The rabbi was asking me what my goal in life is – and, you know, I like to think small, so I just said… I want to create the next Apple.
Or maybe, if that doesn’t work out, the next Tesla.
When Apple released the first iPhone, there was
nothing like it. I want to do something
like that. To Break The System
I’ve started small –
(but for real this time) by just building Lego structures and designing videos
I’m not sure what I will invent, but I already know
the name of the company
I guess I’m a bit of a dreamer. I’ve always been that way. By the time I was 8, I already knew which
colleges I will apply to, and I even have a backup plan if I don’t get into
those.
My Ultimate Goal Is To Have People use what my company
creates Which brings me to my portion and to Joseph.
From day 1, Joseph was a dreamer. Everyone thought he was crazy.
Eventually, he ended up in Egypt, where he was able to
interpret Pharaoh’s dreams. He
understood the need for long range planning, so that food could be stored
during the seven years of plenty, and then shared during the seven years of
famine.
But the grain that was stored didn’t just feed the
people of Egypt. It also fed the people
of surrounding nations, including his own family. With this visionary strategy, he was able to
achieve what I hope to do someday too he Had Many People Us His Product.
His brothers came to ask for food and Joseph said, “Bring
me your youngest brother.” So they did
bring Benjamin to him, and Joseph wanted to take him as a prisoner. The brothers pleaded for his release and said
their father will die if Benjamin doesn’t return. Judah
begged and brought Joseph to tears. At
that point, Joseph finally revealed himself to them.
The brothers were afraid that Joseph would want to
gain revenge on them, but Joseph explained to them that everything had turned
out as God wanted. If the brothers
hadn’t sold him into slavery, he never could have saved Egypt and its neighbors
from the famine – including THEM.
An old Apple commercial that I watched, says, “Here’s
to the crazy ones,” and shows people who have changed the world, people like
Einstein, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lennon Who were Crazy Enough
To think they could change the world!
Joseph was a “crazy one.” He was able to Plan And
Understand The Things No One Could, and he was also able to overcome anger and
resentment in doing it.
The key to being a real leader is to be able to share
what you don’t need and in that way encourage others to be leaders too.
My Mitzvah project is the SE4A Project. I’m a SE4A Buddy, and I help kids on the
autism spectrum gain social skills that are more challenging for them. In my small way, I’m helping them gain the
skills that will help them later in life, whether at school, work or home. I’m
Sharing Some extra Time that I don’t need and I’m encouraging them to try to
share too.
As I become a bar mitzvah today, I may or may not be
one step closer to making the next iphone, but I certainly am one step closer
to helping more people and making this a better world.
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