Author Archives: Alan Weiss

Nantucket Confidential

Apparently Omar has left just enough cigars and wine in Nantucket for me to enjoy myself!
Had my martini with blue-cheese-stuffed olives at the bar last night, with
Mitch doing honors once again. (You can see Mitch in the August, 2008
postings of Nantucket Journal here on the blog.)
We had the chef’s eight-course tasting menu at Topper’s which, [...]

Alan’s 6-pound Father’s Day lobster

Alan’s New York Weekend

Reprinted from ContrarianConsulting.com:

The limo arrived at 7:30, and I caught the Acela to New York, absolutely filled, 43 people in first class, but two great stewards who promptly served breakfast. I get the last single seat, since the Boston crowd had filled the train before Providence.
The cab dispatcher at Penn Station was fantastic, and my [...]

Through New York….

I entertained the Million Dollar Club and Mentor Hall of Fame Members in New York last week, and here is a snapshot summary of our dining:
Day One: The private dining room of Gilt, at The Palace (our headquarters). A beautifully designed, ornate room with a single central table for 14 overlooking St. Patrick’s Cathedral and [...]

What Happens When You Don’t Have Customers

I’ve just spoken in LA on the sound stage that usually houses Bill Maher’s show, which formerly hosted The Price is Right, and is just up the hall from The Young and the Restless. We manhandled some quarter-million-dollar cameras out of the way, and I addressed the “studio audience,” comprising professional speakers. 
My wife and I [...]

Queenstown, New Zealand

I’m here so speak at a meeting for my pal and member of my Million Dollar Club, Rob Nixon, who is hosting his coaching club members in this idyllic “Adventure Capital of the World.” My rooms, in the fabulous Eichardt’s Private Hotel, overlook the lake in an area that greatly resembles a combination of Switzerland [...]

Reporting From Sydney

I’m in Sydney running the first Six Figures to Seven workshop, which will also run in March in Las Vegas. This is the first time I’ve “debuted” an offering outside of the U.S. (One of the participants immediately told me that he is just finishing The Global Consultant, and loves it!)
I’m staring at the Opera [...]

Alan From Dublin

I’m happy to be contributing to Omar’s blog, especially and appropriately since I’m writing from Dublin. On Sunday morning the limo driver told me it never snows in Dublin, and on Monday morning it snowed. He was right for 24 hours, barely.
A great many clients are right for 24 hours or less, as well. They [...]