Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
Episodes
Episode 141: Tough Love
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
True love is knowing when to be tough about it.
Episode 140: The Death of Sales
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Play a dirge, the sales profession is being replaced by the leveraged consumer and customer. It's time to get out of Jurassic Park.
Episode 139: Blinded by the Light
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Examining our willingness to walk in what light we have.
Episode 138: Small Blessings During Crisis
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Even in the worst of times, good things emerge if we bother to experience them.
Episode 137: There Are Dogs and There Are Dogs
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to quickly determine if there IS a dog on the internet.
Episode 136: The Helping Hand or Sleight of Hand?
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Beware the hand reaching out to you, are they giving or taking?
Episode 135: The Law
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why we have too many lawyers, too much law, and not nearly enough justice.
Episode 134: Here's A Tip
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why I loathe the miserly and how to act well when you're with one.
Episode 133: A Conversation With Lisa Larter, The Best Damn Technology Marketing Strategist On Earth
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this special edition of The Uncomfortable Truth, I sit down with marketing strategist, Lisa Larter.
Episode 132: Risk/Reward
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to determine the odds of success and the important nature of your attitude.
Episode 131: The Objectification of Women
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Straddling the third rail to raise points about hypocrisy in some choices.
Episode 130: The Invasion of the Grievance Monsters
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wherein everyone demands everyone else's attention for every minor inconvenience, ending civilization as we know it.
Episode 129: They Shot The Bolt
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An independent view of why the Democrats just may be out of ammunition.
Episode 128: How Can You Help Others?
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing how we can be of comprehensive help in these times and all times.
Episode 127: Super Bore
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why the Super Bowl has become an almost mindless ritual despite the quality of play on the field.
Episode 126: Coronavirus
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we afraid of an illness that won't harm most of us but not of an illness that will kill 70,000 of us in the US alone annually?
Episode 125: Cobwebs in the Constitution
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How a legislature full of multi-term attorneys is killing us and why we should send them out to harvest crops.
Episode 124: Unassertiveness
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why we back up instead of move forward and what it means to have the courage of your talent.
Episode 123: Life and Death Struggle
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How the news media and reporters distort fact for drama, trying to make the mundane magnificent.
Episode 122: Skate to Where the Puck Will Be
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why Wayne Gretzky had it right and and the rest of us keep saying, "What the puck?"
Episode 121: Inexplicable Errors
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why lies and fabrications stick to our histories like glue, and why we provide the glue.
Episode 120: What Criminal Designed the Prisons?
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our prisons would reflect a depraved society to anyone coming from another world and wondering how we can treat people this way.
Episode 119: Critics
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why they're important some of the time only, and the worst, most dangerous critic of all.
Episode 118: Why We Believe
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it's hard to believe what we choose to believe, and here's why.
Episode 117: Limited Responses
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why it's negligent not to be ready for the most common responses.
Episode 116: Financial CYA
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How banks disregard the customer and why they should be run like hospitality organizations.
Episode 115: The Ugly Side
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Those aspects of humanity from which we should all learn some lessons.
Episode 114: Vietnam
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Being a description of a place I once tried to avoid and have no need to return to.
Episode 113: Score
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why government intervention in how much a team is allowed to win by may mean The End of Days.
Episode 112: Taxi!
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why capitalism is about the survival of the smartest as exemplified by taxis that no longer stink.
Episode 111: The High of Danger
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some people thrive on risk but the addiction can be fatal.
Episode 110: Men and Women
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What are inclusion and exclusion really about?
Episode 109: Privilege
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Instead of seeking privilege maybe we need to end it.
Episode 108: Stranger in a Strange Land
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why we're strangers within the crowd and how we need to avoid the fate of Valentine Michael Smith.
Episode 107: Columbus
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why we shouldn't knock down the statues but should get off our high horse.
Episode 106: Nominate This
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The befuddling hypocritical debates and election process viewed with all dispassion.
Episode 105: It's the Process, Stupid
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The government was set up to protect us from others and from ourselves, it appears.
Episode 104: The Higher Moral Plane
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You can't turn around these days without someone lecturing you on something.
Episode 103: Maybe He Is Too Heavy
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
He may be my brother or she may be my sister, but we don't help out like we once did.
Episode 102: Logic Ain't All It's Cracked Up to Be
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Where we examine why the honeybees are smart but dead.
Episode 101: Intimacy
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody loves somebody sometime. Or, they really should.
Episode 100: 100th Podcast
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wherein Alan shares some truths about himself which, he hopes, won't make you too uncomfortable.
Episode 99: Who Can I Turn To?
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Despite modern technology and increasingly rapid communications, we've become more and more isolated.
Episode 98: You Must Capitulate
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's no longer sufficient to merely win, the other person must LOSE!
