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 139: Blinded by the Light
11/06/2020 Duration: 05minExamining our willingness to walk in what light we have.
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Episode 138: Small Blessings During Crisis
03/06/2020 Duration: 09minEven in the worst of times, good things emerge if we bother to experience them.
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Episode 137: There Are Dogs and There Are Dogs
27/05/2020 Duration: 04minHow to quickly determine if there IS a dog on the internet.
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Episode 136: The Helping Hand or Sleight of Hand?
20/05/2020 Duration: 07minBeware the hand reaching out to you, are they giving or taking?
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Episode 135: The Law
13/05/2020 Duration: 05minWhy we have too many lawyers, too much law, and not nearly enough justice.
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Episode 134: Here's A Tip
06/05/2020 Duration: 07minWhy I loathe the miserly and how to act well when you're with one.
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Episode 133: A Conversation With Lisa Larter, The Best Damn Technology Marketing Strategist On Earth
29/04/2020 Duration: 19minFor this special edition of The Uncomfortable Truth, I sit down with marketing strategist, Lisa Larter.
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Episode 132: Risk/Reward
21/04/2020 Duration: 10minHow to determine the odds of success and the important nature of your attitude.
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Episode 131: The Objectification of Women
15/04/2020 Duration: 07minStraddling the third rail to raise points about hypocrisy in some choices.
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Episode 130: The Invasion of the Grievance Monsters
08/04/2020 Duration: 05minWherein everyone demands everyone else's attention for every minor inconvenience, ending civilization as we know it.
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Episode 129: They Shot The Bolt
01/04/2020 Duration: 06minAn independent view of why the Democrats just may be out of ammunition.
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Episode 128: How Can You Help Others?
24/03/2020 Duration: 07minDiscussing how we can be of comprehensive help in these times and all times.
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Episode 127: Super Bore
18/03/2020 Duration: 04minWhy the Super Bowl has become an almost mindless ritual despite the quality of play on the field.
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Episode 126: Coronavirus
11/03/2020 Duration: 08minWhy 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?
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Episode 125: Cobwebs in the Constitution
04/03/2020 Duration: 05minHow a legislature full of multi-term attorneys is killing us and why we should send them out to harvest crops.
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Episode 124: Unassertiveness
26/02/2020 Duration: 04minWhy we back up instead of move forward and what it means to have the courage of your talent.
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Episode 123: Life and Death Struggle
19/02/2020 Duration: 08minHow the news media and reporters distort fact for drama, trying to make the mundane magnificent.
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Episode 122: Skate to Where the Puck Will Be
12/02/2020 Duration: 08minWhy Wayne Gretzky had it right and and the rest of us keep saying, "What the puck?"
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Episode 121: Inexplicable Errors
05/02/2020 Duration: 05minWhy lies and fabrications stick to our histories like glue, and why we provide the glue.
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Episode 120: What Criminal Designed the Prisons?
29/01/2020 Duration: 06minOur prisons would reflect a depraved society to anyone coming from another world and wondering how we can treat people this way.