Reuven Sherwin
What makes us unique is our ability to change
It is almost the (Hebrew) new year, and it's time for introspection. See where we've improved, where we didn't. What we've done better,...
Reuven Sherwin
- Aug 23
- 2 min
A variation of the Pascal wager.
Though living for less than 40 years, Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) left a strong impression on the world in multiple domains, including...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Jul 18
- 3 min
Happy is the man that feareth always... | Proverbs, 28:14
(First published in Hebrew. Link here.) In the three weeks between 17 Tammuz and Tisha B'Av, known in Hebrew as "Y'mei Ben HaMetzarim" -...
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RJS
- Jun 26
- 1 min
On Change, and - what is your role?
Change Happens and Will Happen. Whatever your role in the organization is, select at least one of the following roles in the change:...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Mar 24
- 2 min
נקודות למחשבה על אונאת דברים שבין קונה למוכר
המשנה במסכת בבא-מציעא דף נח:, אומרת כך: ״כשם שאונאה במקח וממכר כך אונאה בדברים. לא יאמר לו ׳בכמה חפץ זה?׳ והוא אינו רוצה ליקח״ וממשיכה שם...
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![Stephen Colbert, Keanu Reeves & "What do you think happens when we die?" [QOTD Jan/2022]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7c2olMFEhK8/maxresdefault.jpg)
Reuven Sherwin
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Stephen Colbert, Keanu Reeves & "What do you think happens when we die?" [QOTD Jan/2022]
So, Keanu Reeves, known for playing the role of Neo, The One, in the Matrix Trilogy (of currently 4 movies...) is currently my most...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Role Models | On the Risk of Perfection - and How to Overcome It
(First published in Hebrew. Link here.) If you know a little bible, you know a lot about Moses, and his older brother Aaron. There's so...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
What is your position on Palestine?
So, the other day. Out of the blue. Someone read a blog post of mine. And asked me "What is your position on Palestine?" I could ignore...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
Time for Time Out.
It's Time Out for me. As of today. I'm taking a Sabbatical. I've been super-fortunate in the past years to work for (and with) amazing...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Cogwheels Don't Wait for the Weekend - and Neither Should You
If you're happy at work, you should be waiting for the week to begin. If you're waiting for the weekend too often, something needs fixing.
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RJS
- Jun 14, 2021
- 1 min
למי שקיווה, ולמי שקיווה שלא. תקנם בעצה טובה מלפניך.
אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, צוּר יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹאֲלוֹ, בָּרֵךְ אֶת מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל... פְרֹשׁ עָלֶיהָ סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמֶךָ, וּשְׁלַח ...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
Pearls of Non-Wisdom: Why Exercising is Easy, and Losing Weight is Hard
What is the reason Exercising is Easy and Losing Weight is hard? It's quite Simple (and obvious). In order to start - and continue -...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
Pearls of Non-Wisdom: An Email *Explaining* a previous Email - *Adds Confusion*
In an ideal world, people would understand each other.
In the real world they don't.
When they don't - using email usually adds confusion.
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Reuven Sherwin
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
לקפוץ למים - עקב בצד אגודל | קפיצה גדולה - וצעדים קטנים
[Original Post in English, if you prefer] [תורגם מאנגלית - אם נוח לכם באנגלית - אז בבקשה...] עוברים את התהום - בקפיצה גדולה. צריך ״פשוט...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
Two features to help you HACK(*) your Zoom sessions!
How to smartly use Zoom to offer - and derive - greater value from sessions you host online...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
מודלים לחיקוי - הסכנה שבלהיות מושלם | משה רבינו ואהרון הכהן
מה עוד אפשר ללמוד ממשה רבינו, ואהרון הכהן? * חבר לעבודה פעם אמר לי ״אני מאמין שצריך לקבוע רף מאוד גבוה - כך שאוכל לעבור בנוחות מתחתיו״...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מְפַחֵד תָּמִיד וּמַקְשֶׁה לִבּוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה | משלי כח יד
אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מְפַחֵד תָּמִיד וּמַקְשֶׁה לִבּוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה
למה פחד הוא טוב?
ואיך הוא מנגיד קושי לב?
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Reuven Sherwin
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Pearls of Non-Wisdom 1 - Fixing the World's Problems... You Come First!?
It's April 2020, and hopefully - in retrospect, when this will be read in 2021 - we won't believe that in April 2020 all/most/many of us...
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Reuven Sherwin
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
צוות לענין? 3 שאלות שחייבים לשאול
(פורסם לראשונה באנגלית בפברואר 2020.) (נכתב חלקית במגדר נשי, בגלל קשיי השפה שלי. מתייחס לנשים וגברים כאחת.) הנה שלוש שאלות, שממש קל לענות...
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