Article of Interest – “The Science of Stress” by Maria Popova
By Tim McCarthy
September 30, 2015
Editor's comment: I've been a student of mind-body connection for 18+ years now and this is as good a commentary as I've read. No one - NO ONE - seems...
Article of Interest – “How Do Social Entrepreneurs Know They’re Doing Good?” by Jonathan Greenblatt
By Tim McCarthy
August 30, 2015
Editor's Note: This interview with Ethos water founder and social business activist, Jonathon Greenblatt is not conclusive but it's extremely interesting. Greenblatt provides no easy answers to the great question...
Newsletter – “Building the Field of Dreams” by Bill Leamon
By Tim McCarthy
July 28, 2015
Mansfield Frazier has a passion for helping his neighbors in Hough, including the developmentally disabled, homeless, and formerly incarcerated, to overcome their barriers to employment by putting them to work...
Article of Interest – “The Moral Bucket List” by David Brooks
By Tim McCarthy
July 28, 2015
Editor's Note: I think of David Brooks as a poor man's St. Augustine and I think of myself as a poor man's David Brooks. I find him insightful, delightful and...
Article of Interest – “The Science of Scarcity” by Cara Feinberg
By Tim McCarthy
June 27, 2015
Editor’s Note: Thanks to Bob Miller for sending this to me, a deep and somewhat troubling article. We all knew that our own upbringing in relatively reasonable financial circumstance gave...
Article of Interest – “Overcoming The Psychology Of The Social Entrepreneur” by Genny Ghanimeh
By Tim McCarthy
May 31, 2015
Editor's Note: The author concludes the article with the assertion that "the psychological toughness needed to be a social entrepreneur can’t be taught. It has to be lived. Only individuals...
Article of Interest – “The Only Thing That Matters is Commitment” by Harrison Barnes
By Tim McCarthy
April 28, 2015
Editor's note: This article blew me away for two reasons: I always wished I was a gifted student. Now, I'm glad I wasn't. By having to focus and fail and...
Newsletter – “What Boulder Are You Rolling?” by Tim McCarthy
By Tim McCarthy
March 29, 2015
At a meditation retreat several years ago, my teacher reminded us of the legend of Sisyphus. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was the King of Corinth who was punished for chronic...
Article of Interest – “#BensTake: Harnessing the Promise of Impact Investing So it Lands in Places” by Ben Hecht
By Tim McCarthy
March 29, 2015
Editor's note: Living Cities' CEO, Ben Hecht, writes about Black Rock Impact, a social investing platform from mutual fund giant, Black Rock Funds. It makes me nervous and hopeful at...
Article of Interest – “Most Company Wellness Programs Are a Bust” by Douglas R. Stover and Jade Wood
By Tim McCarthy
March 1, 2015
Editors Note: This great article from Gallup talked about something I agree with wholeheartedly. It is not enough for a great wellness program to focus solely on one part of...
