Articles on: Inspire

Why aren’t you taking a vacation this year?

As I write this, I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to work out my schedule for the next few weeks and get everything done. We’re going on vacation – and this summer for the first time in a very long time, we’re planning on taking 2 full weeks (According to Joe Robinson, only 14% […]

What’s right about America…!

  If you follow politics or watch the news much at all, it feels like many things are wrong with our great country…and there are indeed a lot of challenges in front of us all right now. However Henry Ford said it well many years ago: “What’s right about America is that although we have a […]

I Have Four Words That Spell Success…

I’ve had this little square manmade resin stone with 4 words engraved on it on my desk for years.  I don’t even remember where it came from (sorry honey, if it was from you!).  Each of the four words has an accompanying quote.  It gets rotated regularly but at least one word is always in […]

5 Big Ideas from Great Business Books

A great book can take you places…and a great business book can inspire some amazing things. I’ve personally always been a big fan of reading (which is why I enjoy doing the Business Book Reviews we do every month). To me books are almost magical – repositories of wisdom and inspiration that are just out […]

Do you look forward to the Hard Days?

It’s funny what you can learn from your kids. My daughter is a freshman in high school and has really developed a passion for distance running – she loved Cross Country in the fall (made Varsity and qualified for state as a freshman!) and now practice is starting for spring track. I’m not sure where […]

Why do you do what you do?

  At different times of our life and careers we ask ourselves, why am I doing this?  Is this where I am supposed to be?  How did I get here?   The answer isn’t always clear, but our hope is that every once in a while you get a little affirmation that today you are exactly […]