WHY I’M GLAD I’M THE AGE I’M AT
My wife and I had our first date 56 years ago. It was the first day I had my driver’s license, and I drove my father’s used Mercury Montclair. Up until about two decades ago, those were the days, my
The First Sale Is to Yourself
The first step in discipline is telling yourself you can do something and then creating whatever you need to get that done. Procrastination is basically rooted in fear, the fear that finishing something and being judged and critiqued is far
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 02/18/19
About 5,000 years ago: According to various sources, about a fifth of the Earth, excluding the poles, had been transformed somehow by humans. This degree of land use would have been sufficient to warm the local climate. Animals that lived
Oops
Jack Welch, Steve Jobs, Ulysses Grant, Meryl Streep, Picasso, Willie Mays, Frank Sinatra, Steven Sondheim, Oprah Winfrey, John Adams: If we think about our candidates for mastery in any number of diverse fields, they all share one thing in common: They
Desperately Seeking Intellectualism
There's a woman on Linkedin claiming (with photos) she made a completely false talk at TEDx and people loved it. Why doesn't this surprise me? (Item courtesy of Becky Morgan.)
The Dog Star: Futurism
(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 my dogs stick their heads out of the car window, they
You Want to Interview Me from Jail?
Don't jump at every offer of an interview, webinar, etc. Ask what the show's demographics are and how many people are reached. A lot of people are merely trying to build their own audience by doing interviews, and it can
Internet Scammers and Intelligence Are in Inverse Proportion
You would think, if you're a crook, you'd at least try to get good at it. Check out the excellent English here, received in my email today, from no doubt someone in a basement in the Czech Republic, or Nigeria,
Identity Politics
What you're seeing in Virginia right now is one of the worst aspects of today's "identity politics": The identities (constituencies) have a direct conflict, a minority office holder accused by at least two women of rape.