Episode 97: Political Debates
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pure wind, pandering, and outright lies told with a straight face.
Episode 96: Normalcy
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How we are told of the exceptions as if they are normal and not told of the normal as if they are exceptions.
Episode 95: Free Stuff
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wherein we examine the uncomfortable truth about people and politicians seeking the benefits of free stuff.
Episode 94: Screwed Up Priorities
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why talent always "outs" except when the conditions don't allow it or there's not enough talent.
Episode 92: Dig We Must
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why mastering a spelling bee isn't at all important and why understanding reasons and relationships is.
Episode 89: Scoot
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why progress in personal transportation is questionable, and how personal injury lawyers probably invented it.
Episode 88: Mindset
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why Ponzi is alive and well and calling it "multilevel marketing" is just lipstick on a pig
Episode 86: Why I Love Italians
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to allow Italy to seep into your blood.
Episode 85: Chicken Little
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The screaming "foul" by the fowl is killing all.
Episode 84: Crashing Standards
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whereby we lower standards in a berserk limbo competition for who can go lowest.
Episode 83: The Football Metaphor and Gronk
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With traditional sources trampled, how do we tell right from wrong?
Episode 81: The Nature of Hate
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How the haters are always inferiors, and always focus on minorities.
Episode 80: Vaccinate This
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why rights aren't absolute and the ignorance of science.
Episode 79: The Injustice of It All
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 76: Invective by Alan Weiss
Episode 75: Misproportion
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Uncovering where we fail to get the proper return on our energy and how it undermines us.
Episode 74: The Art Bluff
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why some people behave as though there's that stick...
Episode 71: Affectation Observations
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why carry a cup of coffee INTO a coffee shop?
Episode 70: Why I Love Australians
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here are excellent reasons for falling in love with the Antipodes.
Episode 69: The Not So Disadvantaged
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are who we decide to be. If you choose to be disadvantaged, then you will be. But we all have choices.
Episode 68: Enemies
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why do you see enemies all around us, and why do we think we're on some exalted height?
Episode 67: Greetings
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's with first impressions? Well, for one thing, you only get one shot at them...
Episode 66: But What Are You For?
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 the...
Episode 65: Associations
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if they make you worse instead of better. With whom do you really want to hang out?
Episode 64: J'Accuse
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How being guilty until proven innocent is undermining our freedoms and creating fear and loathing.
Episode 63: Never Enough
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We mock hoarders, but most of us are caught in a "never enough" mentality quite similar to them.
Episode 62: Retaining and Increasing Power
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first step is to stop forfeiting power and seize the day.
Episode 61: Making America Great Again
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wherein we try to discover what greatness is and who's responsible for it, with results that are very frightening.
Episode 60: Subcultures
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why thinking yours is bigger and better than mine won't get you anywhere.
Episode 59: Truth and Consequences
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There is a singular answer to everything you wish to accomplish but you won't find it with motivational speakers or "The Secret."
Episode 58: If, Then
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are consequences to everything we do, and we ought to consider them before jumping into action.
Episode 57: Cowards
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why we're surrounded by so many cowards today and how best to ignore them.
Episode 56: Please Press 1 for Intelligent Life
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The ridiculous machinations employed to avoid talking to customers, what number do I press to end it all?
Episode 55: The Best of Times
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Are these good times or bad? I clarify the question and provide the answer.
Episode 54: Certitude
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're absolutely certain, and quite often wrong, because we refuse to listen while we're so certain.
Episode 53: Teachers' Unions
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When the student isn't seen as the customer the student isn't served well, and neither are we.
Episode 52: Presentism II
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Was Columbus a good guy or not? Should we play Wagner's music, even though he was an anti-Semite? Can you be an outstanding talent and also a lousy ...
Episode 51: Who Guards the Guardians?
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Wherein we examine who can curtail the power of those who exert unfair and inappropriate power by dint of their positions.
Episode 50: Going Through the Motions
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why action is often meaningless and words are illusory.
Episode 49: Why We Eat Our Young
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The endemic cynicism and pessimism of so many people remind me of alligators who habitually eat their own offspring.
Episode 48: Talent and Numbers
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you don't have a critical mass, you're not going to find critical talent.
Episode 47: Napoleon Hill and I
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast discusses my indirect association with Napoleon Hill through my old boss, and why thinking alone won't make you rich.
Episode 46: The Humility Myth
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Humility is NOT a desirable trait for professionals because no customer, client, or consumer screams out for a humble surgeon.
Episode 45: Who's That Knocking?
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You can take a fork or ignore a fork, you have to choose a side.
Episode 43: The Limits of Technology
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 43: The Limits of Technology by Alan Weiss
Episode 42: Negotiating with Time
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Time is a priority, not a resource. You can no more negotiate with it than you can with a hurricane.