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WHAT WILL MATTER

By Michael Josephson © 2003

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear.

So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.

It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought but what you built, not what you got but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when your gone.

What will matter is not your memories but the memories that live in those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.

It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

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CYNICAL PUBLIC SCRUTINY

In today’s cynical environment . . .

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Everybody thinks it can’t happen here…

Until it does.

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The Law of Big Numbers

  • How many people have the power to make decisions that can effect the reputation or legal liability of your department?

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The Law of Big Numbers

  • In every organization of size there are bound to be some people who are crooked or crazy.

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  • What level of confidence do you have that your current screening, performance evaluation, training and discipline processes assure that all these people are capable of and committed to adhering to the highest ethical standards?

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When the “I” isn’t straight, it can make a big difference

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Good people with good intentions sometimes do dumb things

We hope you will be one of the people to stop them

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JI Exemplary Policing Survey

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LOW MORALE

94%/65% significant

OFFICERS FAILING TO DO WHAT THEY SHOULD DO BECAUSE OF FEAR OF DISCIPLINE OR LAWSUITS

88%/60%

LACK OF PHYSICAL FITNESS OF SOME PATROL OFFICERS

92%/47%

OVEREMPHASIS ON STATISTICS RATHER THAN REAL MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES

71%/33%

POOR WORK ETHIC

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ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE BY OFFICERS

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ABUSE OF SICK DAYS AND WORKERS COMP BENEFITS

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OCCASIONAL ARROGANCE, DIDRESPECT OR ABUSE OF POWER BY SUPERVISORY OFFICERS TOWARD SUBORDINATES

78%/20% significant

OCCASIONAL ARROGANCE, DIDRESPECT OR ABUSE OF POWER BY OFFICERS TOWARD CITIZENS

78%/19%

CODE OF SILENCE PREVENTING OFFICERS FROM BEING ACCOUNTABLE AND HONEST RE: MISCONDUCT OF OTHER OFFICERS

60%/19%

DOMESTIC ABUSE BY OFFICERS

70%/15%

OFF DUTY DUIs

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EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE

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  1. False statements/reports
  2. Larceny
  3. Sex offenses other than rape
  4. Battery
  5. Driving under the influence
  6. Excessive use of force
  7. Fraud/forgery
  8. Drugs other than pot/cocaine
  9. Weapon offenses
  10. Cocaine possession or sale

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Do you have the feeling that you can’t take on one more thing?

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Do you feel like this donkey sometimes?

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Is your plate already too full?

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Ethics is the plate

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Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a ttoal mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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Wisdom is yields humility -- knowing you don’t always see all there is and others will see things you don’t.

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If you change your perspective you change the way you experience the world.

    • The first man replied: “I am making bricks from this stone.”
    • The second said: “I am making the foundation for a building.”
    • The third answered: “I’m building a cathedral.”

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So what? What difference does it make how a person looks at his work?

Three stonecutters were asked what they were doing.

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Assumptions/mindsets �– Susan Boyle Video

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THE “SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER” (TRRFCC)

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