As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 16, 2017. Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important. – Mariel Hemingway Many of us lead very busy lives. Finding the right balance between furthering your career and finding more time to spend with family, adding some leisure and relaxation can be […]
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -Mark Twain As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 8, 2017. You know how they say “Ignorance is bliss”? Well when it comes to your money it can lead to financial ruin. Too often I meet people […]
As originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post on March 2, 2017 This weekend marks my 17th wedding anniversary. On Shabbat we read the Torah portion of Teruma. One of the topics discussed is the showbread used in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple. The loaves of bread were baked on Friday and only on […]
As originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post on February 22, 2017. Recently I met with clients with two children currently engaged. That means that within the next 6 months they need to make two weddings. Before we even started to discuss how they can pay for two weddings in such a short amount of time, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on February 15, 2017. Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations. Tom […]
As originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post, on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. “My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.” – Bjorn Borg […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, January 26th. I don’t even think about a retirement program because I’m working for the Lord, for the Almighty. And even thought the Lord’s pay isn’t very high, his retirement program is, you might say, out of this world. George Foreman Most people look forward […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 12, 2017 “2017 may be the least certain in years, with higher-than-usual risks and a binary set of outcomes that have dramatically contrasting results: euphoria or fizzle, significantly higher or lower than the base case,” – Savita Subramanian, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. How will […]
“And let them collect all the food of these coming good years, and let them gather the grain under Pharaoh’s hand, food in the cities, and keep it. Thus the food will remain as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will be in the land of Egypt, so […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, December 29, 2016. Yesterday I was on a plane from Amsterdam to Seattle. I was surprised about the cross section of travelers on this flight. Usually when you fly from Europe to Seattle you’ll have some locals returning from vacation, and some Europeans heading out to […]
