Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/31/25
How’s your ego? “Ego” is usually and colloquially identified as a sense of self-esteem. In psychology it’s that aspect of the mind that referees between the conscious and unconscious and tests for reality and personal identity. (I’m not going into “id”
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/24/25
About 45 years ago I managed both Asia and Latin America for a consulting firm in Princeton (and later, North America). I've also had two speaking tours in South America. Maria and I had the chance over the past two
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/17/25
Othello is a tragedy in five acts, written by William Shakespeare around 1604 and published in 1622. It’s based on an Italian novella called (in English) A Moorish Captain by Giraldi. It was written 600 years ago as a morality lesson, challenging the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/10/25
Life goes on. I’m fortunate to have friends and colleagues and clients all over the world. Many of them are understandably gobsmacked at the political machinations in the US at the moment. Frankly, a lot of Americans are flummoxed. Eggs are
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/3/25
I’ve decided to make an exception and be self-indulgent today (my wife, the lovely Maria, asked, “How would your readers know?”) because, most of you are reading this on March 3, which is my birthday. Yes, I’m a Pisces, which
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/24/2025
Early in the morning, especially on weekends, AM radio in the US has an assortment of questionable (I’m being polite) ads. I call them AMscam. On TV we see them as infomercials. They involve an “authority” you’ve never heard of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/17/2025
Recency bias is the overemphasis on recent experiences. For example, I never really noticed pickup trucks. I saw them, but couldn't tell one brand from another, figured they were used by contractors. But my wife suggested that we buy a
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/7/2025
Who says we’re polarized and can’t come together? We’re certainly together on rooting for certain teams, prognosticating about outcomes, and (for many) betting on sporting events. You’re reading this probably the day after the Super Bowl in the US, which
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/3/2025
The tragedy at Regan Airport in Washington, DC is quite rare in the US. The last commercial air crash with fatalities was in 2009. Air travel in the US is safer than auto travel. (About 44,000 drivers and passengers killed in auto
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/27/2025
"Eat like a bird" is not an indication of light eating. Small birds eat about 30% of their body weight daily on average. That's like you (kindly) downing about 50 to 70 pounds of food each day (which, in my