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 […]
To Inspire: As the writer Ann Rinaldi said, “There comes a day each September when you wake up and know the summer is over and fall has arrived.” While we continue to have warm weather here in central Ohio and as I refuse to give up on my garden just yet, even I must […]
To Inspire: What a thrill for me to be in the Ohio Stadium last Saturday as Archie Griffin dotted the “I” as the Ohio State University Marching Band performed their famous Script Ohio. Archie was chosen in celebration of his first Heisman Trophy Award 50 years ago this year and in gratitude for a […]
To Inspire: One thing that surprised me when I started working for The Joseph Group (my first job in the finance industry) was the number of people who seem to struggle a bit – or a lot – with what to do in retirement. Now I wonder if it would help some of those people […]
To Inspire: Earlier this week, Catholic Christians all over the world celebrated the life and legacy of Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish priest who died at Auschwitz in 1941. His life can inspire all of us in many ways. Father Kolbe is best known for the actions he took after being arrested by the Gestapo and […]