Originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2001, the week after 9/11, between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. It was Judgment...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"Let your eyes look directly forward, and your eyelids will straighten your path." --Proverbs Or, as Yogi Berra said, if you don't know...

A rebuttal If you absolutely must, watch the Netflix series My Unorthodox Life. But whatever Julia Haart has to say, make sure you listen...

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,...

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...

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...

How ethical are you? How ethical do you want to be? The word stultify means to crush enthusiasm, particularly using ridicule, disdain,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

My latest article in Fast Company illustrates the value of knowing the "other side" A popular technique employed by trial lawyers...

Cast your vote for the new Reality Czar Earlier this month, a group of “experts” argued for greater government oversight to protect...

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....

The festival of purim teaches us about Masks, danger and second-guessing It's been nearly two decades, but I can still visualize the...

A Presidents Day reflection on moral history Back when the earth was young and I was in grammar school, we used to celebrate either...