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Newsletter: Think

By Tim McCarthy

April 1, 2024

Great thoughts are the beginning of every great organization and then must be followed by feelings and actions.   [more] For decades, IBM’s theme was one word: Think IBM’s first great...
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Newsletter: God’s Not Done Yet

By Tim McCarthy

April 1, 2024

Great coaching creates great organizations.  Be careful not to judge your players too soon. [more] I was an aspiring advertising agency exec on a pretty fast track but I’d just...
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Newsletter: The Love We Make

By Tim McCarthy

April 1, 2024

Among all our weakness and humanity, love is the one thing we can all bring equally to our world. [more] I found a letter my Dad sent me after he...
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Faking It
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Faking It

By Tim McCarthy

April 1, 2024

How many times can you remember “faking it”? My list is very long. The first few weeks of high school The first few weeks of college A few months on...
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Funny of the Month  |  What it Means to be in an Irish Family
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Funny of the Month  |  What it Means to be in an Irish Family

By Tim McCarthy

April 1, 2024

Joke of the Month: What it means to be in an Irish Family 1) You have no idea how to make a long story short! 2) You swear very well....
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The Last Ships From Hamburg
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The Last Ships From Hamburg

April 1, 2024

 Favorite Book: The Last Ships from Hamburg - Steven Ujifusa Editor’s note:  I like history in general and particularly about the world war periods.  There is so much to learn...
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A Lot More Free
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A Lot More Free

By Max McNown

April 1, 2024

Song of the Month:  “A Log More Free” by Max McNown Editor’s note:  With the open mind of a man who is not crazy about country music, I listened to...
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Death at La Fenice
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Death at La Fenice

By Donna Leon Editor

March 2, 2024

Book of the Month: Death at La Fenice -- by Donna Leon Editor’s note:  Editor’s note: If you are a fan of well-written detective mysteries, this one (Leon’s first of...
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Funny of the Month  |  Switching Tapes
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Funny of the Month  |  Switching Tapes

By Tim McCarthy

March 2, 2024

Funny of the Month: Switching I’ve been trying to think lately about true stories that happened that are funny enough for a laugh and this one came to me today:...
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I Am
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I Am

By Kevin McCarthy featuring Ray Flanagan

March 2, 2024

Editor’s Note:  I dedicated this month's Thoughts to my son, Kevin, for the years he served as my partner in marketing.  He has moved on to a broader entrepreneur career...
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Crook Manifesto
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Crook Manifesto

By Colson Whitehead Editor

January 31, 2024

Book of the Month: “ Crook Manifesto ”, by Colson Whitehead Editor’s note:  This is my second Whitehead read and I haven’t even gone back to his Pulitzer Prize winners...
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I'm Just Thinkin' About Love
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I'm Just Thinkin' About Love

By Wild Rivers

January 31, 2024

Song of the Month:  “ I’m Just Thinkin’ About Love ” by Wild Rivers Editor’s Note:  For the first time I can remember, I enjoyed the video of this song...
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Struggle of this Turbulent Existence
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Struggle of this Turbulent Existence

By Robert Burns

January 31, 2024

  Quote of the Month: I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.  ...
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In Loving Memory | Tom Smothers | 1937 – 2023 | If I Had A Ship
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In Loving Memory | Tom Smothers | 1937 – 2023 | If I Had A Ship

By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2023

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This Other Eden
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This Other Eden

By Paul Harding

December 31, 2023

Editor’s note:  The story is as lush as Harding’s writing, which takes some pages to adjust to, at least in my case.  Long, poetic, descriptive sentences that only the greats...
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Loving Kindness
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Loving Kindness

By Sharon Salzberg

December 31, 2023

“When we think of loving kindness or love as an ability, it's inside of us. It's ours. Other people certainly may ignite it or inspire it or threaten it, but...
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Mistakes
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Mistakes

By Lake Street Dive

December 31, 2023

Editor’s Note:  Sitting here writing this website update, I’m listening to a Jazz mix and my favorite current singer came on with this.  Rachel Price’s voice is magic to my...
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Mi Casa es Su Casa
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Mi Casa es Su Casa

By Tim McCarthy

December 30, 2023

Successful lives and businesses are entirely built on interdependence.  In both, the key ingredients are time, self-awareness, and forgiveness; of myself and those on whom I must rely.  The alignment...
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Wasted on the Way
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Wasted on the Way

By Graham Nash

November 30, 2023

Editor’s note: occasionally when listening to a playlist of my favorite musicians, I find a cut I don’t remember well or at all.  While playing a Crosby Stills and Nash...
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The Book of Charlie
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The Book of Charlie

By David Von Drehle

November 30, 2023

Editor’s Note: As you know, I’m fascinated by the human need for, search for, meaning. Von Drehle does a brilliant job of using the story of one man to illustrate...
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Teaching and Learning About Boundaries
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Teaching and Learning About Boundaries

By Tim McCarthy

November 30, 2023

Over the holiday, our granddaughter asked Alice and me if we could reject her “new cousins” who will enter the family upon her aunt’s marriage - two girls with whom...
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