The Motivational Power of Dunkin’ Donuts
The dogs and I usually roll into Dunkin' Donuts at about 6:15, order at the mike, then drive over to the window to pay and get my coffee and their treats. This is ritual. About 99% of the time, the staff
Best Bottle First
Here's the thing about wine: Always have the best bottle of the evening first. Unless you are a true connoisseur, or have a mighty metabolism, the second bottle is always good and the third bottle is always great. Saving the best of different
A True Visionary
High tech, high touch: I've set up my new iMac in very short order, and tomorrow morning I have a 30-minute phone call with Apple experts who will show me some of the new features and answer my questions. They
Why Did This Happen to Me?
You can't blame your bad luck. You can't blame God. Or the Fates. Because it's usually your fault, and even if it isn't, you're still stuck with making it better or right. Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who brought
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
When I grew up there were three massively popular and highly divisive New York baseball teams: the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers. I was a Dodger fan (hence my dog Koufax, and the cartoon on this blog, named after
Who Will You Be?
I would never be where I am today if I had listened to those people who were telling me what I should do with my life. I seemed to naturally (and luckily) follow my passion and my talents and learned
Traits of Thought Leaders
I presented this at my annual Thought Leadership Conference in Palm Beach last week. You can read about my next one here: https://www.alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/2018-thought-leadership-ninth-annual-conference/ The 17 Traits of Thought Leaders 1. Creation of contemporaneous IP (use of current events). 2. Media savvy/excellent speakers. 3. Social media
Thought Leadership and Dan Gilbert
Dan Gilbert, Harvard professor and author of Stumbling On Happiness, with 15 million TED views, was my special guest yesterday at my annual Thought Leadership Conference in Palm Beach. He's charming, provocative, and brilliant, and impressed all of us at our
Looking Up
I'm on the 6:15 am Acela out of New York heading home. We emerge from the Penn Station tunnel and on the left is one of the great sights anywhere, the New York skyline, East River, and then the Hellespoint
Dining Out
We dine out every evening with rare exception, so I feel qualified to offer some advice to the restaurant industry (oh, yeah, I'm also not a bad consultant): Your hostess is the first and last person with whom I interact.