Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/2/14
This week's focus point: It's both sad and ironic that we pay so much attention to the frivolous--who wins a sports championship or what's the best binge watching on Netflix--and so little to the truly vital, such as our children's
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/26/14
This week's focus point: Let's honor those who have served our nation in uniform, who have been willing and ready to move into harm's way to protect our freedoms and lives, and for those fallen, who have made the greatest
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/19/14
This week's focus point: According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the average US family has 58% more disposable income than those in Italy, 25% more than France, and 20% more than Germany, adjusted for purchasing power. In
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/12/14
This week's focus point: There is only one response to a new idea, and that's to see if it will work for you. You might find that it won't, or it might with some tweaking, or it definitely will. But
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 5/5/14
This week's focus point: Rutgers, my alma mater (which I was once proud of claiming as such), has had strong student protests causing former Secretary of State Candoleezza Rice to cancel her scheduled graduation speech. She chose not to become
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/28/14
This week's focus point: My wife had knee replacement surgery in February and was provided a walker by the hospital. It was a Ford Focus of walkers, nothing special, just reliable transportation to get you from here to there. (Some
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/21/14
This week's focus point: Bentley, my white Shepherd, runs everywhere. He'll stop to sniff or play with something, but then he'll run along to his next appointment or adventure. He only walks when he's on a leash, and he seldom
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/14/14
This week's focus point: Almost anything taken to an extreme is going to run counter to the original intent. I find health and exercise fanatics who look, well, positively unhealthy. Barry Goldwater was warned not to use the phrase "extremism
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/7/14
This week's focus point: Try telling stories. That's what I do in my speeches, informal talks, even my conversation. They are the shortcut to comprehension, and prevent long discourses where a quick example is sufficient. People identify with personal stories,
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 3/31/14
This week's focus point: I'm thinking of Y2K, acid rain, more people than food, killer bees, disappearing bees, food dyes, eggs are bad for you (they can be good), meat is bad for you (it can be good), red wine
