Multiple Choice Test
What's your immediate response when you hear a new idea from a stranger? A) Determine why it won't work for you. B) Critique the source. C) Try to figure out if you can use it to your benefit. You don't really need an answer
Episode 30: The Discipline of Learning
How we're not preparing our kids for the basic learning that many of us were prepared for in simpler times. "How have you published so many books?" "How do you know that?" "How do you write so fast?" These are questions I get asked often. I have a simple secret. In grammar school, I paid attention. How do we expect to move forward
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/2/18
This morning I took the dogs for our regular coffee run. I shut off the house alarm with a button on my key ring. I pushed another button to open the garage door. My wife had inadvertently locked the
She’s Back
Donna Brazile is back on the Sunday morning George Stephanopoulos political talk show as an expert commentator. This is the same Donna Brazile who admitted to leaking presidential debate questions to Hillary Clinton, and who was chair of the Democratic National
Is Anyone Really Out There?
This is the marketing business. That means that, no matter how wonderful your ideas, approaches, or IP, you must bring them to the attention of an economic buyer. More people have succeeded with average approaches and timely, focused marketing than have succeeded
Happy Easter and Happy Passover
Easter is the holiest of the holidays for Catholics and many Protestants. It follows a time of reflection (Lent) not dissimilar from Yom Kippur in that regard. And, of course, Passover and Easter occur in proximity to each other. No matter
Outside the Circle
Villanova beat Kansas last night in the NCAA Final Four because they kept making three-point baskets while Kansas made two-point baskets or one-point foul shots. If I make three points and you make two points on equal shooting, I will
Feet of Clay
Tesla can't meet it's current production goals, which are vital to raise cash, which is currently hemorrhaging. It's stock and bonds declined heavily this past week. It's had to issue a recall of large numbers of cars because of rusting
Who’s Directing the Picture?
We live under some illusion that "today" represents who we are, and tomorrow will be the same. We aren't in a snapshot, we're in a movie. The question is this: Do we purposefully and intentionally control our progress and growth,