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 94: Screwed Up Priorities
23/07/2019 Duration: 05minWe have the dumbest priorities possible, focusing on the vague and esoteric and not the issues in front of our faces.
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Episode 93: Talent
17/07/2019 Duration: 11minWhy talent always "outs" except when the conditions don't allow it or there's not enough talent.
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Episode 92: Dig We Must
09/07/2019 Duration: 09minThe Michelangelo Factor and why careers can be works of art if we cull away everything that doesn't fit our passions and skills.
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Episode 91: Some Tough Facts About Sales
03/07/2019 Duration: 10minArthur Miller today might write about The Death of All Salesmen, because traditional selling is going out of business.
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Episode 90: Remember This, Not That
26/06/2019 Duration: 08minWhy mastering a spelling bee isn't at all important and why understanding reasons and relationships is.
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Episode 89: Scoot
19/06/2019 Duration: 06minWhy progress in personal transportation is questionable, and how personal injury lawyers probably invented it.
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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.