Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 02/14/2022
While I was in Las Vegas last week, Nevada dropped indoor mask mandates and Rhode Island did the same. Meanwhile, the truckers up there in Canada were tying up the economy by blockading a single bridge. (Seems like the massive
Icing
In Detroit, one person operates the plane de-icing truck, shooting the liquid from an elevated perch while also steering the vehicle below that supports it. Eight people operated eight vehicles. In Boston, the truck is driven by one person while
Coffee, Tea, or Me?
I boarded a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit early this morning (I'm writing from it now) to connect to Boston, where a limo will take me home in time to see the Super Bowl, if all goes well. Maria
Super Hype
I've seen every Super Bowl, including one I had to watch in an airport. The half-time show for the last decade is always over-hyped and pretty boring. It also seems to have an odd effect on the second half. The
Kerching, Kerplunk
People tend to think of Las Vegas as high-end gambling, glitzy casinos, and over-the-top everything. But every ATM I've passed has a $200 limit per transaction. That doesn't quite seem to fit the image if "high-rollers" does it? And sitting in
Maturity Doesn’t Always Occur
I saw The Hunt for Red October for perhaps the sixth time last night in my hotel room. The acting is universally superb. Why couldn't Alec Baldwin have stayed that way?
Facebook Platitudes
There are myriad people on social media who do nothing but publish platitudes out of fortune cookies or Successories catalogs. Let me review some: • You can't get out of your own skin, so get comfortable in it. • If you don't
Episode 226 – Why Do People Run For Office
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The Odds
I'm running workshops and making a speech in Las Vegas. A great many people visiting here are entertaining themselves by gambling. But some people here are under the delusion that they can ultimately win against the house. If you're trying to