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.
Credit Where Due
The Social Security Administration is a wonderful surprise among government bureaucracies. The "hold" times are brief on the phone, the agents are incredibly helpful and knowledgeable, and the web site is intelligent and informative. Is there any way they can
Consulting 101
There is a cormorant, egret, and heron all at my pond this morning, and the osprey may well be around, as well. What does that tell you? There are fish. You don't have to see something to know that it exists.
Nesting Syndrome
Some of us build nests that are so comfortable we try never to leave them. Here are the conditions: Unconscious competency: We have insufficient self-awareness to realize what must be changed and/or improved. Allowing the continuance of what merely works
Wait, What?
We're dining last night in a restaurant next to the venue where we're about to see a ballet, where my wife is a long-time board member. As we're about to leave, my wife spies two of her fellow board members