To Inspire:  Have you made some new year resolutions?  Perhaps, like many, you’ve stopped making them because it’s so discouraging to fail after only a week or two of effort.  Why bother?! Well, there’s hope!  I (Matt) just finished reading The Compound Effect by Success Magazine publisher Darren Hardy.  In it, Darren defines the phrase as […]

To Inspire:  As we look ahead to 2018, take stock of the year that is about to conclude.  What are you most thankful for?  What were the significant moments – good ones and challenging ones – that are worth reflecting on?  What did you learn from them?  How did you grow this year as a person?  […]

Business Coach and author Darren Hardy tells a great story about lions and makes an analogy for us all.

Perhaps you read of the Salt Lake City high school teacher that is getting married and on her gift registry has asked for shoes and backpacks to give to homeless children at her school.

Last weekend Jordan Spieth took home the Claret Jug and his third major golf championship with a win at the 146th British Open.  Heading into the final round Spieth was three shots ahead of Matt Kuchar, but he bogeyed…

As we continue to celebrate fathers, I thought I would share a Facebook post that my middle daughter Catherine (married to Josh; they are parents to 8 month old Henry) shared last Sunday on Father’s Day:

Local business coach and speaker Perry Maughmer shared the article below in his company newsletter this week.  We thought you would enjoy seeing these tips from Mark Twain for how to live a great life!  (note: want to subscribe to Perry’s newsletter, Archimedian Point or learn more about his coaching services – contact him at perry@perrymaughmer.com.) Mark Twain was a prolific writer, satirist, humorist and lecturer, and he always had some sort of quirky, sometimes ironic, wisdom on just about everything.  As the author of books like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, his prominent place in literature has been forever cemented in history.

Perhaps you read the recent Columbus Dispatch article on Michelle Melland.  She’s the 50 year old wife and mother of twin teenage girls who battles ALS, the incurable, paralyzing and eventually fatal disease otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Greg Knopp, one of my college fraternity brothers, now lives in Washington DC and serves as the Executive Director, Political Affairs for the American Council of Engineering Companies.  In a recent newsletter to his members, Greg shared the following:
“After 35 years in the advocacy business, the best secret I’ve learned about growing your organization (or yourself, for that matter) is that there are no secrets. What makes a real difference is a commitment to the fundamentals, to what Covey referred to as “principles.” Jim Rohn put it this way: “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. ”It’s not fun. It’s not sexy. It requires focus, hard work and patience. But when you trust both the process and yourself, you will see results.”

We’re sorry to share that our father, Joseph Palmer, died last Friday March 10th. Dad would have been 86 on March 22nd. We are so thankful to God for his long and good life and we are so thankful that God gave dad to us – what a priceless gift! If we can love the way dad loved as a husband, father, grandfather and friend, we will have lived well indeed.