All Aboard! (Dumb Ass Stupid Management)
The stereotypical plaint is that government doesn't treat small business well. While that's occasionally true, the larger problem is that small business owners often don't know their gluteus maximus from their synovial hinge joint. Recently, I wrote to four builders of
Suffering
Do you want to suffer through the relatively brief hard work it takes to be excellent, or would you rather endure the long-term suffering of being mediocre?
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/8/16
There is a "rebound effect" in growth. I was (and still am) a pinball machine buff, loving the old machines that would bounce the balls on flippers and electronic gizmos. The ball would often stay in play solely on the
The Grinder
In the early 1950s, a very old man would walk to the neighborhood ringing a large bell. He carried a heavy grindstone on his back. He'd set it down on a corner and women would come down (or send children
I Can Name That Tune….
Recall how a piece of music can get in your brain and keep repeating (ear worm)? You begin to hum and even sing it, sometimes unconsciously. Before you visit a prospect, start humming "I can help these people, I can help
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/1/16
The Olympics begin at the end of the week, and Brazil has been getting quite a rap: disease, pollution, corruption, crime, poor construction, huge debt, questionnalbe security, withdrawals by some competitors—the list goes on and on! Yet the games will
Prisoner of Platitude
Alan's Fourth Law of Platitudes: For every supporting quotation there is an equal and opposite dissenting quotation. This applies to philosophy, theology, management, politics, sports—you name it. "Haste makes waste," except, "a stitch in time saves nine." "No man is an island,"