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David Lichtenstein discusses wealth, success, failure, and meaning through a Jewish lens.
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If your sense of selfworth is [music] depending on getting applause, when the applause stops, that means you die. [music] Meet David Likensstein, a Jewish billionaire real estate investor, author, and [music] podcast host who blends Torah perspective with real world success. David speaks about failure, [music] trauma, saddaka, leadership, cancel culture, abuse, forgiveness, Israel, and so [music] much more. Not as theory, but from lived experience. This conversation is wide-ranging and deeply honest. I'll sit here and talk to a female. The amount of people who reach out [music] amount of people who reach out [music] to me and said, "What I'm doing is asser." People made up their own Torah. I think I know it's not halakly prohibited. What do you think about that? There's an element in the world now, [music] the cancel culture. It's coming to the front world too. Everybody marches in lock step and the ability to question or challenge which is [music] so powerful. It's become outlawed in our world. Do you think that there's anything that can be done about that? For example, I was the first one to speak about molestation. I got the [music] hate mail, but I knew it was the right thing. Do you think that it's possible for someone who commits abuse and he couldn't say, "I'm sorry. I I That is pushka.cc/meingful. pushka.cc/meingful. Now enjoy this episode. There's a few topics I I want to discuss you today. But first of all, your your story, how you got where you are in life, right? um as a philanthropist and you know success in business community leader. So it didn't start like that. You you grew up in a home both your parents hardworking things were different than the life you're living right now right
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- 0:00If your sense of selfworth is [music] depending on getting applause, when the applause stops, that…
- 6:09seems like that culture has kind of taken over. Do do you see that? And and…
- 11:50would be nobody would would be lacking um do you think that there are people not…
- 17:31sodaka that you goo with your body is greater than sedaka you do with a checkbook.…
- 23:13died on a Tuesday and there were 75 people by the funeral 50 of whom were…
- 30:23many times cuz I'm I just I have no Tyus nashim right and after hearing the…
- 35:33things there are a lot of cultural things that we do >> that has such like…
- 42:45as a as a community and we function on a very high level. The happiness is…
- 48:24and it really it it requires when you when when you go through a trauma like…
- 54:00science." He said, "Watch me." And I woke up every day so driven by that anger…
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