Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/19/12
November 19, 2012—Issue #165 This week's focus point: We are all entitled to our opinions, and our perspectives differ, influenced by our values, experiences, education, colleagues, and so forth. But we are not entitled to our own facts.
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/12/12
November 12, 2012—Issue #164 This week's focus point: Over the last two days we've contacted six auto dealerships in the Greater San Francisco Bay area. They all sell expensive cars. Only one showed a sincere interest. A manager
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/5/12
November 5, 2012—Issue #163 This week's focus point: Tomorrow is voting day in the U.S. for most of us (some have voted early, some will vote by absentee ballot, and some won't vote). There are countries which require
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/29/12
October 29, 2012—Issue #162 This week's focus point: I just had the opportunity to hear a popular consultant and author deliver her thoughts on what amounts to unremitting gloom. Her advice was to find people who share a
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/22/12
October 22, 2012—Issue #161 This week's focus point: We've seen politicians from all parties simply ignore the question asked and respond with a prepared sound bite on another topic. Every day, prognosticators on finance or technology or society
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/15/12
October 15, 2012—Issue #160 This week's focus point: We bring back mementos from our vacations that remind us of great times and explorations. Sometimes we realize later that they are actually inexpensive and common, but they still serve the purpose of
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/8/12
October 8, 2012—Issue #159 This week's focus point: No matter what your politics, the first Presidential debate showed that the camera is always on you; preparation is vital; energy is essential; rules are almost always broken at some point; and this
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/1/12
October 1, 2012—Issue #158 This week's focus point: I was watching a British Airways mechanic trying to restart a small luggage truck at Heathrow Airport. He opened the engine compartment and started looking around. He reached for a light, and then
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/24/12
September 24, 2012—Issue #157 This week's focus point: I find that the most successful people are open to ideas and consider them without defensiveness or "NIH" (not invented here) syndrome. They are mature enough to reject an idea that makes no
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 9/17/12
September 17, 2012—Issue #156 This week's focus point: As I write this, the U.S. stock market is about 500 points from its all-time high. No doubt it will continue to rally and reverse, but it will surpass that high, perhaps by
