Women’s Volleyball and Consulting
I’m going to explain why the US won (in fact, had the two top teams, gold and silver) in women’s beach volleyball, a sport I watch for two reasons, one…
Why We’ll Continue to Say “Let’s Über” and Not “Let’s Taxi”
Trying to legislate against Amazon, because they’re able to deliver almost anything the next day and delight their customers, is like the taxi drivers trying to protest Über because they…
How to Organize Your Time, Priorities, and Life in A New World
Previously recorded Livestream from May 21, 2020
Good News and Bad News
The first sale is to yourself. If you have an important meeting looming with a buyer, and you’re nervous and afraid of blowing it, there’s an essential problem, and it’s…
Up and Down
We spent Christmas week in Manhattan Beach to be with my son’s family in Gardenia, nearby, outside of LA. My daughter, her husband, and our two grandchildren, and Maria and…
Importance and Passion
Some things are important for the world around us, and some things are highly pleasurable and motivating. When those exist concurrently, we have a “calling” or an especially rewarding career.…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 09/02/2024
My father told me a story about his days in the military whereby a messenger brought an envelope for a colonel. The corporal at the desk signed for it in…
The Adventures of Koufax, Buddy Beagle, and Alan
I was having dinner in Newport a while back with Chad Barr, the technical genius behind all of my web presence He observed that I don’t so much create stories,…
Frank and Ella
As consultants we often make inapt comparisons. For example, mentoring and coaching are quite different interventions; some situations are structured, but some are unstructured (you don’t know what you don’t…