Replace Irrational Optimism with a Roadmap for Action
The Ethical Lexicon #5: Cure toxic culture without falling victim to unreasonable expectations Over the last several years, schools...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
Chanukah: The Origin of Cancel Culture
Resist the subversion of darkness in the name of enlightenment. Chanukah may be the most misunderstood of all Jewish holidays. It's not...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
Do Your Words Make Your Colleagues Cringe?
The Ethical Lexicon #2: Here's how to upgrade your conversations Do you remember the last time you heard a musician hit the wrong note in...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Train your Brain to see Clearly
The Ethical Lexicon #1: Discover new truths to reveal endless possibilities George Orwell said: If thought corrupts language, language...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
The Power to Succeed Is Staring You in The Face
A moment of reflection lets you to tap into the potential for greatness you never knew you had “My life changed. And all because of a...
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Yonason Goldson
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
The Death of Humor?
Is there a middle ground between hypersensitivity and social cluelessness? Is there a better way to deal with difficult people? Maybe we...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
The Newest Arrival
Beyond cynicism, turning toward hope My son is getting married? Someone wants to marry him? She's a nice girl? Who would've thought? Two...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 20, 2022
- 1 min
The Wall of Separation?
Revisiting the true intent behind the First Amendment Are we making things more complicated than the need to be? Is not the "wall of...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
The Best Job I Ever Had
The year I learned that the secret of wellbeing lies in service “You’ll leave here after four years with an education few people have had...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jan 25, 2022
- 2 min
Accept the past, embrace the future
Reflections on the complexities of family memories Today would have been my father’s 100th birthday. He was a complicated man. A child of...
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Yonason Goldson
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
A rabbi and a shrink walk into a bar...
Enjoy this profile of our insightful and groundbreaking podcast When is it OK to mislead, deceive or outright lie? What causes hate? How...
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Yonason Goldson
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
Insights that will train your brain to be more disciplined
Keeping our bodies in shape is important. But what if the prescription for physical health can teach us how to improve our emotional,...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
Balancing the Scales of Freedom
Originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2001, the week after 9/11, between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. It was Judgment...
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Yonason Goldson
- Sep 2, 2021
- 1 min
The Ethics Consultant #3: Damage control?
Why do problems spiral out of control? What's it worth to you to fix them? How much will it cost to skimp on solutions? It might be...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 26, 2021
- 1 min
Success is in the palm of your hand
How do we do a better job handling it when we get flustered and defensive? How do we give and receive criticism in a way the builds...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
Embrace unintended consequences
Humorist Kin Hubbard said: “Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
The Ethics Consultant -- Episode 1
Rent control? Your best friend lent you a thousand dollars to pay your overdue rent. But you didn’t use it to pay your rent. Why not? The...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 12, 2021
- 1 min
The long way home
"Let your eyes look directly forward, and your eyelids will straighten your path." --Proverbs Or, as Yogi Berra said, if you don't know...
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Yonason Goldson
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
My Orthodox Life
A rebuttal If you absolutely must, watch the Netflix series My Unorthodox Life. But whatever Julia Haart has to say, make sure you listen...
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Yonason Goldson
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
When I was a lad...
When I possessed the charming innocence of a 12-year-old, I took offense at the wording of the Pledge of Allegiance. Why, I wondered,...
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