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A powerful money lesson from Bill Gates: Why you should save like a pessimist, but invest like an optimist
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A powerful money lesson from Bill Gates: Why you should save like a pessimist, but invest like an optimist

By Tim McCarthy

February 27, 2021

Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Amy Salo, who pointed me to this article on her blog . Originally Published Mon, Jan 4 2021 1:14 PM EST by Morgan Housel, Contributor @MORGANHOUSEL...
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Dilbert on Entrepreneurship
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Dilbert on Entrepreneurship

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2021

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Help Yourself
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Help Yourself

By Chris Rock

January 31, 2021

I used to have horrible cars that would always end up broken down on the highway. When I tried to flag someone down, nobody stopped. But if I pushed my...
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How to Get the Help You Need by Heidi Grant
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How to Get the Help You Need by Heidi Grant

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2021

Original Article:   Summary.    We’re often reluctant to ask for help because of the social threats involved—uncertainty, risk of rejection, potential for diminished status, relinquishment of authority. But without support...
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Ask for Help
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Ask for Help

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2021

Author’s note: For deeper thinkers, as in Harvard Business Review, see this month’s featured article. I personally find it difficult to ask for help.  Maybe you do, too. In my...
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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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Amplify possibility by Seth Godin
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Amplify possibility by Seth Godin

By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2020

Original Article Here Exerpt: " Many of us have an overwhelming need to rubberneck, to slow down when we pass a crash on the highway. This is odd, as most...
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Dilbert by Scott Adams

By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2020

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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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Give Me One Reason
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Give Me One Reason

By Tracy Chapman featuring Eric Clapton

December 31, 2020

Editor’s note: I’ve always been fond of native Clevelander, Tracy Chapman but never knew she performed her most famous song with Eric Clapton once. It’s an upbeat, toe-tapping piece made...
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Adventures of a Bystander
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Adventures of a Bystander

By Peter Drucker

December 31, 2020

Editor’s Note:  This was the first book I read by Drucker.  It is billed as a memoir but feels more like a collection of essays on people he met from...
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Inclusion
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Inclusion

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2020

I worked for fourteen hours at the polls on November 3 rd . It was an unforgettable experience. Our home is just off a state park in a little resort...
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Squeeze Me
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Squeeze Me

By Carl Hiaasen

November 29, 2020

Buy Book Editor’s Note:   Warning: If you’ve not read his books, be forewarned that Hiaasen is a bit twisted.  But if you’re neither politically ardent nor easily offended, this...
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Habit of Learning
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Habit of Learning

By Warren Buffett

November 29, 2020

I always keep learning and reading. Books especially! Just think when one reads one can ‘have lunch’ with anybody. There is infinite and ever-growing information available to us and you...
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Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations
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Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2020

Original Article Editor’s note: Brooks is a favorite of mine, conservative but open and reasonable. His books and articles have been featured here before. I’m currently reading “Second Mountain” and...
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Midnight Reassurances
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Midnight Reassurances

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2020

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Quit Talking
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Quit Talking

By Walt Disney

October 31, 2020

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney
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On Generosity by Walter Brueggemann
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On Generosity by Walter Brueggemann

By Tim McCarthy

October 31, 2020

Editor’s note: My dear friend and exemplar, Rich Clark, sent me this after reading last month’s blog about zero-sum people. On Generosity On our own, we conclude: there is not...
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November Laugh
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November Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

October 31, 2020

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The Wisdom of Finance
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The Wisdom of Finance

October 31, 2020

Book of the Month by Mihir Desai Editor’s note:   Thanks to my son, Timmy, for this my favorite read of the year so far.  I imagine that loving it...
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Major Lazer
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Major Lazer

By Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford

October 31, 2020

Song of the month: “Lay your head on me”, by Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford   Editors note: M y daughter and I spent a Saturday evening recently by a...
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