Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
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Episodes
Episode 27: Dragged Up The Aisle
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why people see hidden dangers all around them, and why that's crazy.
Episode 24: Bureaucracy
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're not really using a phone, are we?
Episode 22: Agendas
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An "agenda" is no longer a harmless work aid. Find out why.
Episode 21: Believing
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wherein Alan discusses that we all believe in something, and we're not random biological mechanisms.
Episode 20: Annoying People
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are annoying people, and we shouldn't be ashamed to point that out.
Episode 19: An F for Public Schools
27 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The looming societal crisis if we don't improve our kids' chances in a broken system.
Episode 18: Improving Performance
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How to help others to improve, and how to easily measure performance without surveys, evaluations, and voodoo.
Episode 15: Who Loves You?
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why all of us require unconditional support at times and why it's so difficult to obtain it.
Episode 17: Get Rich Quick
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The uncomfortable truth about "multi-level marketing" and other Ponzi schemes.
Episode 16: No You Can't
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Some lessons in why your telling yourself you can might wind up in finding out why you can't.
Episode 14: Contrarianism
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why taking an opposite view is a public service and how to do it.
Episode 13: Selecting
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We "settle" instead of deliberately choosing what's best for us, and we need to stop that.
Episode 12: Degradation
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How standards begin to erode and what we can do to correct it.
Episode 11: Overprotection
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The cosseting of youth, and how it's leaving them vulnerable in the real world.
Episode 10: Overkill
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Pounding away until the point is crushed under the weight of redundancy.
Episode 9: Denial
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why we make ostriches' behavior in the face of threat seem reasonable.
Episode 8: Conservatism
30 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why we are far too timid in our lives and work and how to stop playing a "prevent defense."
Episode 7: The Aggrieved
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Why whatever you perceive your condition to be does not warrant a vote in Congress or a newscast.
Episode 6: Polarization
02 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The vast, ignorant error in believing people who disagree with you are stupid.
Episode 5: Myths
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A memorial service to the many friends you lost when they went swimming 55 minutes after having lunch.
Episode 4: Marketing Magic
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A manifesto on marketing‹and buying‹realities and why usage trumps functionality.
Episode 3: Fear Not
21 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Roosevelt was right, and we ought to stop being frightened by everything that goes bump in the night.
Episode 2: Energy
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How the Second Law of Thermodynamics can erode your business and your life if you donąt renew yourself.
Episode 1: Control
21 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How to maximize control of your life and not surrender your future.