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Sycamore set to take $1 billion out of Staples | Adam Lewis

By Tim McCarthy

April 25, 2019

Editor’s Comment: My good friend, Ron DeMattia of Corporate Value Partners sent me this article. It’s more data for the series of discussions he and I have had about the M&A...
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East of Eden
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East of Eden

By John Steinbeck

April 25, 2019

Editor’s Comment: A friend tells me that at least once a year good readers should read a classic. I took her advice and reached back for this one. Though less famous...
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The Circle
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The Circle

By Dave Eggers

March 27, 2019

Editor's Comment:   If you are not a fan of satire, and i am generally not, this is a tough read. But reading it six years after its publication makes...
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Joseph Goldstein
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Joseph Goldstein

By Joseph Goldstein

March 27, 2019

we may give our time, our energy, our material possessions, our love.   All are expressions of caring, of compassion, of connection, and of renunciation—the ability to let go.  The beauty...
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Greatest Charts | Don McMillan

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2019

Editor's Comment:  This is our first try at video article instead of our usual print piece.  Seems worth it as I laughed most of the 9 minutes of this Don...
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The Fifth Risk
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The Fifth Risk

By Michael Lewis

December 31, 2018

Editor’s Comments:  The joy of reading Lewis’ latest book is that obscure details are made interesting. That is, the author takes us into three fairly unknown and misunderstood departments of...
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Doing the Things We Hate To Do
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Doing the Things We Hate To Do

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2018

In 66 years I’ve learned that I can only do what I love to do if (and only if) I’m willing to also do the things least appealing to me. ...
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Banning Rupees Didn’t Work. This Might | Saritha Rai and Anto Antony, Bloomberg Business Week
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Banning Rupees Didn’t Work. This Might | Saritha Rai and Anto Antony, Bloomberg Business Week

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2018

Editor’s comment:  I don’t understand India and I’m curious as to how we will morph into a cashless society.  This article blew me away by talking about both.   Link to...
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I'm Only Sleeping
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I'm Only Sleeping

By The Beatles

November 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment: My son and I finally saw the Cirque du Soleil  performance of “LOVE” last month.  Since then, I’ve spent some time going through my collection of Beatles music...
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Capitalism Without Capital
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Capitalism Without Capital

By Jonathon Haskell and Stian Westlake

November 29, 2018

Editor’s Comments:  You must bring at least an interest in economics to this reading or it’s pretty tough. I’m not business trained for economics but have interest enough to have...
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The Power of Full Engagement
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The Power of Full Engagement

By Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

October 26, 2018

Editor’s Comments:  Thanks, David Levine, for sending me this book.  I stumbled onto the “whole man theory” in my 20s and later shared it with my adolescent children by having...
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Governments need better ways to manage migration | The Economist
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Governments need better ways to manage migration | The Economist

By Tim McCarthy

October 26, 2018

Editor’s comment:   Simply the most thoughtful article I’ve read on this issue which has sadly become a purely political one in our country. Link to article
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Focus on People, Product, Process
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Focus on People, Product, Process

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2018

The third in this series, “this much I know”, is that successful organizations require three ingredients:  People, Product and Process. I have experienced success with our foundation, The Business of...
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October Cartoon
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October Cartoon

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2018

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Anthem
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Anthem

By Leonard Cohen

September 29, 2018

Editor’s Comment:   My friend, Marty Grothe, reminded me of this wonderful song.  Really it’s a poem.  Then my son, Kevin, sent me all the verses.  Then while looking it...
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Herman Melville
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Herman Melville

By Herman Melville

September 29, 2018

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."”       -Herman Melville
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

By George Harrison

July 27, 2018

Editor’s Comment:   The Beatles covered such a broad array of styles that my “fandom” is highly selective.  This, along with a half dozen others, is epic in my view;...
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Carll Tucker
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Carll Tucker

By Carll Tucker

July 27, 2018

"Moral reflection isn’t easily accelerated by mechanization, like hamburger cooking. The Internet is a whiz at processing, but it doesn’t make truth, justice, kindness, decency, love or courage easier to...
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July Cartoon
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July Cartoon

By Tim McCarthy

June 28, 2018

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What Was It Like
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What Was It Like

By Joan As Police Woman

June 28, 2018

Editor’s comment:  I was driving my 34 year old daughter to the airport to go home to Chicago.  She downloaded this song to my I-Tunes and said, “this makes me...
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China's Great Wall of Debt
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China's Great Wall of Debt

By Dinny McMahon

June 28, 2018

Editor’s comment:  In a June 25 th article titled “China eases credit as US Tariffs Loom”, it was reported that China’s central government will release $77 billion to 17 large...
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