Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®

Episode 45: Who's That Knocking? 16.08.2018 8:23 ↓

Awards are a dime a dozen, but acknowledgment can mean all the difference in the world.

Episode 44: The Great Fork in the Road 08.08.2018 9:45 ↓

You can take a fork or ignore a fork, you have to choose a side.

Episode 43: The Limits of Technology 02.08.2018 9:30 ↓

Episode 43: The Limits of Technology by Alan Weiss

Episode 42: Negotiating with Time 25.07.2018 9:58 ↓

Time is a priority, not a resource. You can no more negotiate with it than you can with a hurricane.

Episode 41: Introspection 18.07.2018 7:08 ↓

Why spending time examining who you really are and what your calling is can ruin your life.

Episode 40: The Lobster Principle 11.07.2018 7:36 ↓

How a crustacean can demonstrate positive traits for all of us by being vulnerable.

Episode 39: Shut It Down 04.07.2018 8:49 ↓

Wherein government might be improved if those making the laws were subject to the consequences of those laws.

Episode 38: I Suffer, Therefore I Am 27.06.2018 9:03 ↓

How suffering has become the proof of existence and why we all need to reflect back on Descartes.

Episode 37: A Lifetime of Negative Feedback 20.06.2018 14:05 ↓

How to break out of the martyr role and demand support from those around you.

Episode 36: Eradicating History 14.06.2018 10:33 ↓

How do we deal with cardinal sins and venial sins? Do we take all accusations seriously?

Episode 35: Fiji 06.06.2018 10:45 ↓

Why there is no direct correlation between success and happiness, at least in the Pacific.

Episode 34: Damage 30.05.2018 11:20 ↓

Don't default to believing others are damaged or they'll think the same of you.

Episode 33: The Secret 14.05.2018 15:21 ↓

The secret of success that is within us but is too often abused instead of used.

Episode 32: Presentism 30.04.2018 10:48 ↓

Why we shouldn't be applying contemporary beliefs to historical events and we'd be a lot lighter if we put the stones down.

Episode 31: Vulgarity 16.04.2018 14:53 ↓

How we are dulling our senses and ruining our meaning. WARNING: Profanity is used throughout for examples.

Episode 30: The Discipline of Learning 02.04.2018 10:47 ↓

How we're not preparing our kids for the basic learning that many of us were prepared for in simpler times.

Episode 29: Why Are We So Threatened? 19.03.2018 15:52 ↓

The reasons for and means to escape going through your life defensively and scared.

Episode 28: The Sublime Failure 05.03.2018 17:35 ↓

Fear of failure is fear of living, so let's come to grips with why we've failed and whether it matters or not.

Episode 27: Dragged Up The Aisle 20.02.2018 13:22 ↓

United may have been obvious, but you are being dragged up the aisle daily by a variety of public and private organizations.

Episode 26: Driver's Ed 06.02.2018 11:34 ↓

Don't tell me you don't have any faith when you drive on the highway with people all around you steering deadly weapons.

Episode 25: Conspiracies 22.01.2018 12:44 ↓

Why people see hidden dangers all around them, and why that's crazy.

Episode 24: Bureaucracy 08.01.2018 16:38 ↓

Learn why too many people focus on the task and not the result, hear about some scary examples, and understand how you can avoid it yourself.

Episode 23: The End of the iPhone 26.12.2017 11:14 ↓

We're not really using a phone, are we?

Episode 22: Agendas 08.12.2017 13:03 ↓

An "agenda" is no longer a harmless work aid. Find out why.

Episode 21: Believing 27.11.2017 10:50 ↓

Wherein Alan discusses that we all believe in something, and we're not random biological mechanisms.