--- title: Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog (21) description: This site is solely intended to share my learning in business and engaged philanthropy with like-minded people. Ideally, I will continue to build up my audience through readership and speaking gigs but since I've been writing and speaking for 30 years now, my real intention is just to share my journey. (21) --- [![Main-Logo-01-1](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Main-Logo-01-1.png?width=250&height=43&name=Main-Logo-01-1.png "Main-Logo-01-1")](https://www.thebusinessofgood.org) # Tim McCarthy and the Business of Good [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/1-egan-rafferty.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-by-stealers-wheel-rafferty-and-egan) ## [Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealer’s Wheel (Rafferty and Egan)](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-by-stealers-wheel-rafferty-and-egan) ** Oct 31, 2022 11:32:08 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-by-stealers-wheel-rafferty-and-egan#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-by-stealers-wheel-rafferty-and-egan) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/adshasbdh05.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-spy-and-the-traitor-by-ben-mcintyre) ## [The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntyre](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-spy-and-the-traitor-by-ben-mcintyre) ** Oct 31, 2022 11:27:21 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-spy-and-the-traitor-by-ben-mcintyre#comments-listing) Editor’s Note: *If you like John LeCarre, you will love McIntyre since, as close as the great spymaster came with his fiction, this is non-fiction. The author builds a page turning story (particularly as the book progresses) from the life of Oleg Gordievsky considered by most as the most important Russian spy of the Cold War. As Kim Philby was Russia’s infamous plant in Britain’s MI6, Gordievsky was a British plant in the Kremlin and KGB’s Lubyanka. McIntyre’s account of Philby in “A Spy Among Friends” is good, this story is even better.* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-spy-and-the-traitor-by-ben-mcintyre) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/saint-martin-de-porres-class.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/living-testimony-by-tim-mccarthy) ## [Living Testimony by Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/living-testimony-by-tim-mccarthy) ** Oct 31, 2022 11:22:04 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Monthly Newsletter](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/monthly-newsletter) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/living-testimony-by-tim-mccarthy#comments-listing) This is a tribute article but more to the future than the past. My friend and mentor, Rich Clark, passed suddenly at 71 last month. Rich spent the first 18 years of his career as a religion teacher and administrator at Loyola Academy in Chicago, his alma mater. He moved to Cleveland to became principal of St. Ignatius High School where he led a growth spurt for this nationally recognized school. --- *Thanks to the 150 friends who completed our survey monkey. Your input, which will be summarized next month altered the course we will take starting 1.1.23.  -*Tim --- [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/living-testimony-by-tim-mccarthy) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Boat%20drifting%20away%20in%20middle%20ocean%20after%20storm%20without%20course%20moonlight%20sky%20night%20skyline%20clouds%20background.%20Nature%20landscape%20screen%20saver.%20Life%20hope%20concept.%20Elements%20of%20this%20image%20furnished%20by%20NASA.jpeg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/november-quote) ## [November Quote](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/november-quote) ** Oct 31, 2022 11:10:23 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/november-quote#comments-listing) "Faith over fear" -Unknown [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/november-quote) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Thinking%20woman%20in%20glasses%20looking%20up%20with%20light%20idea%20bulb%20above%20head%20isolated%20on%20gray%20wall%20background.jpeg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/september-laugh-1) ## [September Laugh](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/september-laugh-1) ** Aug 29, 2022 2:27:21 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/september-laugh-1#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/september-laugh-1) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-29%20at%202.19.23%20PM.png) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stella-mccarthy) ## [Stella McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stella-mccarthy) ** Aug 29, 2022 2:21:58 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stella-mccarthy#comments-listing) ****** [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/stella-mccarthy) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/montbleau-3.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-same-boat-by-ryan-montbleau) ## [The Same Boat by Ryan Montbleau](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-same-boat-by-ryan-montbleau) ** Aug 29, 2022 2:13:23 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-same-boat-by-ryan-montbleau#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-same-boat-by-ryan-montbleau) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/atomic-habits_gallery_hi-res_04.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/atomic-habits-by-james-clear) ## [Atomic Habits by James Clear](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/atomic-habits-by-james-clear) ** Aug 29, 2022 2:03:37 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/atomic-habits-by-james-clear#comments-listing) Editor’s note:  *This book affirms my own experience with good and bad habits over time.  The author’s great strength is in his step-by-step how-to approach.  He makes life-changing practices seem possible by breaking change down into edible pieces since, let’s face it: habits are elephants that can only be consumed one bite at a time.   * [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/atomic-habits-by-james-clear) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Information%20Security%20Card%20Handmade%20from%20Paper%20Characters%20on%20Blue%20Background.%203D%20Render.%20Business%20Concept..jpeg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/three-questions) ## 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