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A Message to Garcia

By Elbert Hubbard

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The entire three page book can be read in this file as it is in the public domain. Seems maybe it always was since the author gave rights...
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Quote: There is no limit to…

October 15, 2019

"There is no limit to what a person can do who doesn’t mind who gets the credit." By Robert Woodruff
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Quote: It is not the critic who counts…

October 15, 2019

Written by Theodore Roosevelt [more] "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could...
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Quote: “For something this complicated, it’s really hard to design products by focus groups.”

October 15, 2019

"For something this complicated, it's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." [more]...
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Quote for May: Bill Gurly

October 15, 2019

"You can only make money by being right about something that most people think is wrong. You can't make money by being wrong. And you can't make money by being...
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November Quote: Peter Drucker

October 15, 2019

"Whenever you see a successful business, someone made a courageous decision." Peter Drucker
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November Blog: “Mutual Accountability” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Every success rests on mutual accountability. There are no exceptions of which I am aware. Yet few organizations see and position accountability as a clear goal. It’s probably because it’s...
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Newsletter: You Can’t Please Everyone

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The LeBron James’ debacle could have been easily avoided if he would not have tried to please everyone.  That’s a good reminder for all of us, personally and professionally to...
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Newsletter: Will We Learn?

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Risk and reward is the basis of all successful financial systems so the US government must not intervene in such a way as to put that system out of balance. ...
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Newsletter: Who Should Change First?

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Great organizations and great lives are built by great people – people who are willing to grown and change.  Those who treat their employees how they wish to be treated...
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Newsletter – “Which Came First, Transportation Needs or Uber?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

A friend recently asked me a couple of interesting questions: "Is great marketing timeless or is great marketing contemporary like vernacular?" "Have human needs changed over the centuries?"   The answer...
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Newsletter: Virtuous Cycle

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

According to Stewart Kohl, CEO of Riverside, a virtuous circle is what he seeks in his business and his life. He believes it is accomplished by being open to mistakes...
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Newsletter: The Truth, Well Told

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Often our organizations have a good story, we just don’t tell it well.  By building a process for getting our target audience to hear the best about us, we can...
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Newsletter – “The Three-Legged Stool” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

In MBA school in my mid-fifties, some of what I learned was just attaching bigger words to stuff I already knew from experience. Others, such as the three-legged stool lesson...
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Newsletter: The Other Side of Our Story

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Starting a good business, just like living a good life, requires planning and discipline.  I know because I struggled for many years to develop my company into a successful organization. ...
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Newsletter: The Fundamental Entrepreneur

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Entrepreneurship is not about big ideas or flamboyant personalities – It’s about managing risk successfully.   [more] Our professor started the class by asking us to give our best definition of...
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Newsletter: The Elephant in the Room

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Until we acknowledge an issue that is getting in our way, in business as well as in life, there is no chance we will overcome that issue. When my brother,...
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Newsletter – “The CEO’s Marketing Tool Kit” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

I’ve made the cut as a speaker on the national Vistage circuit. With no small thanks to my son and promoter, Kevin, we have ten presentations scheduled and that number...
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Newsletter: Our Own Skin

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The hardest part of life is learning to live with ourselves and, the more we work on ourselves (versus our partners) the more progress we make. [more] One of my...
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Newsletter: Our Own Personal Brand

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Both you and your organization have a brand, whether intentional or not and developing that brand successfully is a good part of our time on earth.   [more] It’s the 80’s....
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Newsletter – “My Problem with Solving Problems” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The problem I have with solving problems is I often forget to first ask: Who caused the problem?  Who should solve it? Unless I’m working on my own problems, the...
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