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Philosopherdoc, Las Vegas, NV (2026)

01/15/2026

Plant a Better Seed, Harvest a Better Crop. Ask a Better Question, and Get a Better Answer. Witness! You: “Why can’t I ever succeed.”Your brain: “Because you’re a loser!” How does that sound? A negative question yielding a truly negative answer. These are the seeds of poison that you plant in the fertile soil of your mind when you ask yourself negative disempowering questions. Your brain is, the most fertile soil. It will grow whatever seed, so to speak, is planted in it. Planting negative ideas and questions will yield negative answers, a negative attitude, and an unfulfilled life. It will rob you of the deep reservoirs of resources that run through your mind that would otherwise help you find solutions. and achieve the life you deserve. Philosopherdoc.com

01/12/2026

“Moses, Rocky, and the Importance of Knowing, “Who Am I?” “Nobody’s ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I’m still standin’, I’m gonna know for the first time in my life that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood”. Powerful words from Rocky, and a powerful lesson for us. How do you see yourself? As “just another bum from the neighborhood?” Are you worthy of success, an outstanding spouse, wealth, happiness? Who are you anyway? That’s complicated. Because you are more than your career, your past. How do you define yourself? Your identity? In this week’s portion of The Bible, Shemot (the first few chapters of Exodus), Moses asks The Almighty “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should take the children of Israel out of Egypt?" A probing question. Was he a Prince of Egypt? A Midianite shepherd? A Jew? Was he worthy, of such a task? To lead an enslaved nation out of bo***ge? Write down the phrase 20 times “I am . . .” and complete the sentences. The first few are simple. “I am a doctor.” “I am a father.” You get the point. The introspection will become progressively more enlightening, as you proceed with the exercise. Who are you? The answer will determine what you believe you are entitled to, and what you will achieve. Philosopherdoc.com

01/07/2026

“The Sun is Rising.” Franklin, Jacob’s Ladder, and America’s Precarious Inception. The chair in the distance, in The Assembly Room within Independence Hall, was General Washington’s. At the top, a sun is depicted, carved into the wood. Benjamin Franklin asked himself, during deliberation over the wording of the Declaration of Independence, and whether or not to fight England for the cause of Freedom, if the sun was rising, or setting, on America, and Freedom. He determined that the sun and the future of America, were in fact rising. In our own lives, we are either rising or setting. Climbing, and moving towards worthy goals, improving ourselves and the lives of others, or we are moving backwards, wasting our opportunities. And if you think you are simply standing still, neither growing nor regressing, you’re not. As everything progresses around you, if you stagnate, you are moving backwards. When fleeing his brother Esau (danger) to the House of Laban (more danger), Jacob had a vision. Behold! Angels ascending and descending a ladder. They were not still, as one does not remain still on a ladder for long. One is either ascending or descending the ladder. So too in life, we are not meant to stand still, clinging to one rung of a ladder. And the vision, the encounter with “The Divine,” occurs for Jacob when he is fleeing danger, about to encounter more. It is often in these periods of fear, uncertainty, confusion, we attain the most clarity, “a vision,” so to speak, insight, and solutions to the challenge. Philosopherdoc.com

01/02/2026

How does Hell sound to you? I don’t mean the Biblical Hell. But the equivalent while alive. That’s where you’ll be when that’s what your relationship has become. And that’s just the beginning. How about huge financial loss? Oh yes. With no end in sight? Correct. Your kids in therapy? Yes sir. You, now cynical about every member of the opposite s*x, for years? Maybe forever? How about parting with large amounts of money so that your wife, and her new boyfriend can raise your kids? That’s Hell, as Jordan Peterson would say. And that’s what can happen when you don’t take the time to address what must be addressed in your relationship, minimum, on a weekly basis. You want to sit on the couch every night watching television, not addressing what’s bothering you? Go right ahead. But don’t say you were not warned. You have to talk, and you have to listen, even if it’s painful. Because if you think listening is painful, wait until you end up in divorce court, in therapy, your kids in therapy. That’s pain. But it’s avoidable. The relationship needs both quality time and quantity of time to address what needs to be addressed to maintain it. In fact, put down your phone and schedule a date with your significant other, today. You can thank me later. Philosopherdoc.com

