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 34: Damage
30/05/2018 Duration: 11minDon't default to believing others are damaged or they'll think the same of you.
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Episode 33: The Secret
14/05/2018 Duration: 15minThe secret of success that is within us but is too often abused instead of used.
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Episode 32: Presentism
30/04/2018 Duration: 10minWhy we shouldn't be applying contemporary beliefs to historical events and we'd be a lot lighter if we put the stones down.
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Episode 31: Vulgarity
16/04/2018 Duration: 14minHow we are dulling our senses and ruining our meaning. WARNING: Profanity is used throughout for examples.
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Episode 30: The Discipline of Learning
02/04/2018 Duration: 10minHow we're not preparing our kids for the basic learning that many of us were prepared for in simpler times.
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Episode 29: Why Are We So Threatened?
19/03/2018 Duration: 15minThe reasons for and means to escape going through your life defensively and scared.
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Episode 28: The Sublime Failure
05/03/2018 Duration: 17minFear of failure is fear of living, so let's come to grips with why we've failed and whether it matters or not.
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Episode 27: Dragged Up The Aisle
20/02/2018 Duration: 13minUnited may have been obvious, but you are being dragged up the aisle daily by a variety of public and private organizations.
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Episode 26: Driver's Ed
06/02/2018 Duration: 11minDon't tell me you don't have any faith when you drive on the highway with people all around you steering deadly weapons.
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Episode 25: Conspiracies
22/01/2018 Duration: 12minWhy people see hidden dangers all around them, and why that's crazy.
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Episode 24: Bureaucracy
08/01/2018 Duration: 16minLearn 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.
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Episode 23: The End of the iPhone
26/12/2017 Duration: 11minWe're not really using a phone, are we?
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Episode 22: Agendas
08/12/2017 Duration: 13minAn "agenda" is no longer a harmless work aid. Find out why.
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Episode 21: Believing
27/11/2017 Duration: 10minWherein Alan discusses that we all believe in something, and we're not random biological mechanisms.
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Episode 20: Annoying People
13/11/2017 Duration: 13minThere are annoying people, and we shouldn't be ashamed to point that out.
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Episode 19: An F for Public Schools
27/10/2017 Duration: 15minThe looming societal crisis if we don't improve our kids' chances in a broken system.
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Episode 18: Improving Performance
13/10/2017 Duration: 19minHow to help others to improve, and how to easily measure performance without surveys, evaluations, and voodoo.
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Episode 15: Who Loves You?
05/10/2017 Duration: 10minWhy all of us require unconditional support at times and why it's so difficult to obtain it.
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Episode 17: Get Rich Quick
29/09/2017 Duration: 09minThe uncomfortable truth about "multi-level marketing" and other Ponzi schemes.
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Episode 16: No You Can't
15/09/2017 Duration: 14minSome lessons in why your telling yourself you can might wind up in finding out why you can't.