What’s Next

For anyone asking what comes after the title, the paycheck, or the plan.

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Right Between the Eyes
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Right Between the Eyes

By Graham Nash

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: After a difficult day with a delusional friend I took a run and this song came on my iPhone. As I listened to the words, I came to...
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The Fool | Bob Miller

By Tim McCarthy

May 23, 2019

Editor’s Comment: My dear friend, Bob Miller, sends me his self-reflections and I learn.   Bob is one of the widest and deepest thinkers I know, particularly in matters of the...
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Bernadette Noll
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Bernadette Noll

April 25, 2019

I Want to Age Like Sea Glass As I hit 49... I want to age like sea glass. Smoothed by tides, not broken. I want the currents of life to...
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Gone
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Gone

By Jack Johnson

March 27, 2019

Editor’s Comment: Heard this (as usual) while shuffling through my ITunes library on a run recently. Seems a perfect complement to my son, Timmy’s poem last month titled “Enough”. Favorite...
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Joseph Goldstein
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Joseph Goldstein

By Joseph Goldstein

March 27, 2019

we may give our time, our energy, our material possessions, our love.   All are expressions of caring, of compassion, of connection, and of renunciation—the ability to let go.  The beauty...
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No Self-made Man am I
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No Self-made Man am I

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2019

The temptation for folks my age with some success is to explain that we are “self-made”.  We proudly build our story around “starting with nothing” then we bloviate about the...
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Just Sit
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Just Sit

By Sukey and Elizabeth Novogratz

January 24, 2019

Editor’s Comment:   I like to think my life was “saved” by Amy Skerry and Paul Gellman who led me to meditation practice back in the 1990s.  The stress of...
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Lost In My Mind
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Lost In My Mind

By The Head And The Heart

December 31, 2018

Editor’s Comment:  Editor’s comment: This Christmas, I reviewed over 100 songs my daughter Caitlin has given me over time (she started creating Daddy Mixes when she was 14) and picked...
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Erich Fromm
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Erich Fromm

By Erich Fromm

October 26, 2018

"The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers." -Erich Fromm
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Flow
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Flow

By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:  This author and this book have been around for a long time but I’d forgotten about it until someone recently made fun of me for my fantasy sports...
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Anthem
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Anthem

By Leonard Cohen

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment:   My friend, Marty Grothe, reminded me of this wonderful song.  Really it’s a poem.  Then my son, Kevin, sent me all the verses.  Then while looking it...
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10 Signs You Know What Matters | Steven C. Hayes Ph.D
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10 Signs You Know What Matters | Steven C. Hayes Ph.D

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2018

Editor’s comment: This is among the best articles I’ve ever shared.  The very idea that we “don’t find values, we choose them” is just explosive to me.  I read the...
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More or Less
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More or Less

By Jeff Shinabarger

August 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:   I found this book in my stack waiting, perhaps for years.  I sadly cannot even remember who gave it to me.  I took and shot and was...
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Helen Keller
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Helen Keller

By Helen Keller

August 29, 2018

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.  Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”       -Helen Keller
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This Much I Know
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This Much I Know

By Tim McCarthy

June 28, 2018

Over the next few months, this blog will feature the very few things I’m sure about.  Below is my wire-frame.  Each month, I’ll get into a bit of background about...
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5 ways your brain helps keep you alive | Jeff Stibel
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5 ways your brain helps keep you alive | Jeff Stibel

By Tim McCarthy

June 28, 2018

Editor’s comment:    Such a great reminder: that’s life’s grandest cures are as simple as life itself. Link to article
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Georges Clemenceau
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Georges Clemenceau

By Georges Clemenceau

June 28, 2018

"A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed.... For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself." - Georges Clemenceau
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The Physics of Vulnerability | Dr. Brene Brown
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The Physics of Vulnerability | Dr. Brene Brown

By Tim McCarthy

May 27, 2018

Editor’s comment:    I’ve written about Dr. Brown before. She is brave in her writing. Hope you enjoy.  Link to article
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Secure in my Insecurities
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Secure in my Insecurities

By Tim McCarthy

April 30, 2018

Note: Today’s theme is inspired by my friend, Dr. Mardy Grothe (drmardy.com). His blog last week ended with a suggestion for us “to think about what role insecurity has played...
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Kent Neburn
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Kent Neburn

By Kent Neburn

April 30, 2018

"Do we really need much more than this? To honor the dawn. To visit a garden. To talk to a friend. To contemplate a cloud. To cherish a meal. To...
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Dr. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week
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Dr. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week

April 30, 2018

Editor’s comment:   Dr. Mardy Grothe is a guy I’ve followed since seeing him as a Vistage speaker 20+ years ago. His Saturday night posts (last week is featured below)...
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