Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/02/2024
My father told me a story about his days in the military whereby a messenger brought an envelope for a colonel. The corporal at the desk signed for it in the log with his initials and, upon the colonel’s return,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 08/26/2024
Logical Fallacies or Hypocrisy? • If highway safety and climate concerns are such priorities, why do we allow the manufacture and sale of cars that can go up to 200 miles-per-hour? • If we know that cigarette smoking causes cancer with high
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 08/19/2024
I think at one point in our lives or another we crave to belong to the “in-crowd.” There was a song about this called, unsurprisingly, “The ‘In’ Crowd," written by Billy Page in 1964 and performed by Dobie Gray (and later
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 08/12/2024
For over ten years, Suzanne Bates, now “retired” having sold her business, was a client of mine, a former news anchor in Boston and the CEO of a development firm she founded and later sold. One day, visiting my office
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 08/05/2024
We enjoy watching the Olympic highlights at 8 pm each evening. It’s sort of like soccer or ice hockey for me, just show me the highlight reel because what’s in between isn’t all that fascinating. What causes me some unease as
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/29/2024
We’re back in Nantucket for our 34th year. We’ve been renting this house on the ocean—which is about 30 yards away from the couch on which I’m reclining—for 12 years. Our east coast grandkids will join us in a few days,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/22/2024
Perhaps you’ve heard of W Mitchell (he doesn’t use a period after “W” and says it stands for “wonderful"). He’s a friend of mine and we’re colleagues in the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame®. I first met him about 35
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/15/2024
About 20 years ago I found several small pine tree shoots growing out of rotted railroad ties that had been used in our landscaping. I told the gardeners to let them grow. One of them, between our house and the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/08/2024
The Dog Days of Summer (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) Welcome to
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/01/2024
It would be irresponsible not to comment on the presidential debate last Thursday. First, some preliminaries. I am an independent, always have been since I was able to vote at 21 and have never missed an election. This wasn’t so much