“If your self-worth depends on applause, when the applause stops, you die.” In this wide-ranging and deeply honest conversation, billionaire real estate investor, philanthropist, and podcast host David Lichtenstein shares hard-earned wisdom on failure, trauma, tzedakah, leadership, cancel culture, abuse, forgiveness, and Israel. Drawing not from theory but lived experience, David challenges popular narratives, confronts uncomfortable truths in the Jewish world, and explains how to live with conviction even when it costs popularity. This episode is raw, thoughtful, and unapologetically real.

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