What’s Next

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

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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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Motivating Quotes
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Motivating Quotes

By Multiple Sources

February 28, 2023

For me, quotes are collections of words that make me think.   Whether famous or just from friends and family, my favorites cause behavior changes.   Below are from the...
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View from the Bottom
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View from the Bottom

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2023

The youngest of our three, Caitlin, and I have talked many times about the effects of watching our older siblings as we grow up. I had four sisters and four...
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Small Things Like These
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Small Things Like These

By Claire Keegan

January 31, 2023

Editor’s note:   The most beautifully written and poignant short story I’ve read.   Do not read “A Note on the Text” until the end.   It makes the story...
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That’s What the Lonely is For
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That’s What the Lonely is For

By David Wilcox

January 31, 2023

My divorced daughter and almost-divorced son and I have been talking a lot about loneliness lately.   In one conversation I recalled this song that I listened to constantly about...
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Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen

By Leonard Cohen

January 31, 2023

"Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in" -Leonard Cohen Kintsugi or golden...
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The Illusion Of Control
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The Illusion Of Control

By Tim McCarthy

January 1, 2023

I’ve been learning about control for a little more than 25 years. My initial work was on myself, and to this day, I strive to consider what I have control...
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Michael Utesch
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Michael Utesch

By Michael Utesch

January 1, 2023

Expectations are the thieves of joy. - Michael Utesch
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Stick Season
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Stick Season

By Noah Kahan

January 1, 2023

Editor’s note:  Thanks to son, Timmy, who shared this song with me during his holiday visit.  Beautiful voice, meaningful lyrics about his empty half. Favorite lyric: “Stuck between my anger...
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The Dyslexic Advantage
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The Dyslexic Advantage

By Brock and Fernette Eide

November 30, 2022

Editor’s Note: When I was school, I’m not sure dyslexia was even identified.  And so these kids seen as “stupid” or “slow learners”.  When my kids were in school, dyslexia...
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What You Want
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What You Want

By Tim McCarthy

November 30, 2022

My career has been a long series of “finding out what people want or need, then giving it to them”.  That, in very few words is how to succeed in...
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Living Testimony by Tim McCarthy
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Living Testimony by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 31, 2022

This is a tribute article but more to the future than the past. My friend and mentor, Rich Clark, passed suddenly at 71 last month. Rich spent the first 18...
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November Quote

October 31, 2022

"Faith over fear" -Unknown
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The Same Boat
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The Same Boat

By Ryan Montbleau

August 29, 2022

Editor’s note: Montbleau’s “75 and Sunny” was featured a few months ago here and I’m enjoying getting to know more of his discography.  “Same Boat” is a more traditional love...
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Three Questions
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Three Questions

By Tim McCarthy

August 29, 2022

My son, Timmy, listened patiently to my complicated description of a tough decision then asked me three simple questions: What is my goal? Why is that my goal? What will...
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Processing Input
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Processing Input

By Tim McCarthy

July 30, 2022

“You don’t trust me”. It hit me like a brick to the side of my head. But as I’ve grown older, I try hard to process input that I don’t...
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Kimberly Brown
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Kimberly Brown

By Kimberly Brown, “Living Your Real Best Life”

June 30, 2022

Because living our real best life is tethered to our intention to be happy and free and to help everyone else be happy and free, we don’t have to feel...
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Shaping Our Jiminy Cricket
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Shaping Our Jiminy Cricket

By Tim McCarthy

May 30, 2022

Each of us operates with a voice inside our head, our life’s narrator. Narrator seems a good term since it’s the voice that judges every thought we have, every action...
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