Fear Upon Fear
I’ve come across people whose life is one long frightened march through fear. They fear trying to find a buyer. They fear talking to a buyer. They fear creating a…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/10/17
I’m on a Delta flight from Boston to Atlanta a few years ago, and the first class service is even better than usual. And, I notice the guy across the…
West Palm Journal: January 23
A great day until about 3. The water is warm, breakers are fun. When the tide ebbs in early afternoon you have to walk about thirty yards into the water…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 06/08/2020
I was in Newark, New Jersey at Rutgers in the 60s, a decade when the inner cities burned, Martin Luther King, John Kennedy, and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, the…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 08/23/2021
I was riding the waves in Nantucket as I always do. This time, when I returned to the beach, both my legs had a strong tingling sensation. I took…
The Dog Star: Assertiveness
(The Dog Star is a symbol of power, will, and steadfastness of purpose, and exemplifies the One who has succeeded in bridging the lower and higher consciousness. – Astrological Definition)…
Cancun Journal: October 17
Sometimes small miracles happen. Today, I drove ten minutes down the coast to go snorkeling. Ten of us headed out with Guillermo and Ricardo. To get to the reef, we…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 07/12/2021
There are a lot of people I hear talking about “returning to normal.” The media are talking about businesses returning to “pre-pandemic levels.” Yet, there are obvious and profound…
Railroading 2
We trod 7 cars back to the dining car on the rear of the train, Maria doing this with a cane on surfaces bouncing like a waterbed under siege. The…