A Minute With Alan® — Rejecting A Good Client
September 21st, 2026 Rejecting A Good Client.
Collections
The beauty about collecting is that there's a sense of pursuit for items and great learning in doing so. I collect stamps, and I collect small rocks from places we've visited globally, and matchbooks from restaurants and hotels, though this
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/21/26
Trigger alert: I’m dealing with excrement here. Hyrox is a competition involving racing and fitness using weights and exercise equipment. As everything in the US, it’s gone to amazing and outlandish reaches. (I’d write about Pickleball but I keep falling down
Extremities of Extreme Sports
In a recent Hyrox competition, an elite athlete "soiled herself" in an indoor venue where competitors used common equipment. With feces trailing down her leg, she did not withdraw (and won the competition). In so doing, of course, she created
Difficult Conversations and Dysfunctional Lives
There is a great deal of work being done today around what's called "difficult conversations." I think the work is important and needed. In my experience, I've witnessed, been part of, and had to deal with more poorly done performance evaluations
A Minute With Alan® — The Airport Bar
September 18th, 2026 The Airport Bar.
Could You Speak Up, They Can’t Hear You Out in the Street
When I'm subjected to groups of five or more in restaurants screaming like crazy (and they're not drunk—yet) I imagine that it's the only way they could gain attention growing up and have never lost the habit. It's like eating