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Don’t Fix People. Fix Perspective: How to Help Others Deal with Challenges
Mitzpe Ramon — Winding Road — a different Perspective A fictional story that surely happened : Two text messages, a skipped lunch, and a...

Reuven Sherwin
Sep 193 min read
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[Not Mine] The Illustrated Guide to the PhD - created by Prof. Matt Might
Matt Might, a professor in Computer Science at the University of Utah, created The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. to explain what a Ph.D. is to new and aspiring graduate students. [Matt has licensed the guide for sharing with special terms under the Creative Commons license.]

Reuven Sherwin
Aug 181 min read


How I Failed Miserably as an Interviewer (and How You Won't)
Are our initial impressions quick, powerful, and potentially misleading?
And if so, what can we do to improve?

Reuven Sherwin
May 143 min read


Some (useless?) Stats (and the background story)
When I was in 11th grade, between my 16th and 17th birthdays, I was part of a Youth Delegation sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of...

Reuven Sherwin
Apr 203 min read


TIL: The difference between <Persistence> and <Perseverance>
About the difference between Persistence and Perseverance.
Both are about getting through a challenge, and yet - they are different.
More...

Reuven Sherwin
Aug 18, 20241 min read


Lesson Learned from Schmicago (Schmigadoon! season 2)
The other day, I happened to stumble upon the Apple TV series Schmigadoon! - which I found quite enjoyable. An overall happy-fuzzy...

Reuven Sherwin
Mar 17, 20241 min read


IMHO, The Best & Simplest Decision Making Tip
How to simplify the decision making process. I use this a lot, and like it a lot. Maybe you'll like it too.
Rooted in Behavioral Economics.

Reuven Sherwin
Jun 25, 20232 min read


הלכתי להפגנה. לראשונה בחיי. פוסט שאולי ירגיז. אולי ירגיז את כולם. אבל לפחות קצר.
במסגרת ה״איזה כיף פה בארץ עם כל מה שקורה פה״, לראשונה בחיי (אני חושב) הלכתי לאחת ההפגנות. לא זו של ההייטק, סה״כ אני שוב סטודנט. של...

Reuven Sherwin
Feb 9, 20231 min read
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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...

Reuven Sherwin
Jan 9, 20221 min read


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.

Reuven Sherwin
Jul 19, 20212 min read


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.

Reuven Sherwin
Mar 8, 20211 min read


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...

Reuven Sherwin
Apr 16, 20202 min read
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