QUOTE: A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. — Proverbs 22:1

QUOTE & POSTER: There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. -John F. Kennedy

QUOTE & POSTER: An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

QUOTE: A good leader inspires others with confidence; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves.- — Unknown

QUOTE & POSTER: One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie, Polish chemist, radiologist (1867-1934)

QUOTE & POSTER: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. -Chinese Proverb

QUOTE & POSTER: Take control now. Forget about the negative thoughts which others have told you – that you are too old or too young. Stop letting the thoughts of others rule your life; stop being weak and cowardly, blaming your lack of progress on those negative programs. If you begin now and become a do-er, you will have earned your right to remain here. –Thomas D. Willhite.

QUOTE & POSTER: Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. -Thomas Jefferson

POSTER & QUOTE: YOU CAN DO IT! In fact, you can do anything you put your mind to.

QUOTES & POSTER: TRAVEL – Find new doors to new experiences

Learn Forever

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. –Gandhi

QUOTES & POSTERS: Happiness is like a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you. –Nathaniel Hawthorne

QUOTES & POSTER: The choices you make in your life will make your life. Choose wisely.- Michael Josephson

QUOTES & POSTER: Problem – Opportunity. People who succeed see every problem as an opportunity

QUOTE & POSTER: When people work together it’s a beautiful thing. Together Everyone Accomplishes More

QUOTES & POSTERS: If you’re tempted to justify unseemly or unethical conduct because life is just a “rat race”, remember: Even if you win your’e still a rat.” Think of what you do not only in terms of what it gets you but what it makes you.-Michael Josephson

QUOTES & POSTERS: It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. –Roy Disney

QUOTES & POSTERS: Your happiness is not determined by what life brings to you, but by the attitude you bring to life; not what happens to you, but by the way your mind looks at what happened. –Khalil Gibran (adapted)

OBSERVATION. The Vast Difference Between Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o

It’s hard to be too critical of Lance Armstrong – he not only cheated his way to fame, he bullied others and betrayed millions who believed in his self-righteous claims that he was an innocent man being persecuted by jealous enemies. His confession was not an expression of genuine remorse, but another cynical effort to choose the lesser of two …

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Memo From Michael: A Father-Daughter Adventure

I just returned from a nearly 3-week journey to Southeast Asia with my daughter Samara (a 19 year-old sophomore at NYU). It was an exceptional trip. We visited parts of the world I’d never been before – Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and China (Hong Kong) and the exposure to the vast array of cultures and languages in this part …

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Memo From Michael: The Best is Yet to Come

Happy New Year. Think of today as the first day of the rest of your life. As I said in my last note, I am committed to prove the best is yet to come and I am beginning this year with an extraordinary experience. I will be leaving tomorrow for a cruise to Southeast Asia with my oldest daughter, Samara …

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QUOTE & POSTER: Your childhood is not defined by what you did or what happened to you, it’s the memories you choose to dwell on. Banish ideas that darken your past and you will brighten your future. –Michael Josephson

QUOTE & POSTER: Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

QUOTE & POSTER: When being right is wrong (or irrelevant)

QUOTE & POSTER: What’s the use of a long life if it’s not a good life? The formula for a good life: Squeeze anxiety, jealousy and resentment out of every day and squeeze in something to be grateful for and proud of. –Michael Josephson

QUOTE & POSTER: 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

QUOTE & POSTER: Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges. Whether we seize them or not, the New Year will bring new opportunities. The year is ours to make of it what we will. –Michael Josephson

QUOTE & POSTER: Lying to avoid problems is like getting drunk to forget them. It’s a temporary solution with the worst sort of hangover. Your problems are still there, but now they are even bigger because now you can’t be trusted. –Michael Josephson

QUOTE & POSTER: Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you. –Jim Rohn

QUOTE & POSTER: I don’t know what the future holds but I do know I hold the future. –Michael Josephson