LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS. Keep your needs simple; enjoy small pleasures. Real value lies in what things mean to you not in their cost or how they are values by others.
Even if bad things occur, you can handle it
Fear is often more damaging than the thing feared. Most things you fear will never happen.
One of the most important leadership lessons
One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you are not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times. – Mario Batali
The challenge of leadership is to be strong,
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; & have humor but without folly. – Jim Rohn
Holding a grudge is like
Holding a grudge is like letting someone you don’t like live in your head rent free. Evict the toxic tenant and use your hard gained wisdom to move on to something better. – Michael Josephson
If you pursue good with labor,
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains. – Cicero
Michael Josephson’s 2017 Intro
MJ’s Personal Reflections
NEW FEATURE. – This is a new feature for the WWM website consisting of journal-type entries of personal reflections of Michael Josephson. Welcome to the inner workings of my mind. These reflections aren’t full essays like my commentaries. Instead, they are snippets of thoughts dictated as I walk and illustrated by photos taken on my iPhone. I share these observations …
Variations on the Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is one of the oldest and wisest moral maxims. Five hundred years before the birth of Christ, Confucius was asked, “Is there
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” – Dr. Seuss
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” – Dr. Seuss