A good companion is someone you spend time with when you want to have a good time. True friend is someone you want to be with when you’ve had a bad time. It’s great when they are the same person. – Michael Josephson
Character is Built on Decisions
Our character is both formed and revealed by how we deal with everyday challenges as well as extraordinary pressures and temptations, like a well made tower, character is built stone by stone, decision by decision. – Michael Josephson
Use Your Time Wisely
Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.’ – Lao Tzu Time is not something you find or make. The clock and the calendar move on at their own pace. Your choice is how you use it.
Live Together Happily
We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. – Dalai Lama
It’s Not Easy: Take Control of Your Life
What is right is not always easy and what is easy is hardly ever right, but the right choice today will improve your life tomorrow. Take control of your life. Choose wisely.
Take A Risk!
There are risk and costs to an action. But they are far less than long range risk of comfortable inaction. – John F. Kennedy
Follow Your Dreams!
Follow your dreams! You’ll never know what you can accomplish if you don’t try. Expand your horizons – travel, read, try new things!
If You Can’t Say Anything Nice…
If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. It’s mean to say mean things – be better than that.
What To Do
Do more than you have to do and less than you’re allowed to do. – Michael Josephson
Enjoy the Journey
Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don’t forget to enjoy the journey. – Michael Josephson
The Golden Rule
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
The Ideal Employee A-Z
THE IDEAL EMPLOYEE A-Z BY Michael Josephson Accepts responsibility Believes in the mission Committed to improvement Demonstrates good character Eliminates waste Fixes rather than complains Goes the extra mile Holds the company accountable Is honest and responsible Juggles multiple tasks Knows what is needed Loves to do a job well Makes everyone better Never gossips Obtains needed resources Prods company …
Stay Positive!
Negative events can hurt you, distract you, and hold you down, but the only thing that you can stop is negative thinking. Stay Positive!
Procrastination: The Thief of Time
Do what you have to do now, so you can do what you want later. Procrastination is the thief of time.
Knowledge Enlightens
Have you noticed that ignorant people are just opinionated as those who are informed, But that the ignorant folks always seem more certain? Knowledge enlightens, but it also tend to raise doubt and the desire for more knowledge. – Michael Josephson
Choices & Consequences
Every day you make lots of choices. Every choice has consequences. Before making a choice, consider the consequences.
Take Responsibility For Your Choices
Don’t make excuses. No one believes them anyway. You always have the time to do what’s important to you. Take responsibility for your choices.
Live Within Your Means
DEBT Don’t spend what you don’t have. Live within your means – the pain of debt lasts longer than the pleasure of purchase.
Optimism: The Key to Success
Optimism breeds success. Be optimistic. Your life improves with a positive attitude.
Plans & Goals
Don’t confuse your plan with your goal. Successful people adapt to new circumstances and change whatever needs to be changed to meet their goals.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is not what we do for others; it’s what we do for ourselves so we can get well and move on.
Set a Goal, Make a Plan!
Don’t expect to stumble your way to success. Set a goal and make a plan.
Laugh Every Day
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. – E. E, Cummings
What Will Matter: Teachers Edition
Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too your hopes, ambitions, plans, …
Be Proactive!
If you want something better – Go For it. Be proactive – decide what you want and take action to make it happen.
Don’t Walk, Fly!
Why walk when you can fly? Until you try you never know how high and far you can go or how much you can be. – Michael Josephson
Your Future
Your past is the path you just travelled. Your future is the path ahead. Your past is part of you. Use it to guide your future. – Michael Josephson
Hang On Pain Ends
Hang On Pain Ends The sun will come out tomorrow; it comes out single day even when we can’t see it. – Michael Josephson
Working Together
None of us alone can eradicate all evil or alleviate all suffering, but many good people working together can make things a great deal better. – – Harold Kushner
Wisdom & Happiness
Both wisdom and happiness are developed and demonstrated by the ability to see beauty in the ordinary and even in the ugly. – Michael Josephson