The key to David's peace of mind was his humility and complete lack of ego --- all based on his pure faith in his Father in Heaven.

But when the prophet Shmuel fails to identify David from amongst his brothers as worthy of kingship, Hashem tells Shmuel “Man sees the eyes but Hashem sees the heart”. David’s brothers looked impressive, fooling the prophet Shmuel, David, on the other hand, didn’t look impressive at all. He had no persona that he’d carefully cultivated to present to the world. Instead, David’s heart was full of faith in and yearning towards his Creator. His heart was pure. And more than anything else, it is this pure-hearted relationship with his Creator that led to David’s displays of warrior-like strength, and made him king-worthy.

Some leaders are full of strength, brains, and charisma. Not so David. David was empty. Empty of ego, self-interest, opinions, stubbornness, he was free to present himself fully to the task at hand, namely, representing the kingship of the Almighty here on this earth. What was special about David? The fact that you could pass him by and not even notice he was there. But the moment he was needed, when Saul asked him to step into his (Saul’s) armor to fight Goliath, David steps right up to the task, and grows three feet taller, fitting right into the kingly suit of armor. This shocks Saul, who is this lad, he asks his advisors, is he worthy of kingship?

Rabbi explores the next step in the Judah/King David journey, wondering why it is that Yaakov entrusts Benjamin with Yehuda and not Ruben?

Responsibility is the foundation for leadership.

What makes Judah the most trustworthy son of his father Jacob?

It is because he submits his entire being under that responsibility, he becomes the vessel to succeed in the mission he’s entrusted with because he negates himself so powerfully.

Jacob can’t bring himself to trust Ruben with the dangerous and consequential mission, as he is worried that Ruben will mix himself into the picture, and fail to bring his entire self to bear on the problems that the Egyptians will surely throw their way.

Under fire, fears of failure, even legitimate ones, will hinder one's ability to focus everything they’ve got, and under fire you’d better have access to all your strength and focus.

Juda, with no self in the picture, is able to decide exactly when to push Yaakov to part with Benjamin. He isn’t rash. He has no need to act if it won’t be 100% useful, and so he waits, patiently, for the perfect opportunity, and he gets one when the food supplies run dry.

Why?

Rabbi explains how Yehuda's life illustrates that admitting weakness as a form of strength

Humility = Strength. Ego is the enemy, and getting ourselves out of our own way is the David/Yehuda way to incredible success/Kingship.

When we uphold the image of our successful self, we can take the high road of Yosef, but sometimes the best and most powerful path forward is to admit that we are in fact powerless

With no skin in the game we are able to humbly submit before Hashem and allow Him to lead us to great success that only He knows us to be capable of.

Millions have found strength and powerful inspiration from the various twelve step programs. Step # 3, which is the crux of the program reads as follows: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of G-d…” There’s incredible power in the raw honest living that comes with genuine ego negation.

Stay tuned for episode one of season two at the biker and the rabbi. The Topic: The Awesome Power of Ego Negation

So The Biker travels to a high mountaintop where he encounters a yogi who is trying to find the higher purpose to life.  But after a short discussion, the yogi realizes there is more to life than sitting high above it all, looking for answers. The rabbi helps explain how Josef had to fight hard to  reach a point where the answers came, because he could look inside and find strength from all those challenges that prepared him for his future. We too, need to understand how our challenges, and the proper response to them, mold and shape us to successfully take on what comes our way

This podcast combines the unlikely pair and is a source of complete confusion for The Biker, as he finds himself first in a cave with a hibernating bear, and then, in the company of the famous 19th century father of modern psychiatry, Dr Sigmund Freud.

After an all too quick discussion of dreams and what they might mean, The Rabbi comes along to try and put it all into perspective, using the story of Josef and HIS dreams and how they can intersect with anyone’s life. Stage Three allows you to start wondering about your own dreams, and how to determine what they mean to you.