Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®

Episode 95: Free Stuff 31.07.2019 5:40 ↓

Wherein we examine the uncomfortable truth about people and politicians seeking the benefits of free stuff.

Episode 94: Screwed Up Priorities 23.07.2019 5:03 ↓

We have the dumbest priorities possible, focusing on the vague and esoteric and not the issues in front of our faces.

Episode 93: Talent 17.07.2019 11:39 ↓

Why talent always "outs" except when the conditions don't allow it or there's not enough talent.

Episode 92: Dig We Must 09.07.2019 9:41 ↓

The Michelangelo Factor and why careers can be works of art if we cull away everything that doesn't fit our passions and skills.

Episode 91: Some Tough Facts About Sales 03.07.2019 10:06 ↓

Arthur Miller today might write about The Death of All Salesmen, because traditional selling is going out of business.

Episode 90: Remember This, Not That 26.06.2019 8:40 ↓

Why mastering a spelling bee isn't at all important and why understanding reasons and relationships is.

Episode 89: Scoot 19.06.2019 6:02 ↓

Why progress in personal transportation is questionable, and how personal injury lawyers probably invented it.

Episode 88: Mindset 12.06.2019 7:48 ↓

The way you think about your position is the way people will think about you.

Episode 87: A Scam Is A Scam Is A Scam 05.06.2019 5:06 ↓

Why Ponzi is alive and well and calling it "multi­level marketing" is just lipstick on a pig

Episode 86: Why I Love Italians 29.05.2019 6:04 ↓

How to allow Italy to seep into your blood.

Episode 85: Chicken Little 22.05.2019 6:50 ↓

The screaming "foul" by the fowl is killing all.

Episode 84: Crashing Standards 15.05.2019 11:22 ↓

Whereby we lower standards in a berserk limbo competition for who can go lowest.

Episode 83: The Football Metaphor and Gronk 08.05.2019 5:50 ↓

Would you let your kids play football today, knowing what you know? Gronk is getting out just hoping it's not too late.

Episode 82: The Absence of Ethics 01.05.2019 6:19 ↓

With traditional sources trampled, how do we tell right from wrong?

Episode 81: The Nature of Hate 24.04.2019 4:09 ↓

How the haters are always inferiors, and always focus on minorities.

Episode 80: Vaccinate This 17.04.2019 5:12 ↓

Why rights aren't absolute and the ignorance of science.

Episode 79: The Injustice of It All 11.04.2019 5:52 ↓

Justice is overrated. It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it. Seize control. Carpe diem.

Episode 78: Only the Best 03.04.2019 7:54 ↓

Why is it revolutionary and shocking to suggest that NOT everyone deserves a turn at everything and we should focus on the best?

Episode 77: A Wrong Turn 27.03.2019 5:32 ↓

Why we're not sure about which cliff we're going to drive off because we've taken a wrong turn in society.

Episode 76: Invective 20.03.2019 6:51 ↓

Episode 76: Invective by Alan Weiss

Episode 75: Misproportion 13.03.2019 9:51 ↓

Uncovering where we fail to get the proper return on our energy and how it undermines us.

Episode 74: The Art Bluff 06.03.2019 8:23 ↓

Not all art is good. It's not unethical to point that out, and it's silly to praise the unwatchable.

Episode 73: Blowing Your Own Horn 28.02.2019 9:24 ↓

Why it's better to march to your own music rather than a distant drummer who's probably not a very good musician anyway.

Episode 72: Officiousness 20.02.2019 8:09 ↓

Why some people behave as though there's that stick...

Episode 71: Affectation Observations 13.02.2019 6:23 ↓

Why carry a cup of coffee INTO a coffee shop?