Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/20/15
This week’s focus point: One of the major differences I’ve seen in people’s choices of careers, often unconscious and unspoken, is affiliation needs. If you don’t need people around you,…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/5/15
Symbolism can be extraordinarily effective and important. Many of our rituals are symbolic, whether a birthday cake with a wish or a wedding with a thrown bouquet. “God bless you”…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/23/15
Dealing with the public has many rewards—meeting new people, providing value to customers and clients, passive income. There are also lessons and surprises beyond the powers of a good novelist.…
Dumb Ass Stupid Marketing
I received the email below a couple of days ago (I’ve changed some names so as not to give them any publicity whatsoever): Hi Alan, My name is Sherry…
Breakfast Is Not Included
At my hotel in Hamburg the woman at the desk specified that breakfast was not included in my room rate. I ignored that and asked if I could upgrade to…
High Speed, Low Service
I’ve traveled in first class on the high speed trains in the UK, France, Spain, and Italy. They all go faster than the US Acela, which can reach 186 MPH…
What I Learned on My European Vacation
The Europeans are better than the US in: Tour buses, which have two entrances (why don’t airlines do that?), comfortable seats, a clean restroom, and are very quiet. Intelligent breakfasts.…
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…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/29/18
Happy Monday: Every major economy in the world is growing at the moment (New York Times, yesterday). That’s not to say that all is well in all quarters, that poverty…
They Shyster Is Coming to Town
Another conman is coming to town. He’s advertising all over the radio that you can attend his “free” seminar (seating is very limited), receive a “free” copy of his book,…