Rabbi Pliskin is the author of more than a dozen self-development books, including "My Father, My King", "Guard Your Tongue", and "Marriage". He is a popular Aish HaTorah lecturer, marriage counselor and guidance counselor for personal growth. He learned in the Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, and the Brisk Yeshiva in Israel.
To share your appreciation of Judaism's beauty with others, first learn to speak one of the three “languages” other people resonate with - be it visual, auditory, or emotional. Hear how to motivate others to pause and consider each of your points from their own perspective. A useful talk for improving communication skills and those involved in outreach.
Kiruv is not about giving over a lot of information. It is more about positioning Judaism as an experience for people to explore. A few of the main ingredients needed for Kiruv are persistence, sincerity and spotting what a person is interested in. Rabbi Pliskin gives a breakdown of four different personality types and how to approach each of them successfully.
What we perceive is objective, but how we view it is very much based on our mindset. Rabbi Pliskin's dynamic class on sharpening your eye is full of practical tools to help you 'choose' positive aspects in people and situations. But just how possible is this to do without being naive? Hear an excellent answer.
Carrying 'guilt' into Rosh Hashanah because of the negative deeds we've done is not very productive. But aren't we told that 'regret' is important to feel? Rabbi Pliskin explains how the balance of these two extremes can sweeten Divine judgment. Hear how a human being comes to forgive another, and how to show true care for the people in your life.
Do Torah laws take into account feelings of moral anxiety? Join Rabbi Pliskin's energetic search to resolve the obvious tension that takes place within the phenomenon of teshuva. Learn to deal with others who hurt you, and to perceive yourself as truly wanting to change.
The famous Vilna Gaon expressed the following idea, If a person is not working to fix his character traits, so what is he working on? Rabbi Pliskin identifies the key positive and negative traits which are the basis of most traits. Hear how 'resolving to change,' and 'asking for Divine help' play a vital role in balancing your overall temperament.
Ever attend a 'Reframing Party'? Reframing is taking an otherwise unpleasant situation, like waiting in a long line or being forced to deal with someone you'd give anything to avoid, and then to reframe that negative feeling into a positive attitude. Imagine reversing all those thorny, anxiety ridden moments into 'events' that are much more pleasant to deal with? The extra bonus here is the gratifying feeling of seeing yourself bring about a quick shift.
Tired, upset, angry – or just stuck in a rut? Break out to ‘Begin Again Now' by using NLP techniques. Rabbi Pliskin blends age-old tested methods with new-age psychology to explain how we are able to increase our joy, and decrease a number of the debilitating frustrations in our lives.
Hear how to make an interior renovation to become a more refined and beautiful person. Rabbi Pliskin guides us through the process by showing the steps to self-awareness and the dynamics of reframing our outlook. Once you can clarify where you need to begin, you'll be able to gauge about how long it will take to see results.
Rabbi Pliskin claims that anger is the result of a learned process that can be altered. Can we be motivated to change our current attitude by knowing how much we stand to lose? Hear a doable plan that explains anger's true nature, and ways to modify our behavior for more productive interactions.