Andy (Avraham) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Check out these Candy-Coated Milk Chocolate Peanuts.  They are "100% real Unreal" taste.  Sort of like the "genuine artificia...

This week I learned about the Three Levels of Relationships. Level 3: Family/Friends The highest form of a relationship where you are b...

Why all the phonies, users, shysters, and scammers out there? It starts perhaps with that big, warm smile. Maybe a handshake and hug. ...

So many faces, so much phoniness.  Why can't we just deal with genuine people? Not like the dummies in this picture.  Everyone s...

So what's with charisma? Is it like they say, either you have it or you don't? The power of personality, your energy, you...

So this is an interesting new phenomenon with synagogue.  Usually, we like to go a little later so that basically we are there for abo...

I thought this was a cute sign in the elevator at Safeway.  "Be Yourself. Everyone else is already taken." Why they put th...

For some people they say that flattery gets you everywhere and it can be true. Who doesn’t like to hear good things about themselves and...

People are amazing creatures--they can be sincere and trustworthy or phoney and users.  How do you tell them apart? I learned in e...

The New Yorker (9 July 2012) has an article on TED Talks.  TED stands for Technology/Entertainment/Design and is a conference venue f...