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Quote: Failure is…

October 18, 2019

"Failure is [more] not fatal but failure to change might be." Written by John Wooden
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The Temptation to Lie | Norman Brodsky

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Note :  I love this simple old fashioned business lesson, reported here by Brodsky in a current situation.  Most of my mentoring time is with small business where the...
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Story: Disseminating Orphan Innovations

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Disseminating Orphan Innovations written by Susan H. Evans & Peter Clarke Published: Stanford Social Innovations Review, Winter 2011 Editor's Note: I feel lazy using SSIR so often to pass on...
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Noah Harari
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Noah Harari

By Homo Deus

October 18, 2019

Editor’s note :  This mind blowing work, subtitled “A Brief History of Tomorrow”, gets a bit lost for me because of its ambition to forecast a few hundred years forward. ...
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Robert Frost
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Robert Frost

By Robert Frost

October 18, 2019

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. -Robert Frost
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Bill Taylor

By Bill Taylor

October 18, 2019

Money may be the root of all evil, but only if you are not honest about what it means to you. -Bill Taylor
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Pablo Picasso
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Pablo Picasso

By Pablo Picasso

October 18, 2019

The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away – Pablo Picasso
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The Wright Brothers
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The Wright Brothers

By David McCullough

October 18, 2019

Editor’s note: If you like history, spiced up by great writing, this is a can’t miss. It reads like a novel and yet I learned very interesting detail about man’s...
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“Why For-Profit and Philanthropic Investing Can Succeed”, Wharton Review, Katherine Klein and Derek Hanley interview

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Thanks to friend, Ron DeMattia, for passing this great interview onto me, on to you. Peace. Link to Article
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A philanthropic boom: “donor-advised funds”
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A philanthropic boom: “donor-advised funds”

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

From the print edition | Finance and economics www.economist.com Mar 23rd 2017 JEFF POWERS was raised as “a good Catholic boy”. So when he sold his wall-fastener business in 2012...
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Mastering Time

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

I asked the business owner who was lamenting the challenges of being an entrepreneur, "Who decides what you do in a day?".  He answered, "me, of course".  My point of...
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Lessons Lived

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Author’s Note: These short stories are a series exemplify lessons I’ve learned in building a foundation. I realized in writing these that I’m not embarrassed by the mistakes I’ve made;...
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Mohammed Yunus
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Mohammed Yunus

By Mohammed Yunus

October 18, 2019

"This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty." -Mohammed Yunus
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens

By Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American Writer

October 18, 2019

"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." -Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American Writer
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Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Martin Luther King, Jr.

October 18, 2019

"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I Can't Quit You Baby
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I Can't Quit You Baby

By Led Zeppelin

October 18, 2019

Lyric: I can't quit you babe, so I'm gonna put you down for a while
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The Virtuous Cycle of Learning

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Just as intellect or athleticism are gifts, so too is natural curiosity.  And as with all gifts, they are advanced if/when we apply self-discipline.  Or they can be left undeveloped...
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To Resist or Embrace

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

I’m mentoring a young man whose great strength and weakness is his energy.  His mind runs at 100 MPH and it only turns off when he sleeps, if he does...
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How Socially Responsible Investing Lost Its Soul | Rachel Evans

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Editor’s comment:  As with every fad and trend I’ve witnessed, there are a lot of fakers in the early years of growth. ESG Investing (Environmental, Social and Governance) is another...
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Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform | Shane Parrish

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Editor's Comment: I ran into the Farnam Street blog and Parrish quite by accident. What I found is a fascinating learning community "dedicated to improving self-education in a learning community...
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The World in 2018 | The Economist

By Tim McCarthy

October 18, 2019

Editor’s note:  For this one time, I’ve chosen a magazine of the month.  I finally broke down and bought a subscription to The Economist in 2017 having only enjoyed airport...
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