All Hands on Deck, Man the Lifeboats!
An agenda is like an iceberg. You think someone is arguing with you about an acknowledged issue floating there on the surface, and then you hear the sirens and the bells, you've struck the underwater part of the agenda, water
Woof?
A rural Japanese area has had a problem with marauding bears and has decided on a quite simple remedy: They have constructed a giant wolf, with a motion detector that activates frightening sounds and flashing eyes, not unlike Godzilla, in
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/16/2020
I've been concerned for a long time about whether the economic deaths from Covid will outnumber the medical deaths. We've all seen stores and diverse businesses forced to close their doors, and of people having to rely on the government
Get in There and Work!
It's time we stopped whining about restrictions and other issues beyond our control, and focused on what we can control: remote prospecting and learning and delivery; self-development; creativity and innovation in our field; writing. You get the idea. What can you
Get Out on the Field
I was watching a football game played in a torrential downpour last night. Everyone showed up, no one complained, they did their jobs. It was decided on the final plays. Yet some people won't pick up the phone to call a
Attention: Wake Up!
I bought shoes in Bergdorf-Goodman in New York last year, as I sometimes do. I ask for the shoes to be shipped, since I didn't want to add them to my luggage. This pair arrived within a week, except they were
The Dog Star: The Canine News
(The Dog Star is a symbol of power, will, and steadfastness of purpose, and exemplifies the One who has succeeded in bridging the lower and higher consciousness. —Astrological Definition) When I take the dogs out in the morning around 6 am,
Health and/or Safety
Nations seem to be in an existential battle about whether it's better to make every single inhabitant safe but unhappy, or happy but unsafe.
Energy
It has become abundantly clear that, short of a vaccine, the virus is going to charge and retreat, charge and retreat. Thus, nothing is assured, long-term, except the fact that your clients and prospects will need help in adjusting. What are
Grapefruits
When I was a kid, and poor, my parents and I would each have half a grapefruit at breakfast at times. After eating the flesh, and scraping the sides, we'd squeeze the rind over a spoon to extract the remaining