12/31/2025

The “Diamonds” All Around Us, Within Us, and The Importance of Forgiving Oneself. Your Past, Your Vision of Your Future, and Conwell’s
Life Changing “Acres of Diamonds.” This is my best attempt to recall my Yom Kippur message to the Young Israel Aish of Las Vegas Congregation this year. And I am most grateful to Rabbi Yitz Wyne for his guidance, friendship and the opportunity to speak to the community to which we owe so very much. We must all know, everyday, that we are literally standing on our “Acres of Diamonds,” as Russell Herman Connell would say. Our opportunities are all around us, but the tendency, is to believe that prosperity and happiness is to be found elsewhere. In a different city, a different job, with a different spouse. Not true. The key, to lifetime happiness perhaps, is to “see” the “diamonds,” around us, and within us, in terms of your uniqueness, and gifts. You recognize the opportunities. And! For your better future, you must cease beating yourself with your past, viewing yourself as a collection of mistakes and “failures,” which eliminates the possibility of a compelling future. For how you see your future, is more important, than what has happened, in your past. Philosopherdoc.com

12/29/2025

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” wrote Yeats in The Second Coming. When the previously untended to snakes grow into dragons. An accurate description of what can happen in relationships when dialogue completely breaks down and ceases. Things fall apart and mere anarchy is loosed upon YOUR worlds. The story of Joseph in the Scriptures is an unfortunate example. We are told how his brothers hate him to the point that they could not say a kind word to him. This verse is more accurately translated to mean that they could not bring their grievances to him to even attempt to resolve the conflicts. For instance, “ Hey man, we know you’re the favored son from the favorite mother. And you’ve got that fancy coat to prove it. Maybe you could try not wearing that coat around us to rub it in our faces? And do you think you could keep those dreams that you have where we’re subservient to you, do you think maybe you could keep those to yourself? Thanks.” But no! The brothers can’t bring their grievances to Joseph and their anger grows to the point where they want to kill him. Ultimately they sell him into slavery and lie to their own father claiming Joseph is dead. For us, in our relationships with our spouse, children, friends, and colleagues, we must not be solely concerned that feelings might be hurt in the short run, especially when the danger of not expressing one’s feelings, opinions or concerns, could lead to much greater pain in the future. “Speech, is a path to peace,” said Rabbi Sacks. Nachmanides wrote that “those that hate tend to hide their hate.” Don’t let this be you. The pain and resentment builds until it’s too late. Philosopherdoc.com

12/26/2025

“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that THE HARDER THE CONFLICT, THE MORE GLORIOUS THE TRIUMPH. WHAT WE OBTAIN TOO CHEAP, WE ESTEEM TOO LIGHTLY: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.” Thomas Paine’s “The American Crisis,” published December 19, 1776, and read to Washington’s troops last night, 249 years ago, on the bank of The Delaware River, Christmas Eve, hours before Washington’s Crossing, and The Battle of Trenton, a turning point in the American Revolution. The cause of freedom. A worthy goal, indeed. And to achieve it? You must defeat the most powerful army in the world. You could die in battle, or starve or freeze to death, succumb to Small Pox, Typhus, or be captured and hung by your neck from a tree. How does that sound? And the opportunities we all have as result of our victory against England are so easily overlooked. As Paine wrote WHAT WE OBTAIN TOO CHEAP, WE ESTEEM TOO LIGHTLY. That is true Nationally, but also in terms of the gifts that have been granted to us, free of charge. Our mind, our vision, hearing, our health. You can repair your Tesla or your cracked iPhone screen, but you cannot replace your vision. Do you appreciate the irony? What we acquire through money, whose loss we deem disasterous, can be replaced. But that which has been given to us, for free, our Freedom, our minds, our vision, if taken away cannot be replaced. List 100 things over the next hour you are grateful for, and you will emerge from the exercise, a different person. David and I made a pilgrimage to Washington’s Crossing, to attempt to grasp the magnitude of sacrafice that was made for the cause of Freedom. To pay homage, to not lose sight of how blessed we are to live in America, and to remember what Paine wrote: THE HARDER THE CONFLICT, THE MORE GLORIOUS THE TRIUMPH. That’s true for a nation, in your personal life, in business, school, and your relationships.
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12/25/2025

