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

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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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Expectations are Thieves
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Expectations are Thieves

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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Faith

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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Living Our Best Life
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Living Our Best Life

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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Feeling Understood
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Feeling Understood

By Mardy Grothe

April 30, 2022

You don't have to completely understand people to make them feel completely understood. -Mardy Grothe
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When Your Mind Changes
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When Your Mind Changes

By David Loy

March 31, 2022

To become a different kind of person is to experience the world in a different way. When your mind changes, the world changes. And when you respond differently to the...
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Time Stretching Exercises
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Time Stretching Exercises

By Tim McCarthy

March 31, 2022

Oliver Burkeman subtitled his book 4,000 Weeks “time management for mortals”. Time and mortality are tough subjects that Burkeman faces head-on and with creativity and humor uncommon to self-help books....
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Four Thousand Weeks  - Time Management for Mortals
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Four Thousand Weeks  - Time Management for Mortals

By Oliver Burkeman

February 28, 2022

Editor’s note:  I’m only half-way through this gift from my son, Tim, but it’s likely to make my top ten of all time.   I’d call it self-help with a...
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Softening of Age
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Softening of Age

By Felicia McCarthy

February 28, 2022

Grace and kindness [should] come with the softening of age -Felicia McCarthy
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The Softening of Age
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The Softening of Age

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2022

Six of my nine brothers and sisters who remain earthbound gathered to kibbutz for a few days recently.   I was struck by the words my poet sister used in...
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Stopping or Starting
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Stopping or Starting

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2022

Starting things is what I’ve become good at. Stopping?   Not so much. Each fall, I review what I learned from the current year.   Then, using that information, I...
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Price we Pay for Love
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Price we Pay for Love

By Mary Ridpath Mann

January 31, 2022

Grief is the price we pay for love.                                 ---Mary Ridpath Mann
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Life is Like a Game of Cards
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Life is Like a Game of Cards

By Jawaharlal Nehru

November 30, 2021

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism. The way you play it is free will. — Jawaharlal Nehru
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