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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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Claire Suddath’s interview with Dr. Deepak Chopra
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Claire Suddath’s interview with Dr. Deepak Chopra

By Tim McCarthy

June 30, 2021

Editor’s comment: I read a brief clip of this Claire Suddath Bloomberg interview in the monthly magazine and was struck by his opening response, which is excerpted below. Excerpt:  “Meditation...
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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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Mindfulness Makeover
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Mindfulness Makeover

By Sarah Jeane Brown

May 30, 2021

Original Article Editor’s note:  From Forbes, no less, comes this continuing thought that it’s time for mindfulness practice to become mainstream.  I’m an inveterate ruminator and so until I started...
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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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Fisher Road To Hollywood
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Fisher Road To Hollywood

By The Avett Brothers

May 1, 2021

Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Pete Accorti for sending this haunting song from my favorite musicians.  Seth and Scott and their bandmates always stretch melodies and lyrics, here even harmonies to...
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Generosity Unbound
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Generosity Unbound

By Claire Gaudiani

May 1, 2021

Editor’s note:  I don’t know how I stumbled on this decade-old book but beyond Gaudiani’s ill-advised “independence declaration”, she riveted my interest.  Claire Gaudiani is a well-known student of philanthropy...
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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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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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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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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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Non Sequitor
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Non Sequitor

By Tim McCarthy

February 27, 2021

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Dilbert on Entrepreneurship
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Dilbert on Entrepreneurship

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2021

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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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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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