How Do You Find Your Personal Purpose?
How Do You Find Your Personal Purpose? I don’t think a person finds his purpose in one dramatic moment. Most of the time, purpose takes shape slowly. It comes through life, pain, responsibility, practice, failure, and the moment a person begins to understand that something he carries can help someone else. My view is simple. […]
The Most Honorable Title I Have Been Given
The Most Honorable Title I Have Been Given Father’s Day arrives every year with the same gentle, slightly commercial warmth. Cards, a meal, a gift that gestures at a hobby. I have never objected to any of it, but I have come to suspect we are not entirely sure what the day is for. We […]
What the NY Knicks and the Bandwagon Effect Reveal About Human Nature
Everyone Loves Victory. Few People Respect the Journey I have been living in New York City for over sixteen years. When I moved here from a small village in Israel, the NBA felt like a different world. One of the first things I wanted to do was go to Madison Square Garden and watch the […]
The Problem With Saying ‘Happy Memorial Day’
Comfort Makes Us Forget Who Paid for Our Freedom Every year, millions of Americans say “Happy Memorial Day.” Most mean absolutely no disrespect. They are being polite. They are wishing people a good weekend, good weather, time with family, and rest from work. The phrase became automatic, almost disconnected from the actual meaning of the […]
How to Stay Relevant in the Age of AI | Skills That Still Matter
How to Stay Relevant in an AI-Driven World The Shift Has Already Happened The conversation around AI often drifts toward fear or excitement. Both miss what is already happening in plain sight. The change is quiet and steady. Work that once required time, effort, and a certain level of skill is becoming easy to produce. […]
The Invisible Curriculum of Martial Arts
The Invisible Curriculum of Martial Arts Nobody joins a gym to be shaped by a person. They join to learn a skill, to get stronger, to understand something about how to handle physical threat or physical demand. The instructor is understood as a delivery mechanism for that knowledge. This is a reasonable way to think […]
What Cobra Kai Reveals About Becoming a Teacher
The Real Lesson in Cobra Kai Is About Teaching I recently watched the first season of Cobra Kai. Many people watch it because they grew up with The Karate Kid. They remember the tournament, the rivalry, the crane kick. I watched it with a different lens. Years of teaching make you see certain things immediately. […]
The Ethics of Self-Defense
Self Defense As a Core Value The Ethics of Self-Defense Under Pressure The ethics of self-defense are not simple. Anyone who claims they are has not spent time around real violence or real people. Force exists. Responsibility exists. The work begins when we stop pretending either can be avoided. I recently read Gillian Russell’s essay […]
Building Confidence in Children: A Lesson Every Parent Needs to Learn
Confidence isn’t about shielding children from difficulties; it’s about equipping them to face challenges head-on. Small, intentional actions—acknowledging effort, choosing encouraging words, and celebrating small wins—can build the foundation for lifelong resilience.
Kung Fu Panda Caught Me Off Guard
What Kung Fu Panda 3 Teaches About Strength, Identity & Belonging The time off during the holiday gave me something I do not get enough of during the year, slow, unstructured time with my kids, the kind where we wrestle on the floor, argue about rules we just invented, laugh too loud, then collapse on […]
