reached. Strategy has to be organic—that is, a pragmatic, living framework within which all decisions are made consistent with the nature and direction of the business.

The Sentient approach is meant to formulate strategy quickly, to be used immediately for as long as conditions warrant, and then to make changes rapidly as conditions change. Taking six weeks to create a five-year strategy in these times is like deciding to write longhand in general ledgers to track financial results in a business.

I’ve certified 35 people in 6 countries. I can do this one-on-one or one-on-several, time customized for your location, in two Zoom half-day sessions. You can implement it the same way with your clients.

More details here. Contact me to enroll. 

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