To Inspire:  You may have seen the recent spot on CBS Sunday Morning featuring columnist and commentator AJ Jacobs, author of “Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey.”  In it, he shared with viewers his decision to demonstrate to his children the importance of giving thanks by personally thanking the many people that make his morning […]

To Inspire:  We remember with gratitude the many veterans who have served our nation.  One such veteran, 93-year-old Dick Wood, was featured in The Columbus Dispatch over the weekend and we thought his story was worth sharing. 93-year-old WW II veteran, Dick Wood Source: The Columbus Dispatch – link   As a staff sergeant and […]

To Inspire:  Living a great life need not be glamorous or complicated.  Everyday greatness is lived by countless thousands all over this country.  Consider Sather Gowdy, a law student at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington and the man behind Heal Spokane, a movement and nonprofit focused on improving his community through grassroots acts of service […]

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 […]