Tim's Favorites

Books, tools, people, and ideas I keep coming back to. They’ve earned a permanent spot in my mental rotation.

Songs Worth a Spin

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Fast Car

Tracy Chapman
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Money, Love and Change

Trey Anastasio Band
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Alone

Trampled by Turtles
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Drive

Caamp
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For What it's Worth

Buffalo Springfield
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Dark Star

Crosby Stills and Nash
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A Little Max (Parfait)

Duke Ellington
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Old Man

Neil Young
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Growing Sideways

Noah Kahan
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Violin

Amos Lee
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Books Worth Your Time

Book of the Month  |  1929 Book Cover
Book of the Month June |  Startup Communities Book Cover
Book of the Month July |  Bad Days in History Book Cover
Book of the Month  |  The Mysterious Case Book Cover
Book of the Month  |  I Moved Your Cheese Book Cover
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Borrowed Wisdom

“Whoever says money can’t buy happiness hasn’t given enough away!”

— Alex Hormozi
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Borrowed Wisdom

Fear is self-imposed, meaning it doesn’t exist, you create it, and you can destroy it. I love fear because behind every fear is a person you want to be.

— Jocelyn McCauley
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Borrowed Wisdom

This being human is a guest house.

— Rumi
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1929
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1929

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

December 2, 2025

Book of The Month: “1929” by Andrew Ross Sorkin, who also wrote "Too Big to Fail" Editor’s Note:  Because my parents went through the Great Depression, I thought I knew...
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Fast Car
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Fast Car

By Tracy Chapman

October 29, 2025

Song of the Month:  "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman, covered by Ryan Montbleau Editor’s Note: The original of this song is a favorite, but Monbleau’s interpretation adds more instrumentation and, for...
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Startup Communities
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Startup Communities

By Brad Feld

October 20, 2025

Editor’s note:  Feld’s writing is thorough and accessible.  It reflects the foundation’s experience in economic gardening in our own hometown “to a t”.   Favorite excerpt – if you read nothing...
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Money, Love and Change
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Money, Love and Change

By Trey Anastasio Band

September 29, 2025

Editor’s Note: This "new to me" guitar superstar will get a lot of my attention in the coming months. "Money, Love and Change" made me think of my favorite jam...
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Bad Days in History
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Bad Days in History

By Michael Farquhar

August 5, 2025

Editor’s note:  You’ll need a strong stomach if you choose to read this since many of the bad days described are matters of barbarism, particularly those from earlier centuries.  But...
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Alone
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Alone

By Trampled by Turtles

August 1, 2025

Editor’s Note: The opening lyrics are precisely what my father said many, many, many times to my siblings and me.  It’s haunting to hear his admonition again and the song...
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Drive
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Drive

By Caamp

July 1, 2025

Song of the Month:  “Drive" by Caamp Editor’s Note: Imagine a summer night on the river in Chicago, a venue called the Salt Shed with a view of the city in...
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The Mysterious Case
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The Mysterious Case

By Douglas Brunt

April 28, 2025

Book of The Month: “The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel”, by Douglas Brunt Editor’s Note: The past few years, I’ve enjoyed travelling into non-fiction history with a twist; true stories...
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Quote of the Month  |  Alex Hormozi
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Quote of the Month  |  Alex Hormozi

— Alex Hormozi

April 28, 2025

  “Whoever says money can’t buy happiness hasn’t given enough away!” ---Alex Hormozi   Editor’s Note: This quote was sent by my friend and editor, Mary Beth Conlee, seemed first...
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For What it's Worth
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For What it's Worth

By Buffalo Springfield

March 31, 2025

In order to play out with my new friend Bill Hing, I collected all the songs I love to play and this was among them.  It is one of the...
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Dark Star
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Dark Star

By Crosby Stills and Nash

February 27, 2025

Editor’s note: The last few years I’ve enjoyed digging more deeply into my favorite band of all time. In doing so, I’m getting back to some of their more obscure...
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I Moved Your Cheese
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I Moved Your Cheese

By Deepak Malhotra

February 3, 2025

Book of The Month: “I Moved Your Cheese”, by Deepak Malhotra Editor’s note: Each Christmas my dear friend, Sister Maureen Burke, gives me brain food, usually more than one book....
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