--- title: Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog (34) 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. 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[Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/zero-sum-people) [![](https://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/WWWV7PRESS/lusi28wd1u-j3moyqs0skw.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/strengths-based-leadership-by-by-tom-rath-and-barry-conchie) ## [Strengths Based Leadership by by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/strengths-based-leadership-by-by-tom-rath-and-barry-conchie) ** Sep 29, 2020 12:10:33 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/strengths-based-leadership-by-by-tom-rath-and-barry-conchie#comments-listing) **** [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/strengths-based-leadership-by-by-tom-rath-and-barry-conchie) [![](https://montanafreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Kahtleen-Williams-Downtown-e1569862589997.png) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/kathleen-williams) ## [Kathleen Williams](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/kathleen-williams) ** Sep 29, 2020 11:33:18 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Learning and Knowledge](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/learning-and-knowledge) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/kathleen-williams#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/kathleen-williams) [![](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/11/17/screen-shot-2016-11-17-at-8.47.35-pm_wide-870e4bc3e3b80c01acf3b00a6d60086473643c85.png?s=1400) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-avett-brothers-no-hard-feelings) ## [The Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-avett-brothers-no-hard-feelings) ** Sep 29, 2020 11:26:06 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-avett-brothers-no-hard-feelings#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-avett-brothers-no-hard-feelings) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-29%20at%2010.42.44%20AM.png) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/best-laid-plans) ## [Best Laid Plans](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/best-laid-plans) ** Sep 29, 2020 10:45:44 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/best-laid-plans#comments-listing)   [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/best-laid-plans) [![](https://miro.medium.com/max/4200/1*5vxigoVZ55ONHbrJ7xGyHw.jpeg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/carrie-chapman-catt) ## [Carrie Chapman Catt](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/carrie-chapman-catt) ** Sep 29, 2020 10:28:10 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/carrie-chapman-catt#comments-listing) To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves. [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/carrie-chapman-catt) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/James_Buchanan_Macaulay_%28black_and_white%2C_portrait%29.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/jb-macaulay) ## [JB Macaulay](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/jb-macaulay) ** Aug 30, 2020 10:36:38 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/jb-macaulay#comments-listing) ee [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/jb-macaulay) [![](https://cowboystatedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wyoming-wolves-scaled.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/feeding-my-head-and-my-body) ## [Feeding My Head AND My Body](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/feeding-my-head-and-my-body) ** Aug 30, 2020 10:29:49 PM / 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/feeding-my-head-and-my-body#comments-listing) Barbara Cartland said, “You become what you think. You are what you eat”. I heard a similar quote in the 1970s and it has come back to me many times since then. 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