Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/23/2023
A priority is something that is determined to be more important than other issues or things. Hence the statement: “If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority.” But…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 04/13/2020
One of the dangers of these times is a feeling of loss of control. We’re prevented from working, dining out, meeting with others, watching sports, attending school. There are…
The Point of No Return
“No pain, no gain.” “No cross, no crown.” We associate hard work with success. Fair enough, though I’d prefer to see “smart work.” There is a point of no return,…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/31/2023
It’s a rough morning here on the Nantucket beach in front of our house, and the lifeguards have a strange flag up: half yellow and half red. I think it…
It’s Not Your Mother’s Fault
It’s Not Your Mother’s Fault: Vol. 1 Issue 3 We get a truckload of Christmas cards, which is wonderful. Many are sent by people from early in our marriage who…
Strategic OCD
OCD stands for “obsessive-compulsive disorder” wherein a person experiences uncontrollable and recurring thoughts (obsessions) and therefore engages in repetitive behaviors (compulsions). These provoke time-consuming symptoms that cause significant stress and…
The Left-Leaning Bar
The Good Fight, the CBS All Access spinoff of the huge hit, The Good Wife, is excellently written and acted. It has none of the restraints of network television, and…
Daryl Mather 5 Question Interview with Alan Weiss
Q1. You are well known for generating a seven figure income on a 20 hour week as a independent sole consultant. A phenomenal effort. How long did it take to…
Million Dollar Referrals
An excerpt from my new book to be released by McGraw-Hill in a few months: I was introduced once to a top client team by their boss who had hired…