“Before I draw nearer to that stone to which you point,” said Scrooge, “answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” Ah, the infamous words spoken by Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ 1843 A Christmas Carol, knowing the grave before him might indeed be his own. Never married, and without children. A life of greed and wealth, but without love, isolated. His clothes hastily sold after his death by his detractors, for money. Ultimately, his disgust for what may befall him, forces him to change his life. “Hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this in*******se. Why show me this, if I am past all hope?” An Identity Shift! Change how you see yourself, and you’ll change your life. His sincerity is sensed by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, and Scrooge’s fate, is changed. What about you? What about your life? If you continue along the same path, and continue to do what you have been doing for the next five years, where will you be? What will your life be? As Jim Rohn would say in 5 to 10 years you will surely arrive, the question, is where? The great news for Scrooge, and all of us, is that we can change our future. For it is not predetermined nor set in stone. The negative possible future is the “shadows of things that May be, only.” Not the “shadows of the things that Will be.” We can change. If you don’t like what you see as your inevitable future, you can start making changes today. When I was much younger, my future was bleak, with limited options, and none of them good. This was because of my disruptive, destructive, aggressive behavior, in accordance with how I saw myself. My self-image was mostly shaped by how I believed others perceived me and who they told me, I was. I did not want such a future. But in order for that future to be changed, I had to change myself. Which I did, and prospered. And such a journey begins with changing how you see yourself. And if you do not see yourself as a winner, as Zig Ziglar would say, then you cannot perform as a winner. For you cannot consistently perform in a way that is inconsistent with how you see yourself. If you do not think you deserve better then you will not act in the way that will bring you the better life you actually deserve. And regarding your work life balance, you will not say on your death bed I wish I had worked more. I wish I had spent more hours at the office. Let your possible negative future terrify you every once in a while to motivate you to make the necessary changes now, so that the undesirable future never comes to fruition. Philosopherdoc.com

12/19/2025

Who Has Been Dumping Garbage into Your Mind? Let us agree that if one were to come to your house and dump a garbage can onto your foyer floor, your reaction would be a combination of disbelief, confusion, denial, and rage. So then why, as Zig Ziglar asked, don’t we have the same reaction when people poor garbage into our minds? Or when we ourselves dump garbage into our own minds with cynicism? Self criticism? Self-doubt? What negative influences are you exposed to intentionally and unintentionally? People? The news?Social media? What type of influence is this having? And are you okay with this? Earl Nightingale said that your mind is the most fertile of any soil. And it will grow whatever you plant. If you plant seeds of poison, in the form of self doubt and cynicism, it will grow poison. Conversely, if you plant the seeds of optimism, gratitude, creativity, and curiosity, then, from the fertile soil of your mind will spring forth an entirely different crop, and future. Philosopherdoc.com

12/10/2025

Sometimes it’s quantity and not quality. We all know the expression it’s quality and not quantity. But sometimes it’s simply a matter of “time.” Enough time. Enough time to relax and address all the issues that should be addressed. Before the small problems grow and become large problems. When you are not rushed to get back home and restart the daily routine. Enough time to reconnect. To listen, to learn, to connect to discover why you are together in the first place. Philosopherdoc.com

12/07/2025

Powerful new Paths. Dig up the Paths of Habit and Conformity. “Look at that RED PATH cutting through the trees!” And we did. The exquisite red path that runs through the grove of trees on the Middle Oak Creek Trail is a powerful
metaphor for our lives. The path is only where it is, because of persistent use. The more the path is used the deeper its grooves go into the dirt and sand, making it more likely to be used in the future. So too, for us. The un-productive, disempowering habits, the daily routines, excuses, which lead us aimlessly, no closer to a goal, or to someone else’s goal, are deep paths strengthened by persistent use, and become even more likely to be traveled upon in the future. They are the deep grooves running through the ground, a trail, or path, taking us, nowhere. We must dig these paths up, so to speak, and lay new paths, with new routines, to take us where we should go. But unlike being on the red path of Middle Oak Creek Trail, where it is obvious we are on a path, the deep groove paths on which we find ourselves on a daily basis are not as obvious. Nor is it obvious who constructed the paths, or where they lead. But by our daily routines, we drive the grooves of the paths deeper, making it more likely they will continue to be used. Become aware of the daily paths on which you travel, analyze their utility and destination. Are they taking you where YOU want to go? Dig up those which do not serve you, and start creating new, deep paths, on which you can travel, en route to a worthy destination. Philosopherdoc.com

09/05/2025

Anger Assuaged, Despite a Broken Air Conditioner, Due to Better Answers from Better Questions. A systemic approach to confront any challenge. “We can fix the 5 year old unit for $6,000 but we should really get you a new AC unit this week for $15,000.” “What!?” How can we systematically deal with adversity and challenges? We can start by asking better questions which inevitably yield better answers. “Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question,” E.E. Cummings would say. Indeed. Why does this always happen to me? Why does God hate me? When will it ever change? Why do I always screw up? Such questions yield disempowering negative answers. Change your questions, and you change your destiny. We can also alter the words we use to describe how we feel to soften our emotions, the intensity, even create laughter, and diffuse a conflict when we are “enraged,” “furious,” “livid.” Conversely, we can intensify the specific vocabulary we use to enhance our mood, especially if our mood is not where we would like it to be because of the effect it will have on our mind, causing us to anticipate a better future and better emotional state. And recall that very rarely are you without options. Seek alternative creative solutions. philosopherdoc.com

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