In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
• Watching multi-millionaire football owners negotiate with multi-millionaire football players at the cost of canceling the 2011 season prompts me to hope that they all lose. • There were 10…
Where in the World Is Alan III
Just a fabulous meal in Altitude, on the top of the Shangri-La, preceded by a drink in Blu, with spectacular views of the harbor. I’m entertaining the first 12 registrants…
A Full House Beats Three Kings
Not long out of college, when the tradition was for everyone to get a job, get married, and get a house, many peers were talking of the benefits of a…
Travesty on American Flight 1758
Travesty on American Airlines Flight 1758 An Open Letter to American Airlines President Thomas W. Horton My wife and I stood in the priority line to board American flight 1758…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/27/12
February 27, 2012—Issue #127 This week’s focus point: If most of your problems, setbacks, and defeats are caused by others, then how do you ever prevent them in the future?…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/14/16
One huge key to high self-esteem—yours and others’—is to use language that speaks to the person and not the issue. Telling your sons and daughters that you’re proud they achieved…
Vote for Me!
I’m astounded at how many successful people I know who are simply besotted with awards. The external validation is like a drug. All over Facebook, people I respect and know…
In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking
Kale is disgusting no matter how it’s cooked or prepared. It’s the new Brussels Sprouts but without the personality. “Curate” is now the most inappropriately, overused word in the lexicon.…
If You Don’t Agree, Well, You’re One of “Them”
Every time I hear someone bloviate about their exalted opinions—not facts—it’s easy to see why we’ve become a polarized society. On LinkedIn, a self-appointed expert said that, “Most parents, sadly,…