What’s Next

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

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Don’t Aim at Success
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Don’t Aim at Success

By Viktor Frankl

March 2, 2024

  Quote of the Month: Don’t aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like...
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In Loving Memory | Tom Smothers | 1937 – 2023 | If I Had A Ship
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In Loving Memory | Tom Smothers | 1937 – 2023 | If I Had A Ship

By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2023

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Loving Kindness
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Loving Kindness

By Sharon Salzberg

December 31, 2023

“When we think of loving kindness or love as an ability, it's inside of us. It's ours. Other people certainly may ignite it or inspire it or threaten it, but...
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Wasted on the Way
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Wasted on the Way

By Graham Nash

November 30, 2023

Editor’s note: occasionally when listening to a playlist of my favorite musicians, I find a cut I don’t remember well or at all.  While playing a Crosby Stills and Nash...
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The Book of Charlie
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The Book of Charlie

By David Von Drehle

November 30, 2023

Editor’s Note: As you know, I’m fascinated by the human need for, search for, meaning. Von Drehle does a brilliant job of using the story of one man to illustrate...
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Teaching and Learning About Boundaries
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Teaching and Learning About Boundaries

By Tim McCarthy

November 30, 2023

Over the holiday, our granddaughter asked Alice and me if we could reject her “new cousins” who will enter the family upon her aunt’s marriage - two girls with whom...
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How to Do Things you Hate
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How to Do Things you Hate

By Peter Hollins

November 1, 2023

Editor’s note:  This is the book I wish I could have written.  The title is the answer I’ve long given to anyone who asks me “what’s the key to success...
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Goodbye Road
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Goodbye Road

By Drew Holcomb

September 29, 2023

Of course, “Goodbye Road”, by Drew Holcomb, Abner and Amanda Ramirez Editor’s note:  This live performance lines up nicely with what we saw in Chattanooga.
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Goodbye Road
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Goodbye Road

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2023

Alice and I stood with Caitlin and her boyfriend at a music festival along the Chattanooga River.  The lights came on, a church-sounding organ began, and a man’s voice filled...
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Fear Thrives
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Fear Thrives

By Farnum Street

August 31, 2023

The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journey. You only need courage for the...
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Many a Mile to Freedom
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Many a Mile to Freedom

By Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi (Traffic)

July 31, 2023

Editor’s Note: As with so many songs that I share, this came up on my old I-Tunes library the other day.  A bit of a jam, with a very pretty...
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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Keep Calm and Carry On

By Tim McCarthy

July 30, 2023

Since I began delivering newspapers at age 10, I’ve spent time every morning consuming the day’s news.   Then, a few years ago I started to notice that I was...
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

By Tim McCarthy

July 2, 2023

People resist change and most are successful at doing so…unless and until something dramatic happens.  Health crises seem to be the most motivating but also losing a loved one can...
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On Being Certain
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On Being Certain

By Robert Burton

May 31, 2023

Editor’s Note:  How the brain works simply fascinates me.  Of other such books I’ve read, Burton is a bit more readable.  And this particular topic engaged me since I’m from...
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Write to Understand
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Write to Understand

By James “Scotty” Reston

May 31, 2023

"I write in order to understand what I think."
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The Stranger
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The Stranger

By Albert Camus

April 27, 2023

Editor’s note: Simply haunting.  I now understand why it became a 20th century classic.  Like fine art, it invites interpretation, one of which is that Camus created a commentary on...
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Resist Persists
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Resist Persists

By Carl Jung

April 27, 2023

“What you resist persists. ”                             ---Carl Jung
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Life Altering Books
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Life Altering Books

April 2, 2023

What books changed how you think?   The list below is a small but significant sample of the ones that have changed mine. The Bible , Old Testament; New Testament...
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Stutz by Jonah Hill
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Stutz by Jonah Hill

By Tim McCarthy

April 2, 2023

Editor’s Note:  If you don’t have Netflix, there’s plenty out there online regarding this 90 minute interview of psychiatrist Phil Stutz by his client, Jonah Hill.  I’ve watched it twice...
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If I Needed You
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If I Needed You

By Townes Van Zandt

February 28, 2023

I recently spent a few days alone with Caitlin and Kevin, two of Alice’ and my three.   We love music so spent time trying to impress each other with...
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Am I Successful Yet?
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Am I Successful Yet?

By Arthur Brooks

February 28, 2023

The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more...
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