What’s Next

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

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The Untethered Soul
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The Untethered Soul

By Michael Singer

August 30, 2021

Editor’s comment:  Due to sharing my life changing books last month and asking for yours, I have a stack of 15 books I had not read before you recommended them....
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Life Changing Books

July 31, 2021

A young friend who is working on a pivot in his life asked me what books he should read during such introspection. It didn’t take long for me to share...
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Everything in Moderation — a Key to a Happy and Balanced Life
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Everything in Moderation — a Key to a Happy and Balanced Life

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2021

Editor’s note:   I’m fascinated by learning the causes and effects of moderation versus extreme lifestyles.  It’s simply one of the most prominent issues of modern America in my mind. ...
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The Gifts of Imperfection
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The Gifts of Imperfection

By Brené Brown

June 30, 2021

“Perfectionism is not the same thing has striving to be your best. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or...
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Claire Suddath’s interview with Dr. Deepak Chopra
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Claire Suddath’s interview with Dr. Deepak Chopra

By Tim McCarthy

June 30, 2021

Editor’s comment: I read a brief clip of this Claire Suddath Bloomberg interview in the monthly magazine and was struck by his opening response, which is excerpted below. Excerpt:  “Meditation...
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Grievance and Possibility
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Grievance and Possibility

By Seth Godin

May 31, 2021

"Grievance and possibility have confusing roots. Grievance isn’t about grieving. In fact, it’s the opposite. Grievance is the narrative of getting even. Possibility doesn’t itemize everything that’s possible. Instead, it...
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Mindfulness Makeover
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Mindfulness Makeover

By Sarah Jeane Brown

May 30, 2021

Original Article Editor’s note:  From Forbes, no less, comes this continuing thought that it’s time for mindfulness practice to become mainstream.  I’m an inveterate ruminator and so until I started...
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It’s Not About You
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It’s Not About You

By Tom Rath

May 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  In keeping with blog theme, this month’s book is Tom Rath's (StrengthsFinders) brief research and personal experience-based book, “It’s Not About You”.  It’s hard to write in a...
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Who do you Admire?
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Who do you Admire?

By Tim McCarthy

May 30, 2021

My favorite blogger, Seth Godin, said recently that “ Attitude follows action far more often than action follows attitude.”  So, today, I’m writing about the people I admire most in...
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Fisher Road To Hollywood
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Fisher Road To Hollywood

By The Avett Brothers

May 1, 2021

Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Pete Accorti for sending this haunting song from my favorite musicians.  Seth and Scott and their bandmates always stretch melodies and lyrics, here even harmonies to...
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Occasion for Being Taught
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Occasion for Being Taught

By Mortimer J. Adler

March 29, 2021

No one who looks upon disagreement as an occasion for teaching another should forget that it is also an occasion for being taught. -Mortimer J. Adler
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Presence of the Lord
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Presence of the Lord

By Blind Faith

February 27, 2021

Editor’s note:   I ran into a live Clapton Winwood recording of this song and memories came flooding back.  Blind Faith was one of many “supergroups” who came and went...
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Maturity Is
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Maturity Is

By Ray Dalio

February 27, 2021

I learned that if you work hard and creatively, you can have just about anything you want, but not everything you want. Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives...
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Let It Be Me
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Let It Be Me

By Ray LaMontagne

January 31, 2021

Editor’s note:  Continuing with our February theme of “asking for help”.  Favorite lyric: “That's when you need someone Someone that you, you can call When all your faith is gone...
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Practice of Generosity
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Practice of Generosity

By Subhadramati

December 31, 2020

The practice of generosity is a wisdom practice, because it’s aligning you with the real truth of things: what you think of as yours, as part of your identity, is...
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The Liberal Art of Management – Peter Drucker
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The Liberal Art of Management – Peter Drucker

By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2020

Peter Drucker was a professor and consultant who is often called the inventor of modern management theory. He was an early observer of such widely-accepted management concepts as MBOs (management...
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Farthest Shore
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Farthest Shore

By David Wilcox

November 29, 2020

Editor’s Note: Wilcox was my favorite during my crushing middle learning years. I remember playing this song for my aging Mom while driving her to my sister’s home in the...
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This is Not a Dress Rehearsal
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This is Not a Dress Rehearsal

By Tim McCarthy

October 31, 2020

About forty times a year, at the end of Vistage (CEO peer group) sessions, I say, “don’t get caught in the dressing room rewriting the script of your life. This...
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The Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings
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The Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings

By The Avett Brothers

September 29, 2020

  When my body won't hold me anymore And it finally lets me free Will I be ready? When my feet won't walk another mile And my lips give their...
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Nothing but Deterioration
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Nothing but Deterioration

By JB Macaulay, written in 1830 as comment to widespread news that “America will never be the same”.  Thanks to Randy Martin

August 30, 2020

“We cannot absolutely prove that those are in error who tell us that society has reached a turning point – that we have seen our best days.  But so said...
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Feeding My Head AND My Body

By Tim McCarthy

August 30, 2020

Barbara Cartland said, “You become what you think. You are what you eat”. I heard a similar quote in the 1970s and it has come back to me many times...
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