It’s your last chance to donate to the CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute end of year fundraising campaign! $15, $25, $50, $100 – any amount helps us fund our mission of healing the world through ethics and character! “Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.” – Michael Josephson
This holiday season, please consider a donation to CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute to support our mission of healing the world through ethics and character! It is not enough that we express our gratitude, we must experience it. – Michael Josephson
This holiday season, please consider a donation to CHARACTER COUNTS! and the Josephson Institute to support our mission of healing the world through ethics and character! “Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.” – Michael Josephson
Increase your tips by 5%, double the time and money you donate to issues and people you can help, and triple the number of complements and thank yous you give. – Michael Josephson
To truly grow you have to be willing at any moment to sacrifice what you’re for what you can be. Subscribe to free weekly newsletter featuring articles and quotes of Michael Josephson at www.whatwillmatter.com
With all dark news that promotes cynicism CNN Heroes Awards is uplifting. Watch or read about these good people who are making a difference. I will donate to all finalists who are working to heal the world. I hope you do so to.
Loss of power at Atlanta airport causing travel crisis, regardless of cause, shows us how vulnerable we are to cyber-attack. Congress must make a concerted effort and major investment to quickly understand the vulnerabilities and devise solid solutions. The Russian election shenanigans (a benevolent sounding term for an act of war) could be just the tip off the ice berg. …
Face your fears and you will conquer them. You’ll be amazed to discover how strong you really are.
Fairness is not equality; it’s equity.
Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength – carrying two days at once. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. – Corrie ten Boom It’s always wise to anticipate possible problems but success and peace of mind increase if you can discipline yourself to not allow concern about negative “what-ifs” to sap …
For every ACTION there is an equal and opposite CRITICISM A critical quality of effective leadership is a THICK SKIN. In addition to PASSION, PERSISTENCE and PERSUASIVENESS, change agents have the COURAGE and CONFIDENCE to withstand criticism. Effective leaders need many qualities but those who seek to make meaningful change and solve complex problems with competing interests must have the …
“Ethics doesn’t demand a life of self-sacrifice nor require us to ignore our desires and needs. It does expect us to care about right and wrong, to know the difference between what we want to do and what we should do, and to muster the moral courage to do what is right.” – Michael Josephson
First of eight days of Hanukkah. The gift I wish for each day is a day where everyone … DAY 1: HONESTY – tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth DAY 2: INTEGRITY – does the right thing simply because it is right DAY 3: RESPECT – lives by the Golden Rule DAY 4: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY …
MYTHS ABOUT & MISUSE OF THE GOLDEN RULE. The core of the GOLDEN RULE is a moral obligation to treat others ethically for their sake, not ours, even if it’s better than the way they treat us. Why? Not because it’s advantageous, but because it’s RIGHT. And because the way we treat others is about WHO WE ARE, not who …
SELFISHNESS is not a word, it’s a SENTENCE. GENEROSITY is not a word, it’s a LEGACY. GRATITUDE is not a word, it’s a LIFE. – Michael Josephson
It’s a pity how often we chisel away at our integrity with lies and deceptions to gain small advantages or avoid discomfort. It’s not simply that these dishonesties corrupt our lives and endanger the trust that’s so important to our relationships, It’s that lying becomes a habit, an easy coping mechanism that, more than we care to admit, begins to …
Though the fires are close, I am grateful that all family and possessions are safe, but the enormity of these fires is humbling and frightening. It forces reflection about what is really important. Deciding the “must saves” if rapid evacuation is required leaves no doubt that, in the end, how few “things” are really important and that it is people …
Never let success get to your head. Never let failure get in your heart.
“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is …
Truth matters and its your moral responsibility to find it. Trustworthiness matters and its your moral duty to insist on it. Never in my lifetime has truth been more important or more illusive. Though hard to find, within every mountain of careless claims, unsubstantiated assertions, fallacious reasoning and outright lies there are true facts and credible sources. It is your …
With or without your permission, your mind will work hard to make sense out of the world. Pay attention and you’ll be amazed at what you can learn. – Michael Josephson
Where trust is important, there are NO LITTLE LIES. Lies, however small they seem, are like germs. Without the antibody of trust they cause infections that kill credibility. – Michael Josephson See more rules about trust at https://lnkd.in/g6NvKPV
For my birthday this year – I’ll be 75 on December 10. I’m asking for donations to The Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute for the Advancement of Ethics. Pursuing the Institute’s mission has been my full-time endeavor since 1987. I hope you’ll consider contributing. Every little bit will help my efforts to heal the world. Your gift is tax deductible …
Ohio Healthcare Presentation Download MY EXCURSION INTO HEALTHCARE. Just returned from Columbus, Ohio where I addressed 400 healthcare execs. My presentation was given more depth by my recent open-heart surgery experience. The emphasis of the conference was compliance and a heavy focus on the laws regulating the industry with a clear goal to keep health orgs, especially hospitals out of …
Quality Healthcare is PEOPLECARE. It’s the caring employment of medical knowledge, skill and technology, to not only treat illness and injuries but also to alleviate physical and emotional pain of patients and those that love them. Medicine is a science, but its also an ministry. – Michael Josephs
I am a veritable Thanksgiving symphony, don’t you think? Taking JI staff to Friendsgiving lunch to express my thanks for their incredible hard work and devotion. Preparing also for Big Thanksgiving feast at my house. Will host about 40 family and friends. I will make the turkeys and my onion-laced mashed potatoes. ALL my kids will be there. Looking forward …
I just can’t understand the ethics of hunting for sport. How can one get joy out of killing one of these animals for thrill or fun? I know there are a lot of good people who do hunt but I can’t understand any rationale for why it is okay. Can someone please explain this?
“Good ethics may not always be good business but it is always good ethics and for a company or person of character — that’s enough.” – Michael Josephson Find a worthwhile article from the Harvard Business Review below: I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Each year several clients …
As President Trump is currently reviewing a recent decision to reverse previous prohibitions of bringing animal trophies into the country – a decision which has a huge impact on the trophy hunting industry and threatens to take the incentive out of these personal quests – it is important to acknowledge the massive moral issues involved. Trophy hunters seek to deflect …
A timeless observation that seems particularly timely today. If it matters who said this more than what is said, you may be part of the problem. “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seen to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the …
