Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 8/3/26
This is the beginning of our final week in Nantucket, and our “east coast” family is with us: daughter, son-in-law, twin 17-year-old granddaughters. The beach is 20 yards across the backyard with a private staircase, and the heated pool and
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/27/26
The true test of a champion is to give one’s best under maximum pressure. Note that I didn’t say “to win under maximum pressure.” Sometimes one’s best isn’t better than the other’s best. Or sometimes an unexpected event occurs—an official makes
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/20/26
From my AI inquiries yesterday morning: Rhode Island ranks as the 8th highest state in the nation for per-pupil spending on public K-12 education, with expenditures averaging $22,797 per student. Rhode Island generally ranks between 25th and 28th in the U.S. for student test scores. State report card data reveals an
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/13/26
Across from my gym is an “old fashioned” Shell station, owned by the same guy for 50 years, where his sons are extremely friendly and helpful. But he is a classic curmudgeon, someone who makes the late Andy Rooney seem like
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/6/26
Success My style, for decades, has been first class. Minimize work, maximize family. Don’t feel guilty about a nice house, hobbies, cars, travel, fine dining, vacations. I’m writing this from the balcony of the W Hotel in Hoboken, anticipating the tall
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/29/26
“Entitlement” is the belief that someone is naturally deserving of special treatment, of others catering to their needs, and becoming angry when expectations (and demands) aren’t met. It is not necessarily a trait of the powerful or wealthy. (I’ve met
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/22/26
In 1415 a much smaller English army led by King Henry V defeated an elite French force of noblemen using a “new” technology: longbows, which fired at significant range and could launch arrows that punctured armor. A huge proportion of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/15/26
I’ve told people to stop “swinging for the fences” and just be content to hit the ball to try to get on base. My racquetball game improved hugely when I stopped trying to make every shot a “kill shot” (an
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/8/26
I was asked to fill-in on an emergency basis years ago by public TV here for the election debate for attorney-general. The scheduled host was ill and the backup forgot about the date and went to Europe. My wife was
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/1/26
This is a story and forecast not just for the US, but for virtually all developed nations. Population growth has already slowed to a crawl. Since 2020, the U.S. population has increased by an average of 0.6% per year, about a
