In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• Why would hotel management think that tying the hair dryer cord or robe belt into a Gordian knot every day might be helpful to a guest? • Where are all the alarmists, fiscal cliff people, and doom and gloomers now? They
The Power of Language
Learn and practice examples and metaphors that will solidify your points and/or rebut objections. Some examples for you: • We're a large complex organization, it would be tough for a solo consultant to help us. Response: All you need is momentum, not
Worldview
If you had left your money in the stock market or invested at the time of the great recession four or five years ago, it would be worth more than 150% of that amount today. I had said last year
Dumb Ass Stupid Management: Go(of) Go(of)
GoGo is the internet provider on some airlines, and on my Alaska Air flight from Boston to Seattle today it was very erratic. It took my money, but some web pages wouldn't open and eventually email just stopped. I wrote
“I Feel Compelled To Speak”
When you're a public figure frequently appearing in varying media, you receive some bizarre emails. Here's one from today: "I've thought about, and I believe I can benefit from subscribing to your videocast offer [Alan Weiss's Common Sense® Worldview Weekly Video], certainly
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/29/13
April 29, 2013—Issue #188 This week's focus point: When my daughter was young, she used to call "instructions" by another name: "destructions." And watching me assemble a bike or replace flashlight batteries at times certainly merited the latter.
The Growth Workshop
I wanted to remind you, as May 15 approaches, of this wonderful learning and growth opportunity from Alex Goldfayn: http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/new-marketing-program/
Alan’s Facebook Today Summary
Marshall Mellow My doctor performed my semi-annual colonoscopy today (photo below) and I volunteered for it to be filmed by the local television cable show, Waste Matters. I'm ecstatic to be a part of health and the media. Troy Molloy Pictured
I’ll Eat You Last
This one-woman, Bette Midler show about famed agent Sue Mengers was reviewed today by Terry Teachout, the notorious Wall Street Journal reviewer who has dreams he's Clive Barnes or Charles Isherwood. He's having an all-too-frequent hissy-fit because Ms. Midler doesn't