Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/21/16
We spent last week in LA where I hosted the enormously successful Million Dollar Consulting® Convention. I chose to stay in my favorite hotel in Beverly Hills and commute to the meeting venue near the airport. With no traffic the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/14/16
One huge key to high self-esteem—yours and others'—is to use language that speaks to the person and not the issue. Telling your sons and daughters that you're proud they achieved a high score on a test is nice, but telling
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/7/16
My 70th birthday party was held last night at the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center in New York City. I hope you'll indulge me in some thoughts and advice from these lofty heights: Ignore the crowd and stay out of the
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/29/16
There is nothing at all wrong with running a small business. Heck, I run one and so do most of you! But there is something wrong with having a small mind. I was in a cigar club the other day
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/22/16
I'm fairly sensitive to whether we're trying to "take" or tryng to "make." When I managed huge, international sales forces, some members would come to me whining that quotas were unfair or their territories required exceptions to expectations. Others found
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/15/16
There is evidence that the European Community has not yet reached its productivity levels of 2008. It is still struggling from the Recession, and now faces a new bank crisis. China, Brazil, India—the "emerging economies"—are staggered with debt and infrastructure
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/8/16
I know this will generate letters that always begin, "I usually agree with you but
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/1/16
I have alway eschewed the kind of honors that you pay for, e.g., one of the myriad,worthless Who's Who books. I actually placed my dog, Trotsky, in one once. His check cleared the bank. Nevertheless, I have a couple of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/25/16
There is a coffee shop in our resort hotel in San Juan where two people work at the counter. Ordering a coffee and pastry requires about five minutes for preparation and payment. It's slower than a Dunkin' Donuts drive-through, but
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/18/16
The market dropped an astounding amount on Friday, nearly 400 points, or about 2.3%. And over the weekend, people watched playoff football games, mourned the loss of David Bowie, were intriqued by Sean Penn's wierd involvement with the recapture of