There are different types of will and desire. Some can be crafted by an individual, and some cannot. 
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Reward and recognition usually follow the action. However, there are times where the reward precedes the action.   
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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
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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.   
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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.   
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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.
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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.   
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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.   
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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.     
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A resource is a tool that a human can use to increase his productivity. An asset is inherently productive. Humans are assets not resources.   
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