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# Tim McCarthy and the Business of Good

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## [Book of the Month: “Thank You For Being Late”, Thomas Friedman](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/book-month-thank-late-thomas-friedman)

** Feb 27, 2017 11:50:43 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites)

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Comment:  *Like so many books I share, this was recommended to me by a reader in response to a blog post about time.  Friedman has a string of best sellers including “The World Is Flat” and has become known as (what he calls) an “explanatory journalist; a translator from English to English”.  Here he takes complex issues such as technology and climate change and does two things that were helpful to me:  *

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## [Mastering Time](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/mastering-time)

** Feb 1, 2017 5:59:22 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Monthly Newsletter](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/monthly-newsletter)

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I asked the business owner who was lamenting the challenges of being an entrepreneur, "Who decides what you do in a day?".  He answered, "me, of course". 

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## ["Why For-Profit and Philanthropic Investing Can Succeed", Wharton Review, Katherine Klein and Derek Hanley interview](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/profit-philanthropic-investing-can-succeed-wharton-review-katherine-klein-derek-hanley-interview)

** Feb 1, 2017 5:56:32 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Learning and Knowledge](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/learning-and-knowledge)

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 Thanks to friend, Ron DeMattia, for passing this great interview onto me, on to you. Peace.

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## ["Superforecasting, The Art and Science of Predicting", by Tetlock and Gardner](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/superforecasting-art-science-predicting-tetlock-gardner)

** Feb 1, 2017 5:52:29 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites)

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 Readers of last month’s blog about Daniel Kahneman’s work in decision making suggested I read this book and Michael Lewis latest, “**The Undoing Project”,** which is about DK’s work. I trust Lewis’ will be more readable as Superforecasting is well, but academically written. It’s still worth the slog if only due to two great findings from many years of research through what Tetlock titled the “Good Judgment Project”. First, and foremost in my view, is that teams of forecasters are more dependable than one so-called genius. And secondly, that the traits of good leaders conflict with the traits of good forecasters. That’s quite reassuring to me since my most enduring thought of leadership is collecting strength from diversity rather than gaining consensus for one’s own brilliance.

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## [Jim Croce](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/jim-croce)

** Feb 1, 2017 5:44:39 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites)

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| "Time in a Bottle" \| Jim Croce  I've always loved this song. It's a beautiful melody with a beautiful sentiment. Enjoy!  |
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## [Ted Goff](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/ted-goff)

** Feb 1, 2017 5:42:22 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites)

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## [Yogi Berra](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/yogi-berra)

** Feb 1, 2017 5:34:59 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites)

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"If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else." 

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## ["Life Changers; Never Forever" by Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/life-changers-never-forever-by-tim-mccarthy)

** Nov 29, 2016 6:19:00 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Monthly Newsletter](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/monthly-newsletter)

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Raising Canes of Ohio (our partnerships restaurant company) is approaching 1,000 employees. At that size, I find it cool that our son, Timmy, its founder still does many exit and stay interviews with its crew members and managers. 

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## [Recommended Books - "Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference" (Wiley, 2011) by Antony Bugg-Levine | CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/recommended-books-impact-investing-transforming-how-we-make-money-while-making-a-difference-wiley-2011-by-antony-bugg-levine-ceo-of-nonprofit-finance-fund)

** Nov 29, 2016 6:08:00 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites)

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![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)"In the book we describe the “bifurcated world” that most people inhabit, in which they assume that the only way to solve social challenges is through government and charity and that the only purpose of business and investing is to make money. Impact investors reject that worldview. We recognize that for-profit investment can be both a morally legitimate and economically effective way to address social and environmental challenges."

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## [Amazing Music: "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/amazing-music-if-it-be-your-will-by-leonard-cohen)

** Nov 29, 2016 5:22:00 PM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites)

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![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Various_Positions-2.png)Editor’s note: *A beautiful prayer by Leonard Cohen. Enough said. The words below are part of his introduction to the song at his 1985 Warsaw concert. *

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