Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/28/2020
In all my years of consulting with hundreds of global organizations and thousands of executives and entrepreneurs, I’ve never yet found one person who rebelled at the idea of…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/11/2021
Here are some reflections on the horror show at the Capitol. I’m sure I’ll manage to tick off everyone by the time I’m done: • This was not an…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 02/01/2021
Somewhere in 1982, John Naisbitt published Megatrends, with one of the most prescient predictions of all time: High Tech/High Touch. He meant that technology would never replace the need…
Mom, They Yelled At Me! (Come on, Man!)
Thank you for asking, I’ll tell you what’s pathetic: There are people on Facebook who have received unkind feedback from a single person and now want swarms of people to…
Is There A Consultant On Board?
I was on a plane years ago when the pilot actually asked, “Is there a doctor on board?” Someone soon came up from coach and tended a first class passenger…
Open Your Eyes
I once had a quack doctor, recommended to me (in error) by my long-standing doctor who was retiring. The quack, who’s still practicing—and “practice” is the apt term—gave me a…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/17/2021
I’ve helped a great many people improve their incomes. I’ve advocated “paying themselves first” as revenue comes in and establishing reserves. Depending upon one’s situation, there may be education,…
An Opportunity for Another Blog Post
When I was in New York for a few days this past week I found almost everyone cheerful: redcaps, doormen, restaurant captains and servers, Uber drivers, hot dog venders, sales…
Normalcy
Think about what “normal” means, and therefore, “a return to normal.” It means conforming to some standard which is usual, typical, and/or expected. It is the antithesis of “standing out…
Healing Thyself
You know…. I once asked the president of the American Psychological Association why the rate of suicide was so high among psychologists (second at the time to dentists). He told…