Archive for the 'Self Improvement' Category
Jewish Caruso
July 23rd, 2010I enjoyed this article about a Hassidic Jew whose love of very old Jewish Recordings garners him a bit of fame.
Jewish Caruso
The benefits of walking a dog
December 17th, 2009On a rather stressful day, I really enjoyed reading this article on the benefits of walking a dog. Here is a snippet on how walking a dog helped people in an assisted living home:
To the surprise of the researchers, the dog walkers showed a big improvement in fitness, while the human walkers began making excuses […]
Shmuley Boteach on Tiger Woods and Infidelity
December 15th, 2009“IN TRUTH, men have affairs not for physical reasons but for emotional ones. They cheat not out of a sense of confidence but out of a state of brokenness. Not out of a sense of how desirable they are but out of a sense of what failures they are. And this is especially true of […]
Food and Health Care
October 8th, 2009Th New York Times Magazine has a wonderful article on chef Jamie Oliver and his mission to have people cook their own food and be healthier. I highly recommend you read the article and came away incredibly impressed with Jamie Oliver, what a great guy. If we as a country really want to tackle health […]
A Broken Heart
September 9th, 2009I signed up for Rabbi Simon Jacobson’s 60 Day Journey to the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) email list. I get an email every day to prepare me spiritually and mentally for this Jewish New Year and the Yom Kippur. The emails have been amazing, but none better than today’s email. Here […]
Jefferson
August 19th, 2009Enjoy this wonderful blog post from the New York Times by Maira Kalman about Thomas Jefferson. Really wonderful.
Kalman on Jefferson
A Home in Harvard
June 21st, 2009I highly recommend this inspiring LA Times article about Khadijah Williams. Here is a snippet:
“Around here, Khadijah is known as “Harvard girl,” the “smart girl” and the girl with the contagious smile who landed at Jefferson High School only 18 months ago.
What students don’t know is that she is also a homeless girl.”
Here is the […]
Memorial Day Rememberance
May 25th, 2009The following is an excellent Memorial Day blog post on a true American Hero from The Hackensack Blog:
Roy Benavidez Memorial Day
How David Beats Goliath
May 15th, 2009Please go read this article in the New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell. It is about how underdogs can win. It is simply fantastic and has many lessons that anyone, especially investors can use.
Malcolm Gladwell - David vs. Goliath
Mea Culpa
May 14th, 2009I’ve been meaning to write this for awhile, but I think now is a good time to write this.
I have been very wrong the past year. I’ve been wrong on specific stocks and the direction of the market. I’ve lost my investors and others lots of money despite my hard work and research. After 10 […]