To Inspire: Thanksgiving is almost here. A quieter, family-filled time before the chaos of the holiday season gets underway, the very essence of the holiday is to express appreciation and thankfulness for the blessings in our lives. Gratitude is so important, but sometimes can be hard to find. Guideposts writer Rick Hamlin recently shared a […]

To Inspire:   I had the privilege of interviewing OSU Professor Angus Fletcher at our recent Wealth Summit. Angus heads up Project Narrative, the world’s leading academic research initiative on the power and potential of our own life stories to help our brains heal from emotional trauma and to help us find greater purpose and […]

To Inspire:   We talk a lot about memory, especially as we age. It’s easy to find tips on improving memory, but if you’re trying to remember what you walked into the next room for, you need to work on your prospective memory. “Memory usually means remembering things that have already happened. But prospective memory […]

To Inspire: Do you know the story of St. Phocas the Gardener? A Christian who lived on the coast of the Black Sea in the third century, Phocas had a desire to please God but had few skills or talents. But there was one thing he did well – very well in fact – and […]

To Inform: After one of the longest “pauses” – that is, the period between the last hike in the Federal Funds rate and the first cut – in US history, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee cut interest rates by 0.5% last month, surprising many who were expecting a cut of 0.25%. This first of […]

To Inspire: This past spring I decided to plant a small corner of my front yard with a variety of colorful flowers. This small corner faces south and gets plenty of sunshine. I bought a number of flower seed packets. I didn’t really know what I was buying other than that the flowers pictured on […]

To Inspire: I’m reading a really good book right now, Dream Bigger: A 21 Day Journey to Unlock God’s Dream for Your Life. It’s written by Dan DeMatte who some of you will recognize as the co-executive director of Damascus, an exciting Catholic Retreat and Conference Center in Centerburg, Ohio and home to Catholic Youth […]

To Inspire: There is an Arizona sheriff’s deputy whose social media success rivals that of some celebrities and athletes, all just by doing his job with an approach based on Stoicism and Servant Leadership. Traffic Unit Deputy Frank Sloup of the Pinal County’s Sherrif’s Office has turned routine traffic stops into must-see online videos. This […]

To Inspire:   Homelessness is a growing problem in the United States. In Georgia, nearly a quarter of the state’s homeless population is in Atlanta. While the issues surrounding homelessness are many, one Atlanta man is using his retirement to bring access to basic human necessities to people on the streets. An Atlanta nonprofit called […]

To Inspire: What a joy it was for me to host our firm’s 9th Annual Men’s Bus Trip to Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) earlier this week. Since 2015 we’ve been taking a bus load of clients and friends up to MCI to spend a day with a group of incarcerated men who are in a […]