Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin

The very essence of being Jewish requires a commitment to the inseverability of the academics of learning and the practice of mitzvot. Sources

There are different types of will and desire. Some can be crafted by an individual, and some cannot.  Sources

Reward and recognition usually follow the action. However, there are times where the reward precedes the action.    Sources

Storytelling engages the brain in an entirely different way from how data engages the brain. It also introduces objectivity and perspective in situations of defensiveness and self-protection Sources

What is the Torah view on taking hostages and Torah is not a business. It loses its majesty when it becomes a commodity of trade.    Sources

Having insights that others lack places us in positions of strategic or moral power. Great yir’at shamayim is needed to avoid abusing this power to exploit the ignorant.    Sources

Zero defect is not a requirement for Halachik certainty. Halacha is decided based on empirical knowledge - the felt human experience - not on information of which an observer has had no sensory experience. Sources

When one uses someone else’s things for purposes for which one has not been given permission, one is stealing that use of the object from one’s friend. The same applies to using the world for purposes for which we have not been given permission to use it.    Sources

There are times when halacik determination rests on a person’s intention. In these cases Halacha probes the minds of people. In other situations we are more concerned with action than intention. In these cases the psychology of the individual is less important.    Sources

Halachik precision of thought manifests in the way we view uncertainty: Is it caused by insufficient information or by an inherent paradox. They are not the same.      Sources

A resource is a tool that a human can use to increase his productivity. An asset is inherently productive. Humans are assets not resources.    Sources

In the act of Kiddushin it is important that the money or object of value given to the bride is an outright gift with no expectation of it being returned.    Sources 

The identity of the Jewish Nation is defined not only by genetics but also by values    Sources

Hishtadlut means more than “trying”, it means investing effort: The effort to prepare for Shabbat is an essential fulfilment of the mitzva to honor the Shabbat, as such it should not be delegated.    Sources

The term shmitta is used both for the forgoing of loans at the end of the seventh year and for the land lying fallow for the seventh year. The connection between these two laws reveals the underlying Divine intent in both offering a new perspective on poverty and class difference.    Sources

Men can turn their emotions on and off sometimes unintentionally. Women are more instinctually emotional. In this difference lies both a strength and a weakness of each. In their partnership though, there is a perfect harmony.      Sources

Character and faith are shaped by experience, not by information or even wisdom. The reason we have to honor Talmidei Chachemim is not because of their knowledge, but because of their character, developed through the process of integrating the Torah into their beings ( kinyan Torah ). People with much life experience command honor as well.    Sources

Ownership applies to things; but investment extends beyond things to include the ideas that change who we are.    Sources

Shame is the avoidance of confrontation with Truth. Humility is the outcome of confrontation with truth.    Sources

Many new-age psychologists and NLP practitioners argue that the subconscious cannot interpret a negative instruction. This is not true. There is another reason, however, to avoid a face-to-face confrontation with negative thoughts.    Sources

Hashem could have made the world in a way that we did not need to trade with one another. But He didn’t. At least after The Sin, He built trade into the Creation.    Sources 

The physical and metaphysical attachment of an individual to his property can only be transferred with an action (kinyan) that expresses a soul (intention)    Sources

The laws of ownership are both rational and divine. Through the Torah, Hashem teaches us how to think about ownership and commerce in ways that harmonize the human and the G-dly. Sources

Fear is a choice. We are not harmed by the things we fear, we are harmed by the fear itself Sources

When an agent does something for us, we don’t owe him the gratitude; we owe gratitude to his principal. When an individual does something on his own accord, we owe him the gratitude Sources