Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 2/1/16
I have alway eschewed the kind of honors that you pay for, e.g., one of the myriad,worthless Who's Who books. I actually placed my dog, Trotsky, in one once. His check cleared the bank. Nevertheless, I have a couple of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/25/16
There is a coffee shop in our resort hotel in San Juan where two people work at the counter. Ordering a coffee and pastry requires about five minutes for preparation and payment. It's slower than a Dunkin' Donuts drive-through, but
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/18/16
The market dropped an astounding amount on Friday, nearly 400 points, or about 2.3%. And over the weekend, people watched playoff football games, mourned the loss of David Bowie, were intriqued by Sean Penn's wierd involvement with the recapture of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/11/16
On Saturday night the Cincinnati Bengals lost a football playoff game that they had "in the bag" with time running down because some of their players and their coach lost control. When they should have easily run the clock out,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/4/16
We can see that some things are, empirically, enduring: Mozart's symphonies, Michaelangelo's art, Armstrong's jazz, Dickens's novels, Sinatra's songs, Anne Frank's diary, air travel, cell phones. Who knows about rap, Lady Gaga, reality television, man buns, solar power, or self-driving
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/28/15
In the U.S., we've had a record year for high school graduation rates, well over 80 percent. There are many in the education profession concerned that these students are still not adequately prepared to enter college. I have a different
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
