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 HACHAM OVADIA’S SECRET MEMORY TECHNIQUE    What is the earliest memory you have of your life? I’ll bet that the first memory you have from your childhood has to do with some emotion. Some kids not letting you play with their blocks. Or getting upset that it rained on Purim, and your Purim costume got…

A PITIFUL THOUGHT   In a talk that I had recently with a teenager, I asked him how he spends his spare time.  When he answered “being bored”, we took the topic farther.  I asked him how he would feel if he discovered that he would be bored for the rest of his life. 24/7. …

  AN UNSETTLING THOUGHT   Life can be extremely frustrating. Or, if you wish, extremely fascinating. Depends on how positively you perceive things.  As a coach, I do not waste time watching movies, and not only for religious reasons. I watch real-life movies. If one wastes his time watching those fake films, he misses out on…

  THE HAPPIEST MAN I KNOW   There is an old Swedish saying, “Those who wish to sing always find a song.”  Happiness is like wanting to sing. Once you wish to be happy, you will find something to be happy about. Happiness is more an active decision than a state of being. You do not…

SULAM TO SUCCESS   Yaakov had a dream. A ladder. Two feet standing sturdily on the ground, with the top touching the sky. Angels climbing up and down. There are different interpretations of this dream. One of them is that the angels were going up and down in Yaakov עולים ויורדים בו ביעקב ולא בסולם.…