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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hurt character thinking
The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How we behave when we think no one is looking or when we don't think we will get caught more accurately portrays our character than what we say or do in service of our reputations.
hurt character people
Our character is revealed by how we treat people who cannot help us or hurt us.
approved employees former great happy
I'm happy that they approved it. It's great for those employees and former employees that participated in the lawsuit.
differences world different
Success or failure can only be measured in terms of a particular objective. The success of a person whose life objective is money or status will look very different than the success of one who sets out to make a positive difference in the world.
basketball games good-coaches
A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.
leadership sports children
Surround our children with a message of honor
gratitude kindness payment
Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.
integrity cost pay
Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher.
integrity character people
Beware of people who constantly assert their integrity and honor. People of character don't have to point it out.
gratitude gratefulness payment
Gratefulness is a payment everyone can afford.
gratitude grateful heart
Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.
gratitude grateful thinking
It is not enough that we express our gratitude, we must experience it. We truly honor the must think about our blessings, separately and cumulatively It is not enough to count our blessings and express our gratitude if we don't truly feel grateful.
gratitude appreciation caring
Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us.
gratitude appreciation done
When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical "thank you" to express authentic gratitude? We can enrich the lives of others and ourselves by making it a habit to express genuine appreciation for what others have done for us.