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Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth® is a weekly broadcast from “The Rock Star of Consulting,” Alan Weiss, who holds forth with his best (and often most contrarian) ideas about society, culture, business, and personal growth. His 60+ books in 12 languages, and his travels to, and work in, 50 countries contribute to a fascinating and often belief-challenging 20 minutes that might just change your next 20 years.
Episodes
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 113: Score
Why government intervention in how much a team is allowed to win by may mean The End of Days.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 112: Taxi!
Why capitalism is about the survival of the smartest as exemplified by taxis that no longer stink.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 111: The High of Danger
Some people thrive on risk but the addiction can be fatal.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 110: Men and Women
What are inclusion and exclusion really about?
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 109: Privilege
Instead of seeking privilege maybe we need to end it.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 108: Stranger in a Strange Land
Why we're strangers within the crowd and how we need to avoid the fate of Valentine Michael Smith.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 107: Columbus
Why we shouldn't knock down the statues but should get off our high horse.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 106: Nominate This
The befuddling hypocritical debates and election process viewed with all dispassion.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 105: It's the Process, Stupid
The government was set up to protect us from others and from ourselves, it appears.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 104: The Higher Moral Plane
You can't turn around these days without someone lecturing you on something.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 103: Maybe He Is Too Heavy
He may be my brother or she may be my sister, but we don't help out like we once did.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 102: Logic Ain't All It's Cracked Up to Be
Where we examine why the honeybees are smart but dead.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 101: Intimacy
Everybody loves somebody sometime. Or, they really should.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 100: 100th Podcast
Wherein Alan shares some truths about himself which, he hopes, won't make you too uncomfortable.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 99: Who Can I Turn To?
Despite modern technology and increasingly rapid communications, we've become more and more isolated.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 98: You Must Capitulate
It's no longer sufficient to merely win, the other person must LOSE!
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 97: Political Debates
Pure wind, pandering, and outright lies told with a straight face.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 96: Normalcy
How we are told of the exceptions as if they are normal and not told of the normal as if they are exceptions.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 95: Free Stuff
Wherein we examine the uncomfortable truth about people and politicians seeking the benefits of free stuff.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 94: Screwed Up Priorities
We have the dumbest priorities possible, focusing on the vague and esoteric and not the issues in front of our faces.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 93: Talent
Why talent always "outs" except when the conditions don't allow it or there's not enough talent.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 92: Dig We Must
The Michelangelo Factor and why careers can be works of art if we cull away everything that doesn't fit our passions and skills.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 91: Some Tough Facts About Sales
Arthur Miller today might write about The Death of All Salesmen, because traditional selling is going out of business.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 90: Remember This, Not That
Why mastering a spelling bee isn't at all important and why understanding reasons and relationships is.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 89: Scoot
Why progress in personal transportation is questionable, and how personal injury lawyers probably invented it.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 88: Mindset
The way you think about your position is the way people will think about you.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 87: A Scam Is A Scam Is A Scam
Why Ponzi is alive and well and calling it "multilevel marketing" is just lipstick on a pig
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 86: Why I Love Italians
How to allow Italy to seep into your blood.
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Episode 85: Chicken Little
The screaming "foul" by the fowl is killing all.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 84: Crashing Standards
Whereby we lower standards in a berserk limbo competition for who can go lowest.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 83: The Football Metaphor and Gronk
Would you let your kids play football today, knowing what you know? Gronk is getting out just hoping it's not too late.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 82: The Absence of Ethics
With traditional sources trampled, how do we tell right from wrong?
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 81: The Nature of Hate
How the haters are always inferiors, and always focus on minorities.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 80: Vaccinate This
Why rights aren't absolute and the ignorance of science.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 79: The Injustice of It All
Justice is overrated. It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it. Seize control. Carpe diem.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 78: Only the Best
Why is it revolutionary and shocking to suggest that NOT everyone deserves a turn at everything and we should focus on the best?
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 77: A Wrong Turn
Why we're not sure about which cliff we're going to drive off because we've taken a wrong turn in society.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 75: Misproportion
Uncovering where we fail to get the proper return on our energy and how it undermines us.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 74: The Art Bluff
Not all art is good. It's not unethical to point that out, and it's silly to praise the unwatchable.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 73: Blowing Your Own Horn
Why it's better to march to your own music rather than a distant drummer who's probably not a very good musician anyway.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 72: Officiousness
Why some people behave as though there's that stick...
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 71: Affectation Observations
Why carry a cup of coffee INTO a coffee shop?
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 70: Why I Love Australians
Here are excellent reasons for falling in love with the Antipodes.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 69: The Not So Disadvantaged
We are who we decide to be. If you choose to be disadvantaged, then you will be. But we all have choices.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 68: Enemies
Why do you see enemies all around us, and why do we think we're on some exalted height?
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 67: Greetings
What's with first impressions? Well, for one thing, you only get one shot at them...
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 66: But What Are You For?
Political messaging is about what the candidate is against, or how the opponent is a criminal, or what they think about world issues. But what are they…
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 65: Associations
What if they make you worse instead of better. With whom do you really want to hang out?
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 64: J'Accuse
How being guilty until proven innocent is undermining our freedoms and creating fear and loathing.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 63: Never Enough
We mock hoarders, but most of us are caught in a "never enough" mentality quite similar to them.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 62: Retaining and Increasing Power
The first step is to stop forfeiting power and seize the day.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 61: Making America Great Again
Wherein we try to discover what greatness is and who's responsible for it, with results that are very frightening.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 60: Subcultures
Why thinking yours is bigger and better than mine won't get you anywhere.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 59: Truth and Consequences
There is a singular answer to everything you wish to accomplish but you won't find it with motivational speakers or "The Secret."
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 58: If, Then
There are consequences to everything we do, and we ought to consider them before jumping into action.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 57: Cowards
Why we're surrounded by so many cowards today and how best to ignore them.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 56: Please Press 1 for Intelligent Life
The ridiculous machinations employed to avoid talking to customers, what number do I press to end it all?
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 55: The Best of Times
Are these good times or bad? I clarify the question and provide the answer.
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®Episode 54: Certitude
We're absolutely certain, and quite often wrong, because we refuse to listen while we're so certain.