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Fly Like an Eagle
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Fly Like an Eagle

By Steve Miller Band

June 30, 2021

Editor’s note: Steve Miller Blues Band was never on my primary play list but I always enjoyed his work.  This was his urgent call (time keeps on slipping) to the...
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Free Hand and Imperfect Heroes
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Free Hand and Imperfect Heroes

By Tim McCarthy

June 30, 2021

A dear friend and wonderful private blogger, Carll Tucker, wrote me after reading last month’s newsletter to ask what Father Norm Smith, one of those I admired , meant by...
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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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June Joke
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June Joke

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2021

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Yellow Moon
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Yellow Moon

By Aaron Neville

May 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  I’m not even including a favorite lyric in this note because this is a pure rhythm and blues, New Orleans rock/jazz, toe-tapper from generational musicians, performed live at...
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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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Busy with the Proof
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Busy with the Proof

By JK Galbraith

May 1, 2021

Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof.  - JK Galbraith
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Why Facts Don’t Change Minds by James Clear
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Why Facts Don’t Change Minds by James Clear

By Tim McCarthy

May 1, 2021

Editor’s Note:  Clear, the author of “Atomic Habits” dives much more deeply and thoughtfully into my simple thoughts from this month’s blog regarding “dis and mis information”.  Original Post: The...
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Anecdotes and Data
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Anecdotes and Data

By Tim McCarthy

May 1, 2021

A popular topic has become very personal for me. The topic is disinformation and misinformation. How did information become so malleable? Some say a villain lurks. Far more likely 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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April Laugh
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April Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

March 29, 2021

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Losing Track of Our Dreams?
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Losing Track of Our Dreams?

By Tim McCarthy

March 29, 2021

About 20 times this year, I will conduct a 3-hour program called “Dream Sketch”. In a highly interactive setting, I help CEOs and business owners define more clearly what they...
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Multiply
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Multiply

By Jamie Lidell

March 29, 2021

Editor’s Note:  Having never watched “Gray’s Anatomy”, I had never head this song and it caught me tapping my feet and smiling.  Turns out Lidell’s been around quite a while...
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants

By Bill Bryson

March 29, 2021

Editor’s Comment:  Bryson is well known for his variety of interests, from his ambitious “A Short History of Nearly Everything” to a delightful childhood memoir I read called “The Life...
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How to Love America by David Brooks
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How to Love America by David Brooks

By Tim McCarthy

March 29, 2021

Like you, I’m sure, I love America, but the love has changed. I started out with the child version: America is the greatest and most powerful country on earth. That...
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Observing Moonshots from Ashtabula
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Observing Moonshots from Ashtabula

By Tim McCarthy

February 27, 2021

My first 17 years and the last 17 years have been spent in my little hometown of Ashtabula, Ohio. In between I worked for a national political organization, a couple...
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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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Creative Capital
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Creative Capital

By Spencer Ante

February 27, 2021

Editor’s note:  This book is a biography of a man named Georges Doriot who is widely considered the creator of the venture capital space.  I don’t remember how I acquired...
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Non Sequitor
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Non Sequitor

By Tim McCarthy

February 27, 2021

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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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