Sodom and the Soul of Civilization: Three Enduring Lessons
Companies like Enron and Theranos rose on innovation and brilliance but fell to arrogance and deceit. Their failure was not from lack of intelligence but from loss of integrity.
Should I Invest in My Friend’s Real Estate Deal?
Many readers may not have a background in investing and financial planning. However, you do have intuition.
The Mabul, Black Swans, And Traveling Through Kentucky
hTe truth is that some events are too seismic to plan for in advance. During these situations, we learn the ultimate lesson from Noach, which is to …Walk with G-d (Bereishit 6:9).
The First Disruptor: The Jewish Roots of Innovation
In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avraham shatters the assumptions of his world. Surrounded by idol worship and inherited beliefs, he dares to ask: what if there is something greater, unseen, and just?
When Small Thefts Break Great Civilizations
The World Bank and modern economists confirm what the Torah taught millennia ago: societies that protect property rights thrive; those that don’t decay. Trust, not gold or oil, is the real wealth of nations.
The Reason You Can’t Get Ahead Financially: Your Friends
This “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality can occur at every wealth level. You will never be able to earn your way out of this approach to life.
Do You Feel Lucky?
As Yom Kippur approaches, we are called to reflect not only on our choices, but also on the apparent randomness that shapes our lives.
We Are Making $400,000 a Year and Just Getting By. What Are We Doing...
Switching yeshivas is a significant life decision. It will be disruptive, and another school may have a different style, hashkafa, or other attributes that don’t make it your first choice. However, tough choices need to be made to address your predicament.
Nothing’s Broken, But Everything’s Cracking
We notice what screams for attention: a fractured relationship, a career setback, a health scare. But what about what seems fine? A marriage that’s good enough. A spiritual life that’s lukewarm. A job that’s steady but uninspired. These don’t collapse from catastrophe. They wither from neglect.
Transforming Happiness into Joy
Gratitude does not just lead to joy. Gratitude produces joy. By tracing our blessings back through time, we cultivate the emotional soil in which joy grows.
The Account Hierarchy: The Foundation for Frum Financial Planning (Part II)
In this piece, I will cover accounts that may not be top of mind, but can be extremely beneficial for frum families with a range of wealth, lifestyle, and personal circumstances.
Who’s the Boss? When Your Inner Teenager Hijacks Your Day
Willpower is the scholar’s strength to seize back the microphone. To choose what I should do over what I want to do. But it is finite. Like a phone battery, it drains over the day, leaving the teenager in charge by nightfall.
The Most Dangerous Word in Leadership: Yes
Abraham Lincoln chose a different path. Instead of surrounding himself with loyalists, he built a “team of rivals,” appointing to his Cabinet, men who had opposed him and even run against him for the presidency. They disagreed with him often and sometimes bitterly, but Lincoln welcomed the challenge.
The Account Hierarchy: The Foundation for Frum Financial Planning (Part I)
Having too much cash sitting in a checking account is typically a poor decision, as you are losing buying power due to inflation.
The Language We Live By: What My Father Taught Me about Being a Father
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt”l, refused to call a hospital a beit cholim, house of the sick, because words shape reality. He called it a beit refuah, house of healing, reinforcing hope and recovery. The label itself becomes part of the cure.
How To Manage A Financial Windfall
An important first step after receiving a large windfall is to assess your overall finances. If you borrowed any money, you should consider paying that off first.
Growing Rabbit Ears: The Lost Art of Listening
In much of the West, particularly in the United States, silence is often perceived as awkward, a sign of disengagement or lack of confidence. But in some East Asian cultures, such as Japan, silence conveys thoughtfulness, respect, and even wisdom.
In Retrospect
As Steve Jobs said in his Stanford commencement speech, You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
Timely & Timeless Financial Wisdom From Mishlei
A healthy cash flow is the cornerstone of personal finance. It’s imperative you position yourself to earn a livable wage while you are young, by attaining proper schooling or training, before launching your own business or career.
Death by a Thousand Views: Why I Refused to Watch the Coldplay Meme
Viral shame is a digital stampede. Each click tramples someone closer to ruin.
Who, Not How: Escaping the Catch-22 of Leadership
Speak up and pay the price or stay silent and enable failure. In such moments what organizations need isn’t just better ideas, they need better messengers. Outsiders with no agenda. Someone who can say what others can’t.
Overcoming Antisemitism By Investing In Your Jewishness
While it’s important to have articulate advocates representing Israel and the Jewish people, what is the average person’s role in improving the plight of Jews around the world?
Self-Destruction vs. Self-Discipline
If we make people believe they are infallible, they eventually believe they can do no wrong – especially when they do.
The Paradox of Novelty
As AI emerges as the next frontier, Apple’s magic – the sense that it knows what we want before we do – is at risk of growing stale.
Reimbursing a Kidney Donor? NY Reimbursement Program To Incentivize Kidney Donation
The procedure itself is covered by medical insurance. This program is for ancillary costs, such as lost income, travel expenses, lodging, food, child and elder care, and medical aides not covered by insurance.
Making Yeshiva Tuition More Affordable: It’s Simple, But Not Easy
In addition to revealing wasteful spending, a regular review process will also empower the school with the information to go to the market and find the most cost-effective services.
Tipping Points and Revolutions: The Gradual Road to Overnight Change
The Mishna teaches that any dispute not for the sake of Heaven will not endure. A dispute for Heaven asks, ‘What is right?’ A personal dispute asks, ‘Who is right?’
The Grasshopper Complex: Imposter Syndrome, Capability, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
When we are stretched beyond our current ability, we enter discomfort. But that discomfort doesn’t mean we’ve reached our limit; it may mean we’re standing at the edge of our capability. Whether we step forward depends on mindset.
Adapt or Falter: The Enduring Lesson of Evolution in Leadership and Life
Adaptation does not mean straying from who we are. It means deepening our understanding of who we are meant to become.
Buying A Home: A Bad Investment, But (Usually) A Great Financial Decision
My personal view on homeownership has evolved over time. Instead of focusing on the subpar returns that most homes will generate, I have come to appreciate why a house may be an excellent financial decision for many families.