Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/21/15
I want to thank you all for joining me here each Monday. I receive more response to this newsletter than any other that I publish. The best of the Holiday Season to you all, and an especially Merry Christmas to those
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/14/15
I remember a football star in high school bragging that he had never read a book. He wound up as a payroll clerk in a grocery chain. Even today people tell me they never read fiction. That's interesting, because I'd
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/7/15
(Some eagle-eyed readers reminded me I meant Animal Farm last week, and not the movie "Animal House." I trust everyone understood my point in any case! Sorry for the wrong reference.) As we write, speak, and otherwise communicate, I thnk we
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/30/15
Times change. We need to adapt at best and not resist at worst. I remember when Elvis and then the Beatles were going to corrupt youth. On a far more serious note, I think we're going to see the end
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. I enjoy the people who have lost a book or
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/16/15
As with all of you reading this, my heart goes out to the French people and the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris (and Beirut and elsewhere). These are vicious attempts to scare civilized people, who share the values
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/09/15
We haven't heard about "high tech, high touch" for a while (Megatrends by John Naisbitt), but it's truer now than ever. Searching for boosts for my home wireless system on the internet, I was being advised in automated Q&A sites
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/02/15
Here in the Northeastern U.S. we have vibrant autumns with the trees a riot of colors. Visitors flock to the region, and we natives never grow tired of the kaleidoscopic sight. We leave the summer's green through the prism of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/26/15
We grow best by building on strengths, not by constantly trying to correct "weaknesses." That's the essence of positive psychology. Yet the overwhelming feedback we receive—even when solicited—is about correcting some failing. Most self-help books assume the reader is somehow
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/19/15
If we can land on the moon, we can provide for reasonably priced college tuition. If we can receive messages on a watch, we can arrive at an intelligent solution for immigration. If we can create driverless cars, we can
