Synopsis
The Uncomfortable Truth is a twice-monthly 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
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Episode 88: Mindset
12/06/2019 Duration: 07minThe way you think about your position is the way people will think about you.
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Episode 87: A Scam Is A Scam Is A Scam
05/06/2019 Duration: 05minWhy Ponzi is alive and well and calling it "multilevel marketing" is just lipstick on a pig
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Episode 86: Why I Love Italians
29/05/2019 Duration: 06minHow to allow Italy to seep into your blood.
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Episode 85: Chicken Little
22/05/2019 Duration: 06minThe screaming "foul" by the fowl is killing all.
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Episode 84: Crashing Standards
15/05/2019 Duration: 11minWhereby we lower standards in a berserk limbo competition for who can go lowest.
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Episode 83: The Football Metaphor and Gronk
08/05/2019 Duration: 05minWould you let your kids play football today, knowing what you know? Gronk is getting out just hoping it's not too late.
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Episode 82: The Absence of Ethics
01/05/2019 Duration: 06minWith traditional sources trampled, how do we tell right from wrong?
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Episode 81: The Nature of Hate
24/04/2019 Duration: 04minHow the haters are always inferiors, and always focus on minorities.
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Episode 80: Vaccinate This
17/04/2019 Duration: 05minWhy rights aren't absolute and the ignorance of science.
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Episode 79: The Injustice of It All
11/04/2019 Duration: 05minJustice is overrated. It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it. Seize control. Carpe diem.
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Episode 78: Only the Best
03/04/2019 Duration: 07minWhy is it revolutionary and shocking to suggest that NOT everyone deserves a turn at everything and we should focus on the best?
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Episode 77: A Wrong Turn
27/03/2019 Duration: 05minWhy we're not sure about which cliff we're going to drive off because we've taken a wrong turn in society.
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Episode 75: Misproportion
13/03/2019 Duration: 09minUncovering where we fail to get the proper return on our energy and how it undermines us.
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Episode 74: The Art Bluff
06/03/2019 Duration: 08minNot all art is good. It's not unethical to point that out, and it's silly to praise the unwatchable.
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Episode 73: Blowing Your Own Horn
28/02/2019 Duration: 09minWhy it's better to march to your own music rather than a distant drummer who's probably not a very good musician anyway.
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Episode 72: Officiousness
20/02/2019 Duration: 08minWhy some people behave as though there's that stick...
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Episode 71: Affectation Observations
13/02/2019 Duration: 06minWhy carry a cup of coffee INTO a coffee shop?
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Episode 70: Why I Love Australians
06/02/2019 Duration: 04minHere are excellent reasons for falling in love with the Antipodes.
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Episode 69: The Not So Disadvantaged
30/01/2019 Duration: 07minWe are who we decide to be. If you choose to be disadvantaged, then you will be. But we all have choices.