To Inspire:  Todd Bol, the founder of the Little Free Library Box movement died last week at the age of 62, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. It was in 2009 that Todd was renovating his garage and had some spare wood left.  He decided to honor the memory of his schoolteacher mother by building […]

To Inspire:  We recently shared the story of the young man that The Joseph Group’s CEO, Matt Palmer, met while doing a climb in Colorado’s Pike National Forest.  Josh changed his thoughts to change his behavior which changed his life. Check out this YouTube video by Absolute Motivation entitled “It’s Up To You.”  You’ll hear […]

To Inspire:  Our company was privileged to take 30 local business leaders up to Marion Correctional Institution on Tuesday, October 16 for a day-long retreat with 30 inmates – all of whom are participants in a program called Embark, which helps incarcerated men and women prepare for their release and accompanies them for at least […]

To Inspire:  I (Matt) met Josh last Saturday, at the Devil’s Head Summit in Pike National Forest, just south of Denver.  I was in Denver visiting my daughter, son-in-law, and their four-month-old daughter, Madeline and I decided to do a climb early that morning.  Nearly 10,000 feet in elevation, Devil’s Head Summit is known as […]

To Inspire: Virtuous leadership is sorely lacking in the world today – in government, in business, within religious traditions, even within our own families.  Many people sit in positions of leadership but don’t lead.  Others lead but with a focus on self rather than service to others. In last Sunday’s gospel lesson at my (Matt) […]

To Inspire: We were privileged to co-host New York Times best-selling author Tommy Spaulding a little over a week ago at a business leadership breakfast.   Tommy’s talk was based on his most recent book, The Heart Led Leader: How Living and Leading from the Heart Will Change Your Organization and Your Life. The last chapter […]

To Inspire:  Source: www.sipofhope.com   Suicide is a difficult topic but one that needs discussion.  Suicide rates have skyrocketed in recent years and in 2018 it is estimated that across the globe, 800,000 people will end their lives by suicide.  Here in the United States, 121 people die each day from suicide.  And the vast […]

To Inspire:  Source: www.johnmccain.com   Senator John McCain’s life offers us lessons on living well and living with greatness.  What are some of those lessons: Lesson #1 – Know Thyself – McCain knew himself.  His years as a POW, while extremely difficult, also were years to reflect on his own life.  The son and grandson […]

To Inspire:  Perhaps some of you saw the Dateline documentary, City of Angels, last Sunday night.  It focused on the large and growing issue of homelessness that confronts Los Angeles and how people there are attempting to solve it. Mark Horvath is one of those “angels.”  Mark refers to those who are homeless in LA […]

To Inspire:  It’s the age-old question: can money buy happiness?  CBS Sunday Morning did a segment last Sunday that asked that question.  Their story began by sharing Christian Hinojosa’s take on it.  In 2000, fresh out of Amherst College, Christian took a very high paying job as an investment banker. Chris Hinojosa when he was […]