Truth
When will someone post on Facebook: “I’ve hated her and never told her, so now I’m finally leaving her and I’m free, free at last!” It would sort of balance…
Moving from A Poverty Mentality to an Abundance Mentality
I've found in coaching thousands of people globally that the retention and burden of a poverty mentality undermines their performance and limits their success.
You Can’t Fix Stupid
A woman writes to tell me she loves my free weekly and monthly newsletters, but she doesn’t like my occasional promotional mailings, so she has to unsubscribe. In other words,…
The Two Way Street of Speech
The rather uncomfortable and awkward truth for some people is that to practice free speech you also have to tolerate free speech. It’s not a one-way street.
Spend A Day With Alan and Get A Charitable Tax Deduction
People often come to my home to spend a day to talk in depth about their business and life. Depending on a range of factors, that fee is typically $9,500…
You Get What You Pay For
I actually had a guy tell me the other day that he wasn’t looking for free coaching from me, he just wanted my advice! My wife and I give a…
Preventing Consultant’s “Overwhelm”
Some consultants I coach and mentor (and many I observe) become “overwhelmed.” The are figuratively (or literally?) overcome by being overcome. The don’t know where to start to begin the…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 06/06/11
June 6, 2011—Issue #90 This week’s focus point: Having consulted and coached for over 25 years, it occurs to me that most emotionally healthy people understand what is to be…
Falling Skies
I love science fiction, so I’m giving the TV show “Falling Skies” a tryout. It’s on its third episode, and I’m liking it. Some time ago, someone introduced me to…
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
To those of you on the social media platforms who think they are cleverly pointing out that a “free” workshop shouldn’t cost $10, let me make a few things clear.…