“Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.” – William Arthur Ward
VIDEO: Leadership & Learning
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy
Where A Great Leader Takes You
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter
CREDIBILITY: You Can’t Fool All the People All the Time
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln
This Week’s Theme: Leadership and Free Press
This year’s President’s Day, a celebration of two of our greatest leaders, comes at the end of an eventful week raising the issues of what does it mean to be presidential and
BEST EVER QUOTES ON A FREE PRESS
OBSERVATIONS AND INSIGHTS ABOUT THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF AN AGGRESSIVE FREE PRESS.
Commentary: The Media – Enemies or Guardians of Democracy
IS THE TRUTH STILL IMPORTANT?
BEST EVER QUOTES ON LEADERSHIP
Michael Josephson has curated below this list of Best Ever Quotes on Leadership in hopes of inspiring great and ethical leaders.
VIDEO: Great Leaders Make a Difference
“Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader. They set out to make a difference. It’s never about the role – it’s always about the goal.” – Michael Josephson
VIDEO: Leading with Positivity
“Being positive in a negative situation is not naive, it’s LEADERSHIP.” – Ralph Marston
Great Leaders: Idealistic & Realistic
Great leaders are both idealistic and realistic. They have a grand vision and great goals. They seek to close the gap between what is and what can be but they have no illusions that success is either certain or simple.
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST IN LEADERSHIP
IN TERMS OF TRUST, WHAT DO WE MEAN AND WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM OUR LEADERS TODAY?
VIDEO: Parenting by Example
As parents, we must lead by example — Live a life that your children can be proud of and they will live a life you can be proud of.
VIDEO: True Friendship
“True friends don’t just like you, they care about you. True friends want the best for you and bring out the best in you.” – Michael Josephson
VIDEO: Finding Happiness in Loneliness
“If you want to be happy, learn to be alone without being lonely. Learn that being alone does not mean being unhappy. The world is full of plenty of interesting and enjoyable things to do and people who can enrich your life.” – Michael Josephson
Lincoln on Democracy
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. – Abraham Lincoln
Notes From a Frustrated Law Professor
Michael’s Reflections on the Current Travel Ban Controversy.
COMMENTARY: A Tribute to Lincoln
I wish we still celebrated Lincoln’s birthday. I’m an Abraham Lincoln groupie. By sheer good fortune, my son Justin was born on his birthday, my daughter Abrielle
Be a Good One – Wise Words from Abraham Lincoln
“Whatever you are, be a good one” – Abraham Lincoln
VIDEO: People Are Made to be LOVED
“People are made to be loved and things are made to be used. Things begin to go wrong when things are being loved and people are being used” – Michael Josephson
VIDEO: Kintsukuroi – The Art of Repairing
“Nietzsche told us ‘what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger’ and Hemingway wrote about becoming stronger in broken places. A different way of thinking is found in the Japanese concept of kintsukuroi the art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer in a way that makes the object more beautiful than it was before. I think this is …
GETTING READY FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
GREAT STUFF HERE! Valentine’s Day provides us with a special opportunity to express our love to the dearest people in out lives, the ones who we embrace with our hearts – lovers, friends, even family. To those
DON’T CHASE LOVE – Be patient
Love cannot be caught, like an unwilling butterfly. Nobody loves you just
Our Rights versus What is Right?
“There is a big difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do” – Justice Potter Stewart, U.S. supreme court People of character do more than they are required to do and less than they are allowed to do.
COMMENTARY: Leading a Significant Life
Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” In a world increasingly dominated by unapologetic selfishness, this
QUOTES: 30 Best Love Quotes for Your Valentine
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. – Roy Croft I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
Leaders Inspire Rather Than Intimidate
A good leader uses the bully pulpit for inspirational leadership, not for actual bullying. – Michael Josephson