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The Liberal Art of Management – Peter Drucker
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The Liberal Art of Management – Peter Drucker

By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2020

Peter Drucker was a professor and consultant who is often called the inventor of modern management theory. He was an early observer of such widely-accepted management concepts as MBOs (management...
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Adventures of a Bystander
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Adventures of a Bystander

By Peter Drucker

December 31, 2020

Editor’s Note:  This was the first book I read by Drucker.  It is billed as a memoir but feels more like a collection of essays on people he met from...
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Habit of Learning
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Habit of Learning

By Warren Buffett

November 29, 2020

I always keep learning and reading. Books especially! Just think when one reads one can ‘have lunch’ with anybody. There is infinite and ever-growing information available to us and you...
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Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations
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Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2020

Original Article Editor’s note: Brooks is a favorite of mine, conservative but open and reasonable. His books and articles have been featured here before. I’m currently reading “Second Mountain” and...
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Quit Talking
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Quit Talking

By Walt Disney

October 31, 2020

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney
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The Wisdom of Finance
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The Wisdom of Finance

October 31, 2020

Book of the Month by Mihir Desai Editor’s note:   Thanks to my son, Timmy, for this my favorite read of the year so far.  I imagine that loving it...
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Zero Sum People

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2020

Except in sports, it doesn’t seem to me that for one side to win, the other must lose. That’s the concept of zero sum, and I’ve learned to avoid people...
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Strengths Based Leadership
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Strengths Based Leadership

By Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

September 29, 2020

Editor’s note:  I’ve followed this concept since it started and have taken the Clifton test a few times.  I got back into it over recent months because I am putting...
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America’s Untouchables: The silent power of the caste system
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America’s Untouchables: The silent power of the caste system

By Tim McCarthy

July 28, 2020

Editor’s note: Among the best books I’ve ever read was Wilkerson’s “Warmth of Other Suns” a non-fiction account of the south to north and west migration of black Americans.  When...
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Business Adventures
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Business Adventures

By John Brooks

June 30, 2020

Editor’s note:    I’ve read ten books on business and philanthropy over the least few months.  None were worth sharing so I’ve been stuck on historical fiction but now it’s...
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Confirmation Bias

By Tim McCarthy

May 30, 2020

I have become familiar with the study of heuristics over the years.  If I keep it simple, heuristics are mental shortcuts that help us make decisions and judgments.  I learn...
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Gerald W. Camiener
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Gerald W. Camiener

By Gerald W. Camiener

April 27, 2020

Good business people take risks; poor business people gamble. -Gerald W. Camiener
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Calm Also Has a Coefficient
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Calm Also Has a Coefficient

By Tim McCarthy

March 30, 2020

By Seth Godin Original Article: Editor’s Note:  My favorite blog ever from my favorite blogger, Seth Godin.  I highly recommend his daily readings at www.sethgodin.com , which are free.  He...
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Learning By Paradox
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Learning By Paradox

By Tim McCarthy

March 30, 2020

My worldview has been shaped by paradox.  Here are a few of my favorites.        You can’t sell when you’re talking   And yet most salespeople “show up and throw up”.  One of...
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Ben Franklin
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Ben Franklin

By Ben Franklin

February 27, 2020

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty." - Ben Franklin
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Diworsification
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Diworsification

By Tim McCarthy

February 27, 2020

I first noticed this term in Peter Lynch’s book “One Up on Wall Street” (1989). He used it to describe companies investing in areas widely different from their main businesses....
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The Value of Being Wrong
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The Value of Being Wrong

By Tim McCarthy

January 29, 2020

Were you brought up in a similar manner to me? Most academics were based on right or wrong You won or lost sporting events and academic contests My teachers, coaches and parents focused on relating (their...
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The Billion Dollar Whale
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The Billion Dollar Whale

By Bradley Hope and Tom Wright

December 30, 2019

Editor’s comment:  Another “non-fiction that reads more like fiction”.  Jho Low, between graduating from Wharton in 2005 and exposes that began in 2015 appears to have pulled off Madoff-style fraud. ...
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Fundamentals
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Fundamentals

By Jim Sullivan

November 27, 2019

Editor’s note:  If you consider yourself a coach, work in any form of customer service and/or HR/Training, this book will cause you to think differently about some of your more...
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The End of the American International Order: What Comes Next?
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The End of the American International Order: What Comes Next?

By Tim McCarthy

November 27, 2019

Editor’s note:   This is a long and complicated read.  So much so that I cannot claim to understand it entirely, least do I understand the author’s certainty of Japan’s...
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Time Management: Master Your Time, Master Your Life

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

There’s this huge lie we tell ourselves that “we don’t have enough time”. There is some truth to do that because eventually one day we won’t have any more time,...
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