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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character loss long
What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew but how many will feel a lasting loss when you are gone. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by who and for what?
character successful loss
Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle at the risk of social disapproval, economic loss or injury to career - that require the greatest moral will power. Since there is usually little upside to winning and a significant and often lasting downside to losing, moral courage often requires as much character as physical bravery.
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.