Insights About Parenting, Education, Character, and Ethics
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 …
Please join me in a commitment to at least double your charitable donations this year. It will improve the world and your life. “If you want to know how to live your life, think about what you want people to say about you after you die and live backward.” Having recently experienced a life-threatening health challenge I am more passionate …
People of character think before they speak. T is it true? H is it helpful? I does inspire confidence? N is it necessary? K is it kind?:
It’s one thing to try to be better for someone who loves you and quite another to try to be different so someone will love you. Be yourself! Be who you are and say what you mean, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. – Derived from a quote by Bernard Baruch (Often falsely attributes …
We have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be. – Harold Kushner
Talent wins games but team work and intelligence wins championships. – Michael Jordan Read more on teamwork here!
A lot of people have a very strong wishbone But they need a stronger backbone
Things turn our best for people who make the best of the way things turn out A positive outlook is the key to success and happiness!
Love & Validation “One of the basic needs of every human being is the need to be loved, to have our wishes and feelings taken seriously, to be validated as people who matter.” – Harold S. Kushner
You must never be fearful about what you’re doing when it is right. – Rosa Parks Moral harm comes to you moral compromise than moral courage. The voice of moral courage is also our critical companion during troubling times; it provides us with the strength to cope with and overcome adversity and persevere when we want to quit or …
At least 27 more innocents murdered and 20 injured in Texas Church.
Happiness is not an objective fact; it’s a feeling, a state of mind, and it’s a lifetime goal. Thus, regardless of your starting point, the pursuit of happiness is not really about being happy. It’s about being happier. You are in charge of your happiness. Find, enjoy and cherish things you love.
I asked for EASE and I got hardships that taught me ENDURANCE. I asked for CONFIDENCE and I got hazards that made me COURAGEOUS. I asked for POWER and I got frustrations and failures that taught me PERSEVERANCE. I asked to be LOVED and I discovered serving others made me LOVING. I asked for FUN and I got family and …
Every expert was once a beginner. Set a goal and pursue it. You can be whatever you want.
Great visual reminder of Maya Angelou’s great insight about communications: “People don’t always remember what you say or even what you do But they do remember how you made them feel.”
Knowledge is the key to your best future. The more you know, the more you grow.
