Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/28/16
I‘ve become a student of dogs, creatures smart enough to inveigle themselves into our camps 10,000 years ago and which we’ve never been able to get rid of since! Ailurophiles…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/11/16
There was this funny thing about school and me—I wanted to be there. I enjoyed learning. I read all the books. I thought that’s why I was there. I didn’t…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/16/16
I‘m in Budapest at the conclusion of our Danube cruise, ensconsed in the Four Seasons confronting the river. The people here tell me their national anthem is a dirge which…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/13/16
I‘m a huge believer in positive psychology, positve self-talk, abudance thinking, and building self-esteem. I’ve seen people fail to enjoy life (and contribute to it) because they have a scarcity…
The Grinder
In the early 1950s, a very old man would walk to the neighborhood ringing a large bell. He carried a heavy grindstone on his back. He’d set it down on…
Direct Dialing
Do not work through your buyer’s subordinates. Tell that person: “I’m sorry, but ethically I can discuss project progress and issues only with my client, who is then free to…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/08/17
The farther removed an event, the less its impact on most of us. We sympathize and send government help to Fukushima, for example, but Three Mile Island dominated our news…
That Sound? It’s the Breakers. No, I’m Not Kidding.
I’ll be on vacation in another week, and I tell people to feel free to call my cell while I’m on the beach. Most are astounded. But I don’t mind…
Stealing More Than the Ball
Three UCLA basketball players in China with the team were found guilty of shoplifting and it took the President of the US appealing to the President of China to free…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/18/17
One of my clients reminded me last week that I had neglected to place a 2019 meeting on my online calendar! These are exciting times for me. I determine where…