Being Dead Is Bad for Business
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Most of us spend our lives talking ourselves out of things. But what could you accomplish if you never held yourself back?
What if, despite your fears, you went for broke every time?
You might live a life as extraordinary as the one Stanley Weiss has lived for nearly a century.
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Stanley A. Weiss
Stanley A. Weiss was formerly Chairman of American Premier, Inc., a mining, refractories, chemicals, and mineral processing company. He is Founding Chairman of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a nonpartisan organization of senior executives who use the best practices of business to strengthen the nation's security. Mr. Weiss has written widely on public policy matters. His work has appeared in the Huffington Post, the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Washington Times. His book, Manganese: The Other Uses, is the definitive work on the non-metallurgical uses of manganese. A former fellow at Harvard's Center for International Affairs, Mr. Weiss is the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Premier Chemicals and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Ditchley Foundation, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Royal Institution in the UK. Mr. Weiss has served on the Board of Directors of Harman International Industries; the Board of Visitors of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; and the Advisory Boards of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy and the International Crisis Group. Mr. Weiss is married with two children. He divides his time between his residences in London and Gstaad, and his office in Washington, DC.
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