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Sep 19, 2023, 1:19 PM

Hearing without listening? – Listening at work

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“I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” — Larry King “Listen, heavens, and I will speak; let the earth hear the...

Sep 6, 2023, 5:44 PM

What kind of a manager? ‘Be strong and resolute!’

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” -- Thomas Jefferson "Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: 'Be strong and resolute, for it is...

Aug 28, 2023, 10:05 PM

Tell me about yourself – ‘My father was a fugitive’

"It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand." -- Sonia Sotomayor "You shall then recite as follows before the Lord...

Aug 22, 2023, 6:13 PM

‘You can’t ignore it’: Help your colleagues!

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” ― Charles Dickens …You cannot ignore it…."You shall not see your kinsman's donkey or ox fallen on the road and ignore it. Help him to lift it"...

Aug 14, 2023, 4:00 PM

‘Hear no evil, see no evil?’: The buck stops here!

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.” -- Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) “Then all the elders of the town nearest the slain person shall wash their hands over the...

Aug 7, 2023, 9:23 PM

Rejoice in your endeavors–Collective joy at work

“Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.” – Sheryl Sandberg "Together with your households, you shall feast there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in...

Jul 31, 2023, 11:14 PM

‘Not by bread alone’: Spirituality at Work

"Work to become, not to acquire" - Elbert Hubbard "He subjected you to the hardship of hunger and then gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had ever known, in order to teach you that man...

Jul 25, 2023, 5:50 PM

Recite, bind, and inscribe: Instilling your message

"VARK multimodality – Visual, Aural, Read-write, Kinesthetic"-- Neil D. Fleming "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is One. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with...

Jul 18, 2023, 9:54 PM

Moshe, the orator: Thanks for the memories!

“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.” -John Ford "These are the words that Moses addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan…." Deuteronomy 1:1. At the end of Moses’s...

Jul 11, 2023, 6:31 PM

The family first -Striving for work-family balance

"Then they stepped up to him and said: 'Let us build sheep pens here for our livestock and towns for our children. But we will arm ourselves and go ahead of the Israelites until we have seen them safely...

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About Me

Dr. Benjamin was born in Israel, raised and educated in the US, and is a veteran resident of Jerusalem. His doctorate in counseling psychology is from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has taught and trained psychologists and counselors at US and Israeli universities. His long-time position as the head psychologist of the Israel National Employment Service provided him with the foundation for understanding the workforce in all its diversity and appreciating the challenges individuals face at all career stages. His professional foci of the last decade has been career coaching and academic editing. Aside from his family, this blog reflects his two passions–Bible study and career development–and he is pleased to include you in this journey that links these passions.

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