--- title: Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog (40) 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. (40) --- [![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/Stock%20images/Back%20view%20of%20businessman%20drawing%20sketch%20on%20wall.jpeg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/why-i-write) ## [Why I Write](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/why-i-write) ** Nov 27, 2019 9:24:42 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/why-i-write#comments-listing)   [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/why-i-write) [![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71+vh2icslL._SY600_.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/fundamentals-by-jim-sullivan) ## [“Fundamentals” by Jim Sullivan](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/fundamentals-by-jim-sullivan) ** Nov 27, 2019 9:19:04 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/fundamentals-by-jim-sullivan#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/fundamentals-by-jim-sullivan) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/melody-beattie) ## [Melody Beattie](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/melody-beattie) ** Nov 27, 2019 8:01:31 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/melody-beattie#comments-listing) #### Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.  -[Melody Beattie](https://melodybeattie.com/) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/melody-beattie) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/chardon-polka-band.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/december-song-and-joke) ## [December song AND joke:  “Death By Polka”, The Chardon Polka Band & Lake Erie Video](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/december-song-and-joke) ** Nov 27, 2019 7:48:28 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/december-song-and-joke#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/december-song-and-joke) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/june-2019-cartoon-1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/june-cartoon-3) ## [June Cartoon](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/june-cartoon-3) ** May 23, 2019 1:48:31 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/articles/june-cartoon-3#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/june-cartoon-3) ## [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/ralph-waldo-emerson) ** May 23, 2019 1:22:44 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/articles/ralph-waldo-emerson#comments-listing) "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/ralph-waldo-emerson) ## [The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck | Mark Manson](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck-mark-manson) ** May 23, 2019 1:21:03 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/articles/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck-mark-manson#comments-listing) **Editor’s Comment:**  As you may guess, the book is profane and Manson seems to be the classic millennial male.  But not even that could distract me from gaining momentum as I went from chapter to chapter through his entire book.  I’ve long despised the positivity bend of most self-help advice.  By the mid-90s I had given up such trash in favor of insight meditation to learn “seeing things as they are”.  Manson takes it another step by saying such things as “embrace death” and that everything worthwhile in life comes from surmounting negative experience.  He’s a good story teller and uproariously funny at times. 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[Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/peace-train-cat-stevens) ## [Medicine for the Soul](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/medicine-for-the-soul) ** May 23, 2019 1:18:04 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/articles/medicine-for-the-soul#comments-listing) That’s what my Mom called laughter. 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