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Are you an ethical leader? published in Fast Company
The 7 principles of ethical leadership (white paper)
10 ways to stay honest in a dishonest world
10 tips for a safer, healthier workplace
The ethics of epidemic: 5 practical insights from the coronavirus outbreak
The ethics of service: waking up from a tech nightmare to the light of universal wisdom
8 questions to make better choices
Is there always safety in numbers?
The man on the street: at the crossroads of exile, two strangers found hope amidst despair
How should we define "systemic racism"?
The system is broken. Why should I vote?
Business and leadership
The Inspiration that Saved a Nation
The light and dark sides of egocentricity
The ethical wisdom of mayhem and cavemen: The secret of success revealed in the genius of car insurance ads
The gender paradox: a deep-dive into the androgyny of great leadership
When leading from behind is the only option
Don't let this crisis go to waste
6 points to consider before mixing business and politics
Exploit the crisis mindset: lessons from the rescue of the Thai soccer team
Flying with Icarus: a parable about integrity and judgment
When censorship leads to freedom: lessons from a TEDx talk that went horribly wrong
Your career may be killing you
Taco me out to the ball game: how the wise choose their battles
Society and culture
Mankind's war against humanity
Anti-Semitism is not only about the Jews
The Secret to Ending Bigotry, Ultranationalism, and Racism
Throwing out the Bath Water with the Baby
Chanukah: the origin of Cancel Culture
The duchess diaries -- deconstructing Meghan and Harry
The universal message of freedom on Passover
St. Patrick's Day reflections on hom and harmony
Recalculate the Happiness Equation
Visionaries and Ideology: a study in contrasts
The tsunami and the circle-maker
Wrestling with our better angels: Independence Day reflections on leadership, vision, and courage
51 shades of gray: was I right to call out Masters champion Patrick Reed?
The ghost of Orwell rises again: scandals. scandals everywhere
Debunking the equality illusion: life imitates art as we race for the lowest common denominator
A forgotten past means a discarded future
Stop waiting for success... just ask!
The source of good and evil: what the Jersey City massacre teaches us about ourselves
Personal Development
The Language of Happiness and the Prescription for Joyful Living
Embrace the Human Paradox to Create a Better World
The Power to Succeed is Staring you in the Face
Light up Someone Else's World (and Yours as Well)
Reimagine Exile as a Journey of Spiritual Impressionism
Respond to plague with the cure of blessings
The poetry of ethics: why fewer rules diminish freedom
Why does devotion end in tragedy?
The Miracle of vision: a lesson in greatness from Jeopardy! icon Ken Jennings
The gift of disorder: for a better life, look for and forward to the unexpected
Burst your comfort-zone bubble
3 tips to program your internal GPS
Adversity is in the eye of the beholder
Don't become the stranger in the mirror
Purim and the ultimate question: Why?
Education and Parenting
Bad reviews deserve five stars: we do no favors showing misplaced compassion
Escape the Self-Esteem Fallacy
A Decade After Retirement, I'm Still Learning from my Students
The ivory tower of babel: what operation Varsity Blues tells us about the direction of the nation
Are your kids ready? They'll let you know
Honor (is learned from) thy father
Politics
The presidential victory speech we need to hear
Do you have the Courage not to Follow?
Something is melting faster than the icecaps: If we want to solve our problems at the top of the world, we need to start by looking at the ground beneath our feet
Back toward the middle? Signs that the partisan pendulum is finally swinging back
Don't seek to destroy adversaries who can do a better job of it themselves
Science and Nature
The tsunami and the circle-maker
Weather or not, your time has come
Post-victory let-downs are for the birds
Unlocking the Monty Hall paradox
Humor
The grass is always greener after the apocalypse
Confessions of a broken spirit
Essays about life, the universe, and everything
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