Michael Josephson
Michael Josephson
Michael Josephsonis a former law professor and attorney who founded the nonprofit Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics located in Los Angeles, California, out of which he operates as a speaker and lecturer on the subject of ethics. The institute is named after his parents...
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daughter memories dad
One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into your arms with electric delight and demanded that you watch everything they do and listen to everything they say. Those memories will help you through less joyous times when their adoration is replaced by embarrassment or annoyance and they don't want you to see what they are doing or hear what they are saying. And yet, you will adore your daughter every day of her life, hoping to be valued again, but realizing how fortunate you were even if you only get what you already got.
trust betrayal liars
How many times do you get to lie before you are a liar?
song america together
America is a song that sounds the best when we all sing together - at least for a while.
leader inspire matter
Leadership is not a matter of authority, it is a matter of influence. A true leader teaches others to understand more, motivates them to be more and inspires them to become more.
keys never-settle adequacy
One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.
encouragement lying successful
Someone who lies for you will also lie to you. The occasional benefit your business may gain from a successful deception or concealment is always outweighed by the encouragement it provides to those willing to risk trust for success.
honesty responsibility caring
Using the phrase business ethics might imply that the ethical rules and expectations are somehow different in business than in other contexts. There really is no such thing as business ethics. There is just ethics and the challenge for people in business and every other walk in life to acknowledge and live up to basic moral principles like honesty, respect, responsibility, fairness and caring.
way captains ships
Your life is your ship and you are the captain. Choose your course, take the wheel firmly and get on your way.
successful goal people
There is no objective criteria for either success or failure. People who achieve their goals are successful, those who don't are not.
successful goal significant
It is better to be unsuccessful pursuing a significant goal that being successful attaining an insignificant one.
happy-life goal unhappy
A certain formula for an unhappy life is pursue someone else's definition of success. Until you define your own goals and purposes your life is not your own and there can be no sense of fulfillment no matter how much you achieve.
change ozone moral
There's a hole in the moral ozone and it's getting bigger.
skills effort challenges
If one insists on calling all unsuccessful efforts failures the meaning of failure is really quite benign. When trying anything new or taking on any challenge, unsuccessful efforts are an essential aspect of skill building.
action good-intentions intention
An ounce of action is worth a ton of good intentions.