To Inspire:  Perhaps you read the recent Columbus Dispatch article on Youth Across Borders and its founder, Courtney Bosca.  A Columbus resident, Courtney’s experience with Montana de Luz, a home in Honduras for children and young adults living with HIV, led her to imagine helping to foster connections between those children and youth and HIV […]

To Inspire: Have you ever kept a daily journal?  Life Coach Michael Hyatt has been sharing the advantages of daily journaling.  They are very compelling, so we thought we’d share them with our readers. According to Michael, a daily journaling habit is one that has an extremely positive effect on every other area of life. […]

To Inspire: Our team is grieving the death of Jan Winkleman, a long time client and dear friend of Mark’s, who died at age 60, recently after suffering a stroke.  Cherishing her memory are her husband, Larry, her adult children (Ryan, Tyler, and Allie) and their spouses and her many many friends. Jan was special […]

To Inspire: Christians throughout the world are nearing the end of Lent, a 40 day period in which they strive in modest ways to enter into Christ’s suffering: giving up certain pleasures (like coffee or desserts) and/or taking on additional acts of charity and prayer. In a recent issue of Success Magazine, writer Jonny Auping […]

February is here.  Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow (more winter on its way), and we celebrate the birthdays of George and Abe (our 1st and 16th Presidents).  But our favorite holiday of the month is February 14th, Valentine’s Day; a day to celebrate “romantic love” with a gift of roses, a touching note or a […]

To Inspire: As we celebrate Valentine’s Day this week, we might pause to consider this amazing gift we call love.  The ancient Greeks defined four types of love: Eros – romantic love; Storge – the love of family members for one another; Phileo – the affectionate, warm and platonic love of friends; Agape – an unconditional […]

To Inspire:  In our last Wealth Notes, we shared a three-step formula for your best year ever.  At its core, the formula calls for all of us to make small incremental changes each day that move us towards a desired goal, maintaining that small change day after day for weeks, months, even years.  It is this […]

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.