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Melissa Brown

Melissa Brown So I walked into Ralphs over the weekend and Bam! there was a rack with all kinds of CHARACTER COUNTS! gear on it! Looked really good!

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Excellent! what a pleasure to hear from you. please let me know more about how and what you are doing. - MJ
5 hours ago
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page This guy is not stupid (how did he get the truck up in the first place?), but he's unwise. Lot's of bad decisions are made by smart people who don't properly assess the risks and convince themselves that something that is desirable is necessary.

Mohammed Ahmed-Shaibu
Mohammed Ahmed-Shaibu
I totally agree with you....
5 hours ago
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page MJosephson receiving UCLA Alum of Year Award from Chancellor Block

Melissa Lynn Goulet

Melissa Lynn Goulet
I am so excited to find out about this FB page! I have always been a "Character Counts" fan since growing up in So Cal and listening to KNX 1070 in the car with my mom. That habit continued for me as an adult. Now I live in New Zealand. Since moving here for veterinary school, I became involved in the Veterinary Lead...ership Experience (VLE), which is a big movement in vet schools both in the US and overseas. VLE is centered, in part, around the concept of servant leadership. I find that the ethical principles discussed on "Character Counts" and put forth by the Josephson Institute fit perfectly with the ideas being taught at the VLE. So, I have tried to spread the word to fellow VLE'ers about "Character Counts" and the Josephson Institute. This FB page will make that a lot easier!!Read More

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Excellent. Welcome. Contribute often!
9 hours ago
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page An idealist is not someone who naively believes that everyone will do the right thing or that everything will turn out all right, an idealist should be without illusions. Leaders translate idealism into progress by refusing to accept that things have to be the way they are.

Sat at 8:55pm
Tom Kiefer
Tom Kiefer
An idealist is guided by an ideal, not blinded by it.
Sat at 9:36pm
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Sat at 10:29pm
Cathy Tautkus
Cathy Tautkus
Great summary!
Sun at 8:11am
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page # of CC! Facebook fans keeps growing! Pls tell your friends. Note growing international fans: Canada 50, Puerto Rico 26, Nigeria 19, South Africa 12, United Kingdom 9, Pakistan 9, Japan 6, Mexico 6, United Arab Emirates 5, Australia 5, Indonesia 5, India 5, Italy 5, Philippines 5, Germany 4, Israel 4, Morocco 3

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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page Thanks to all of you that sent nice messages about my UCLA Alumnus of Year Award. Being recognized by my Alma Mater was great BUT what was really outstanding was so many family and friends say they were proud of me. One never outgrows that. - Michael J

Sat at 5:17am
Margie Barker Donovan
Margie Barker Donovan
Congratulations, Micheal! It's good to know that you are a Bruin!
Sun at 7:35am
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.- Sonny Bono

November 19 at 9:05pm
Valerie
Valerie
Be a maverick...not a rogue.
November 19 at 10:09pm
Margie Barker Donovan
Margie Barker Donovan
You go Valerie!
November 19 at 10:12pm
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Tomorrow, I will be named Alumnus of the Year by UCLA. I’m pretty excited about it. There’s something very special about receiving a major honor from one’s Alma Mater.
Valerie
Valerie
Congratulations...you have earned it.
November 19 at 10:01pm
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page I often speak with concern about the corrosive impact of unrestrained and careless partisanship that demonizes opponents. I know Rachel Madow is a partisan on the left and the person she interviews here is an Obama supporter, but what I heard troubles me and I ask you to view this video objectively and offer your comments.

Valerie
Valerie
What I admire about Michael Josephson is that his beliefs can apply to everyone regardless of religion, gender, ethnicity, politics etc. I wouldn't define him as being on the right or the left but rather as one who is fair.
November 19 at 10:08pm
Jeff
Jeff
The thing that amazes me is that the start of this "story" has 2 comments about the government taking control of another piece of American's freedom. But 99% of the story is not about the truth (or not) behind the comments but made up hate rhetoric. Notice how she does not speak about the actual Biblical passage, but the one AFTER the one hoping ... Read MorePresident Obama's days IN OFFICE are numbered. These commentators are not missing the point -- they are distracting people from the point. The more fantastic and outrageous they can make their claims, the more people scream how hate filled one side or the other is and take the attention off the facts and realities -- that this government is doing more to take over aspects of our lives that they have no right to do. I am all for thoughtful, helpful change - but rammed through, middle of the night change is not what I signed up for.
November 20 at 5:26am
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page Ethics is not for wimps.

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It’s not easy to be honest when it might be costly, to play fair when others cheat, or to keep promises that are inconvenient.
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page Albus Dumbledore: "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." The old wizard had it right. We can't control what happens to us or around us but we can choose what we do about it and what happens in us.

November 18 at 5:32pm
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Official Page Henry Adams said: "A teacher affects all eternity; you never know where his (her) influence stops." Every parent is a teacher.

November 17 at 11:27pm
Katherine Boylan Fuelling
Katherine Boylan Fuelling
something that can never be traced....
November 18 at 3:43am
Joel Bader
Joel Bader
Can I add something? Great teachers are great leaders--and vice versa. Those who are led by great leaders take many valuable lessons with them after the period of leadership is over, just as do the students of great teachers.
November 18 at 5:43am
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MJosephson will be conducting a discussion between dads and their teen daughters and has constructed a new survey about what teen girls think and think about. He needs as many teen girls as possible to take 10 minutes to fill out the survey at the link below. Would you please help by urging teen girls you know to fill ...it out? And, if you really want to help, would you urge other folks who have or know teens to fill it out as well? we will share the results. Thanks.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lsK8Sga6b0jT_2bc_2fsiEyueg_3d_3d
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Kim

Kim Dear Character Counts, I love to read your daily entries and am a long time fan. I wonder if it would be possible to add the "share" option to your daily quotes.... I often cut and paste to my home page or to friend's inbox -- siting the source of course. You have so much great material to SHARE w/ Fb friends!

November 17 at 5:41pm · Report
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Thanks Kim! We're glad your enjoying it. Have you read Michael Josephson's daily commentaries? If you like what you see here, you'll definitely enjoy reading his commentaries, which you can share on your facebook page.
http://charactercounts.org/michael/
November 18 at 5:53pm
Kim
Kim
ah ha! that's right, I have seen and used the share link on your daily commentaries ..... thanks for the reminder!! Keep up the good work :D
November 18 at 7:00pm