being a role model, building character, role models, working

4 Lessons Elon Musk (and the rest of us) can Learn from Haraldur Thorleifsson

On the top of my bucket list is a visit to Iceland. And while I’m there, I hope to find Haraldur Thorleifsson at his new restaurant, enjoying his latest success. I’d like to meet a role model like him. In a world gone mad these days, where it’s commonplace to mock the disabled, to dismiss… Read More 4 Lessons Elon Musk (and the rest of us) can Learn from Haraldur Thorleifsson

family

Love You Cousin Nancy

Corkies. My first memory of cousin Nancy involves Corky shoes. I was hanging out at Nana Shirley and Papa Jerry’s house and I was in their pool. A bunch of people walked in, and I have absolutely no memory of anything about that day except for how cool my older cousin Nancy was, and how… Read More Love You Cousin Nancy

daf yomi, learning

1000 Days of Trying

1,000 days. What can you accomplish in 1,000 days? 1,000 days is approximately the time that it takes to go from the beginning of a pregnancy to handling a 2-year-old. It’s the time it takes to develop from a short, awkward 10-year-old to becoming a slightly taller, still awkward bar mitzvah boy. It’s almost enough… Read More 1000 Days of Trying