Is wearing a mask an ethical decision?

Is wearing a mask an ethical decision? Pretty much all of the world there is some level of a mask requirement. I live in Florida and there’s a mandatory mask order for the entire city of Miami. If y…

Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I am dedicating this blog to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was a trailblazer. Though she was small, she is a giant for all of us. Women especially, there are so many aspe…

Building Roots Like The Mangroves

In Miami we have these things called mangroves and near my house there is this very complicated and complex mangrove. An entire park essentially where there are some roads and a beach area and the mar…

Having Resiliency and Overcoming Adversity

Hi everyone. So I live in Miami, Florida, and today I thought I’d talk a little bit about resiliency and overcoming adversity. Oftentimes I’m asked at the end of my talks, what’s you…

White Collar Decisions: Amazon Wishlist for Books

After I was sentenced, I knew that I had 60 days to surrender and I decided I was going to send an email to all of my friends. I was really fortunate to have a lot of friends and family wrote letters …

What is AntiFragility?

We should adopt antifragility as a means of maneuvering through disorder. That because everything is susceptible to stress change and some kinds of entropy or volatility. And so what it means is like …

How Ethics is Like Fitness

How do you constantly keep ethics at the forefront of conversation within a corporation? I really believe ethics is like a fitness routine. Many of you know, that I am committed to a daily workout reg…

Having Courageous Conversations When Life Gets Hard

Hey everyone today, I wanted to talk to you about creating space to have courageous conversations. This is a really hard topic, and I would say the most difficult decision I had to make through my pro…

Finding Resiliency During Life’s Unexpected Moments of Uncertainty

I can still feel the fear.  I can vividly recall a sense of not knowing what was to come and for how long.  I had lost all certainty for my life.  But eventually, I found a feeling of peace and the…

The Difficult Decisions Confronting Doctors During The Coronavirus Crisis

My “baby” sister, Subha Airan-Javia, is a hospitalist at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.  Her husband is an ENT surgeon at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania.  They are on the…