We had left Vigil Mass on Saturday night where I helped serve Communion as a Eucharistic Minister. (I’ll be the lector next week.) We drove ten minutes to the restaurant for dinner and immediately heard of the shooting at Brown University. (And as I write this, a similar horror at Bondi Beach in Australia which was aimed at Jews celebrating the start of Hanukkah.)
The streets, the classrooms, public gatherings—none is immune to the violence of the mentally ill, the racist, the anti-Semitic, the terrorists, the disaffected who merely seek to kill. Luigi Mangione, who killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York street, captured on camera, has pleaded not guilty, and some people have raised a fund for his defense.
Do we kill the school principal if our child has failed a test? Do we murder the coach if our home team is terrible? (Gamblers are currently threatening athletes to underperform which will reward their betting.) Do we kill the event planner if the wedding is not to our liking, or the chef for a bad meal?
In the US, our government representatives are cowardly in not taking action on a bipartisan level to remove the mentally ill from the streets and to enforce stricter gun control laws. (I easily remember all the Representatives and Senators immediately after 9/11 standing on the Capitol steps singing America the Beautiful together. I drove home cross-country from LA with a client, and we saw cities, bridges, and countrysides adorned with American flags.)
I am not ever again proving funds or voting for anyone of any party who does not make this a campaign pledge with a plan to implement.
I know there are some of you who resent even a political taint to what I write here, but this is non-partisan, this is a call for freedom—the freedom from violence. We have a right to conduct productive lives and to live and raise our children in safety. When I was a child I could walk the streets alone, even at night, without fear and without my parents fearing for me. Early this morning, 15 minutes from Brown, I considered taking my gun to walk the dogs in the dark patches of our own lighted backyard. (I didn’t. But I thought about it.)
Some people object to “thoughts and prayers” as if they are of no value. I disagree. And I offer them to the families, to our communities, to all of us.
Right now, at this moment, that’s all I have.
Pre-publication Offer for My New Books with Great Bonuses!
Combined Seven-Figure Consultant and Getting Stated in Consulting V Book Purchase Bonus Offers:
Total of books, one title or combined titles:
5 books: Free 45-minute Zoom workshop in March on establishing value with buyers (worth: $450); 10 books: Free hour of personalized coaching with Alan ($2,500); 25 books: Free Den Sessions with Alan, 8 30-minute Zoom meetings over two months ($4,500: https://alanweiss.com/growth-experiences/the-den/); 50 books: Free seat in either virtual Million Dollar Consulting® College or Sentient Strategy® certification ($12,000); 100 books : Dinner with Alan at his home and three hours of coaching the following morning for you alone or you with a guest ($15,000)
To qualify for bonuses: You must use one of the advance publishing options below and send proof to Alan (alan@summitconsulting.com) in the form of your receipt. This offer is good until February 10, 2026. Once made, there are no returns or cancellations. The bonuses will be fulfilled at mutually-convenient dates and times.
Pre-order sources: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org. Bulk orders: Porchlight Books
The No Normal® Newsletter
Seeing what others don’t notice, acting when others don’t move, living a life others can’t dream
Newsletter sections and examples of what will be included:
1. What I'm hearing and seeing: What's Happened (AI is not taking over, it's actually underutilized)
2. Turn your head, look around: What's Happining (The jobs and careers that are disappearing)
3. Assume Zebras: What's Coming (Removal of human judgment in almost all sports—and not merely for accuracy)
The No Normal Newsletter is a reflection on my trademarked idea that there will never be a “return to normal” nor a “new normal.” That’s because “normal” means “routine” or “average” and this is not an age of the mundane.
Each month I’ll provide what I’ve been hearing globally, from clients and colleagues in my coaching and consulting practice. I’ll indicate what’s happening around us that is opportunity (or threat) for readers. And I’ll dispel the old trope that if you hear hoofbeats you should assume horses are coming, the most obvious probability.
I’m going to show you how to, and why you should, assume zebras.
$250 for a year (or $3,000 for a year plus six coaching calls during the year at your preference). Starts January 15.
For about 20 bucks a month you’ll get the mix of my enormous perspective of four decades in this business, my current highly successful contacts and engagements around the world, and my keen insights into the zebras.
• I predicted the Israeli/Hamas War would end by exhaustion this year.
• I predicted the market would exceed 48,000 in 2025.
• I have five books being published next year.
• I have my own AI:AlanIntlleigence® on my site, as well as 21 trademarks.
• I have the stongest brand in my “public square” in the world.
I’m not bragging, I’m showing you that I’ve identified, anticipated, and exploited true trends and eschewed fads. And, as Dizzy Dean said, “If you can do it, it ain’t braggin’.”
Join me in 2026 and continue your journey into prosperity. You can sign up here until it’s on my site: https://alanweiss.com/store/quick-pay/ If you don’t think 20 bucks a month is worth it for my guidance and insights, then poor you!
2026 Zoom Workshops
January 6 Maximizing the coaching/advisory dynamic
February 3 Maximizing speaking spin-off business
March 3 Role-playing tough conversations
April 7 Maximizing workshop effectiveness spin-off
May 5 Maximizing current events potential
June 9 Role-playing tougher conversations
July 7 Maximizing low project labor practices
August 13 Maximizing panels—participant/moderator
September 8 Role-playing toughest conversations
October 6 Maximizing publishing potential
November 2 Maximizing lifestyle potential
December 8 Maximizing 2027 personally and professionally
All sessions are approximately 90 minutes beginning at 10:30 US eastern time. These sessions are $450 each, or the entire year for $5,000. Add three months of weekly 30-minute coaching for $2,500, a total of $7,500. (My cards are accepted for the full-year, and for the full-year and coaching options, not for individual sessions.) All sessions will include video recording, visual photos, and Zoom Companion summary.
Register before December 1 and receive a fourth month of weekly, 30-minute calls.
Register here: https://alanweiss.com/store/quick-pay/
London:
For those of you who read down here, a special offer. I'm planning to be in London in late May offering a 1.5-day program based on my new book The Seven-Figure Consultant (which will be released in February and which I'll send for free to registrants at that time). The program is about the philosophy, leverage, and opportunity acquisition you need to make seven figures annually and sustain it. It is a brand new offering (it is not “Six Figures to Seven”). If you're interested: The fee will be $4,500, which includes a reception evening, a light breakfast and lunch. Write me at alan@summitconsulting.com or register here: https://alanweiss.com/store/quick-pay/ Read this far? It's May 18-19. (On May 27-28 I'm running a session for people now making seven figures annually about how to assess options for the future. Write me if you qualify.)
You may volunteer to be the person coached or simply watch. You needn’t attend every session and I will provide video to everyone afterwards along with written commentary. This should build your coaching prowess considerably.
This will be $500 for the year and I’m offering it to you, here, first, because I’ll obviously have limited participation. My offer to you is $400. (An hour of my “situational coaching” on my site is $2,500, so this is a hell of a deal if you choose to be coached or even just observe.)