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Wealth Notes: Inspire

  • Is Your Wealth Changing You?

    February 19, 2021

    To Inspire:   Is your wealth changing you or are you changing your wealth? It’s an interesting question isn’t it? When I refer to wealth, I mean whatever level of financial resources one has. I ask the question because so many of those reading this (our clients and friends) have (or will) reached a comfortable […]

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  • Look Out the Window and See the Miraculous

    February 11, 2021

    To Inspire: Here we are, closing in on one year of pandemic life, and, if you’re in Central Ohio (or much of the Eastern United States), socked in by snow and below freezing temperatures. What to do? Why not take a look out your window and see the beauty of the world. Birdwatching: Winter is […]

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  • Pro Football Nostalgia and the Fragility of Life

    February 4, 2021

    To Inspire:   I’m a football fan in my mid 60s. And I played football in high school and college (small college football – Woody just wouldn’t take a look at me!) With the Super Bowl coming up this weekend, I read with interest and a touch of nostalgia Ben Shpigel’s January 22, 2021 New […]

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  • Be Bearers of Hope

    January 29, 2021

    To Inspire: We humans are an interesting lot. At the drop of a sparkly ball in Times Square, we welcome each new year, in anticipation that the year ahead will exceed the year just past. Less than three weeks later, we celebrate “Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day,” and focus our thoughts on Groundhog Day, wishing […]

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  • Humility In A Life Well Lived

    January 21, 2021

    To Inspire: My colleague Michelle O’Brien’s article in last week’s Wealth Notes has me reflecting on my own New Year’s resolutions. Always I want to be a man who loves greatly but when I consider how, I realize that I must first grow in virtue. And of all of the virtues I might focus on […]

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  • Sticking to Those New Year’s Resolutions

    January 14, 2021

    Did you make New Year’s resolutions? Have you given up yet? Each year, most people give up on their resolutions – especially ones that are health and fitness-focused – in less than three weeks. This year, Sunday, January 17, 2021 is Quitter’s Day,  the day most people abandon their New Year’s resolutions. One reason why […]

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  • Discover Your Later-in-Life Passion Through Determination and Grit

    January 7, 2021

    To Inspire: “Moving from Success to Significance” is the sub-title of one of our favorite books here at The Joseph Group; Bob Buford’s “Half Time.” We give this book to many of our clients entering retirement with the thought that at age 50+ they still have half of their productive life to go. Why not […]

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  • A Season of Giving

    December 22, 2020

    2020 has been a challenging year for all of us. In the true spirit of Christmas, the spirit of giving, below are two stories that can touch all of our hearts this season and encourage the gift of giving of ourselves. Christmas Tree Angel in Michigan When Michigan resident Chad Rose just happened to have […]

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  • The ‘Christmas Star’ on the Winter Solstice

    December 17, 2020

    To Inspire: Monday, December 21, 2020 is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and this year’s solstice includes a rare sight, a phenomenon dubbed the “Christmas Star.” In the early evening of this solstice, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will align in their orbits in what NASA refers to as a “great conjunction.” The […]

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  • A Real-Life Elf!

    December 10, 2020

    To Inspire: Christmas movies airing each night are one of the many highlights this time of year. “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “A Christmas Story,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Home Alone” are a few of our favorites. And how can I forget “Die Hard?” 😊 But the favorite in my family […]

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