Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®

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.

Episode 20: Annoying People 13.11.2017 13:58 ↓

There are annoying people, and we shouldn't be ashamed to point that out.

Episode 19: An F for Public Schools 27.10.2017 15:20 ↓

The looming societal crisis if we don't improve our kids' chances in a broken system.

Episode 18: Improving Performance 13.10.2017 19:49 ↓

How to help others to improve, and how to easily measure performance without surveys, evaluations, and voodoo.

Episode 15: Who Loves You? 05.10.2017 10:42 ↓

Why all of us require unconditional support at times and why it's so difficult to obtain it.

Episode 17: Get Rich Quick 29.09.2017 9:47 ↓

The uncomfortable truth about "multi-level marketing" and other Ponzi schemes.

Episode 16: No You Can't 15.09.2017 14:16 ↓

Some lessons in why your telling yourself you can might wind up in finding out why you can't.

Episode 14: Contrarianism 22.08.2017 16:33 ↓

Why taking an opposite view is a public service and how to do it.

Episode 13: Selecting 09.08.2017 15:18 ↓

We "settle" instead of deliberately choosing what's best for us, and we need to stop that.

Episode 12: Degradation 24.07.2017 14:05 ↓

How standards begin to erode and what we can do to correct it.

Episode 11: Overprotection 11.07.2017 12:20 ↓

The cosseting of youth, and how it's leaving them vulnerable in the real world.

Episode 10: Overkill 27.06.2017 13:12 ↓

Pounding away until the point is crushed under the weight of redundancy.

Episode 9: Denial 13.06.2017 15:39 ↓

Why we make ostriches' behavior in the face of threat seem reasonable.

Episode 8: Conservatism 30.05.2017 23:51 ↓

Why we are far too timid in our lives and work and how to stop playing a "prevent defense."