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Mongolia – 2 Days To Go

By Mike On July 9, 2010 · 6 Comments
Sitting amidst half-filled luggage, with my desk covered with passport photocopies and ticket printouts, it’s two days till my departure to Mongolia, and the excitement starts to sneak  in on me. The last couple of weeks were busy with preparations and goodbyes. Finding a flight to Ulaan-Baator in July turned out to be an non-trivial task, [...]
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Riding The Waves Of Uncertainty

By Mike On July 4, 2010 · 3 Comments
Fulfilled living requires us to learn to live with uncertainty. This idea has preoccupied me for the last several months. And while I still struggle to grasp its full meaning, my life has been giving me enough opportunities lately to do so. We start our lives with a crucial need for certainty. As infants we [...]
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The Charity Dilemma

By Mike On June 20, 2010 · 10 Comments
A couple of  years ago I went to visit my mother in a hospital. Just as I parked my car, a young guy approached to me with a bouquet of wild flowers. He told me that he lives alone with his grandmother, and that he doesn’t have any money to buy food. He offered me [...]
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The Russian Myth of the Strong Hand

By Mike On June 4, 2010 · 6 Comments
In a recent program on a Russian TV station, high-school teenagers were asked whether they think that a totalitarian regime is good or bad.  Two boys spoke their mind. They said that “it is mostly good, because it brings order and structure into society, and enables progress. If people are not ruled, are not forced [...]
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On The Humanness Of Criminals

By Mike On May 24, 2010 · 5 Comments
Last Saturday me and a bunch of friends went hiking. We were met by a hot weather, small current of water, slippery rocks and lots of arid vegetation – in other words, a typical Israeli landscape. After a five hour walk, and a short trip by a car, hungry and tired we arrived at a [...]
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A Perfect Death: Exploring Our Exit Strategy

By Mike On May 15, 2010 · 20 Comments
Semyon, a close relative of my family has passed away about a month ago. There was nothing surprising about it – the man has suffered from a terminal lung cancer for over an year. But when I heard the news, I still couldn’t help but feel a sense of shock. Man’s death can never leave [...]
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Wherever I Go, There I Am

By Mike On May 8, 2010 · 17 Comments
Last week I was invited to friends’ picnic party. At first I didn’t want to come (I anticipated that I wouldn’t know most people there), but not finding that reason compelling enough, I took out my jacket and left the house. After a short trip up the mountain and down a winding road, I found [...]
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4 Stages of a Relationship: Growing from Strangers to Partners for Life

By Mike On May 1, 2010 · 13 Comments
Having been in different romantic relationships over the years, I have came to notice that relationships usually go through stages, and that they end when one of the partners, or both, are unable to provide the necessary qualities needed to move into the next stage. So what does it take for strangers to become partners [...]
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A Better Path To Happiness Than Winning The Lottery

By Mike On April 24, 2010 · 3 Comments
In the previous post about meaning, I have looked at the reasons why meaning takes such an importance in our lives. I continue the series with a look at how work contributes to our sense of fulfillment and meaning. Let’s take a look at a carpenter that likes his craft, and is passionate about doing [...]
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Book Giveaway Contest: Delivering Happiness

By Mike On April 16, 2010 · 19 Comments
Being a “prominent” blogger, I have recently received two copies of Delivering Happiness, a business book written by Tony Hsieh, Zappos.com CEO, which was recently acquired by Amazon for $1B. I was asked by the author’s team to write a honest review of the book, and I am going to. But meanwhile, since I don’t [...]
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