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    Accept the past, embrace the future
    Yonason Goldson
    • Jan 25
    • 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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    A rabbi and a shrink walk into a bar...
    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...
    9 views0 comments
    Insights that will train your brain to be more disciplined
    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,...
    20 views0 comments
    Balancing the Scales of Freedom
    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...
    13 views0 comments
    Success is in the palm of your hand
    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...
    4 views0 comments
    The Ethics Consultant -- Episode 1
    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...
    8 views0 comments
    The long way home
    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...
    3 views0 comments
    When I was a lad...
    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,...
    17 views1 comment
    Remember Independence Day with gratitude
    Yonason Goldson
    • Jul 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Remember Independence Day with gratitude

    As a human being, as an American, and as a Jew, I am profoundly grateful to live in the United States of America. I could focus on the...
    2 views0 comments
    What is faith?
    Yonason Goldson
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    What is faith?

    One of the most persistent and compelling ideas I’ve learned recently is what Jim Collins calls the Stockdale paradox. It's named for the...
    14 views0 comments
    The Rabbi's ethics challenge #5
    Yonason Goldson
    • Jun 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Rabbi's ethics challenge #5

    How ethical are you? How ethical do you want to be? The word stultify means to crush enthusiasm, particularly using ridicule, disdain,...
    7 views0 comments
    10 tips for a healthier, happier workplace
    Yonason Goldson
    • Jun 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    10 tips for a healthier, happier workplace

    How can we return to a more normal normal? As the world begins to open up again, how can we return to a more normal normal? We can save...
    4 views0 comments
    Trick your brain into making better decisions
    Yonason Goldson
    • May 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Trick your brain into making better decisions

    Avoid this mental quirk can that can set you up for catastrophe in business and in life Ideally, we shouldn't need to trick ourselves...
    6 views0 comments
    Nothing but the truth
    Yonason Goldson
    • Apr 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    Nothing but the truth

    Reflections about the boy who didn't cry wolf Having circled the globe one and a half times before finding my way to Torah observance,...
    14 views0 comments
    Celebrate the responsibilities of freedom
    Yonason Goldson
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Celebrate the responsibilities of freedom

    A Passover message for Jews and non-Jews alike Freedom is a responsibility, not a right. If we believe that we can enjoy the fruits of...
    8 views0 comments
    2 essential questions to ask if you want to be a better leader
    Yonason Goldson
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    2 essential questions to ask if you want to be a better leader

    My latest article in Fast Company illustrates the value of knowing the "other side" A popular technique employed by trial lawyers...
    11 views0 comments
    News of the Day Episode 29:
    Yonason Goldson
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    News of the Day Episode 29:

    Cast your vote for the new Reality Czar Earlier this month, a group of “experts” argued for greater government oversight to protect...
    4 views0 comments
    Go-Giver podcast interview with Bob Burg
    Yonason Goldson
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Go-Giver podcast interview with Bob Burg

    Deep within our hearts, we always know what the right thing to do is, don’t we? Or do we? We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day....
    2 views0 comments
    News of the Day Episode 25
    Yonason Goldson
    • Feb 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    News of the Day Episode 25

    A Presidents Day reflection on moral history Back when the earth was young and I was in grammar school, we used to celebrate either...
    3 views0 comments
    Intellectual integrity’s last stand
    Yonason Goldson
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Intellectual integrity’s last stand

    If you’re searching for ethical leadership, first look in the mirror In this electronic age of indelible memories, it didn’t take long...
    9 views0 comments
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