Category: Spiritual Business Practices

How to be Centered, Strong, and Supple

Are you too strong? Too set in your ways? Or perhaps, are you too flexible? Maybe too yielding? No worries. You can be strong yet supple. You just have to find the middle road. Where is Your Center? Marcus Aurelius… Read More

Keep It Simple, Simon

Did you know that you can have a super-amount of stuff, but still lead a simple life? That you can have a multitude of accounts and businesses and assets, yet still not feel overburdened? That you can even be at… Read More

Do I Need Life Insurance If I Believe in God?

Religion can be good for people. Knowing that you are accountable to a Higher Authority can keep you humble. At the same time, knowing that your capabilities are granted by a Higher Power can keep you inspired. When people understand… Read More

Divine Intervention Once and For All

A brief thought on another Passover-related topic:   God took command of history at the time of the Exodus and giving of the Torah at Sinai. This was the one and only time He “came to us.” Thereafter, we would… Read More

Guns, God, and Freedom

Guns and gun violence are a huge part of our society. If you work in the life insurance business long enough, and you handle enough different cases, you will come across them. I have seen firsthand the trouble they can… Read More

“Who Do You Think You Are?”

D’var Torah for the Shloshim of Leon Kobrin, Aryeh Leib ben Chaim8 Adar 5773 / February 18, 2013 My Father’s teachings My father preached the importance of a number of principles related to the “self.”  One of these was “Know Thyself”. … Read More

The Purim Story: Let’s  Suppose You Were In It 

Class Study Guide The Book of Esther that is read on Purim seems a lot like a child’s tale. However, a closer reading of the text reveals a much deeper story. Looking behind the scenes, we can gain a greater… Read More

Why Do Leaders Fail?

In his commentary on this week’s Bible portion, Rabbi Sacks talks about failures in leadership. Let’s review some of his teachings and see to what extent they ring true. Two types of failure Leaders can fail for two kinds of… Read More

Interdependent, Not Government-Dependent

This week’s Biblical portion starts the story of the Tabernacle, the portable house of worship in the desert. In his commentary, Rabbi Sacks draws for us some key lessons about the extent to which people could and should depend on… Read More