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# Tim McCarthy and the Business of Good

## [Article of Interest - "Successful small businesses with social missions find products, service have to come first" by Marcia Pledger](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/article-of-interest-successful-small-businesses-with-social-missions-find-products-service-have-to-come-first-by-marcia-pledger)

** Dec 1, 2015 3:48:00 PM / 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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Editor’s note: *How fun it is to make my article of the month a local news item about our MD, Bill Leamon’s work in the area of social enterprise! Enjoy.*

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## ["List Power" by Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/list-power-by-tim-mccarthy)

** Oct 25, 2015 4:30:00 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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The most underutilized asset of ANY organization is their database. 

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## [Recommended Books - "A Path Appears" by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/recommended-books-a-path-appears-by-nicholas-kristoff-and-sheryl-wudunn)

** Oct 25, 2015 4:17:00 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/appears-2.jpg)Editor’s Note: *This is the book I would be able to write if I had 10 times the experience I have at this time. Every interest I’ve had, it seems, is covered by this famous reporting couple. The thorough nature of their approach in fact makes it informative and helpful to a neophyte like me but also a bit weighty if you are more casual in your interest. Kristoff and WuDunn take account of an amazing number of vignettes of successful and unsuccessful efforts to stem poverty and its root causes here in America and throughout the world. In the same book, they also study the science of both giving and receiving. Finally, they cover measuring impact. For me it was well worth the slog and even if others are overwhelmed by it, the book adds fame and practical knowledge to this emerging social change society we are growing together. *

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## [Amazing Music - "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/amazing-music-viva-la-vida-by-coldplay)

** Oct 25, 2015 4:17:00 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/vivalavida-2.jpg)Editor’s note: *I’m not Coldplay’s biggest fan but I like the guy’s voice a ton and enjoy their creative orchestration, particularly their use of strings. While hearing this, one of their most popular tunes I was struck by the lyrics I’d never quite listened to before. The recurring point of course is the old “riding high in April, shot down in May” of Sinatra reminiscence. But the real striker was the one phrase chosen below as my favorite lyric.   *

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## [Article of Interest - “Why Chasing Happiness Might Be Making You Miserable” by Mandy Oaklander](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/article-of-interest-why-chasing-happiness-might-be-making-you-miserable-by-mandy-oaklander)

** Oct 25, 2015 4:09:00 PM / 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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Editor’s Note: *I enjoy this woman’s writing style. I consider this article a modernized treatment of my favorite Viktor Frankl quote, “happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue as an unintended side effect....” *

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## [Newsletter - "The CEO’s Marketing Tool Kit" by Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/newsletter-the-ceos-marketing-tool-kit-by-tim-mccarthy)

** Sep 30, 2015 3:27:00 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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I’ve made the cut as a speaker on the national Vistage circuit. With no small thanks to my son and promoter, Kevin, we have ten presentations scheduled and that number is climbing. Vistage is a peer group concept with over 2,500 groups in the USA of 12 to 18 CEOs who gather once a month for a full day to work on their businesses together. 

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## [Amazing Music - "Amazing Grace” improvised by Victor Wooten with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/amazing-music-amazing-grace-improvised-by-victor-wooten-with-bela-fleck-and-the-flecktones)

** Sep 30, 2015 2:57:00 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/bella-2.jpg)Editor’s note: *Take your time getting into the Youtube video, Victor hits the song at about the middle of his bass solo in a Flecktones’ live concert. Wooten is known as Futurman and surely the most unique electic bass player I’ve ever seen. Hopefully, this makes you thirsty for more Bela Fleck, whose entire history and band is the soul of unique approaches to music and instruments.*

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## [Recommended Books - "A Message to Garcia” by Elbert Hubbard](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/recommended-books-a-message-to-garcia-by-elbert-hubbard)

** Sep 30, 2015 2:44:00 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/hubbard-2.jpg)Editor’s Note: *The entire three page book can be read in this file as it is in the public domain. Seems maybe it always was since the author gave rights to railroad executives in many countries and this little book was shared 40 million times in its first few years out. That was over 100 years ago and the writing is (appropriate to 1899) a bit heavy handed. But the point of it is highlighted in my excerpt below in one short sentence and I love the idea that all employers are in an endless search for “Rowans” – someone who can be counted on to get a message to Garcia. Note: Dedicated to my newest grandson, Rowan Zigmunt McCarthy. *

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## [Article of Interest - "The Science of Stress" by Maria Popova](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/article-of-interest-the-science-of-stress-by-maria-popova)

** Sep 30, 2015 2:36:00 PM / 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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Editor's comment: *I've been a student of mind-body connection for 18+ years now and this is as good a commentary as I've read. No one - NO ONE - seems to respect the physical outcomes of stress. My basic "go to" emotion is anger, which is based in fear. And I spent the majority of my life never realizing what an impact that had not only on those I loved but on my own health. Now, I work to simply notice it as it comes up (it never will "go away") so that I may manage it more skillfully. *

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## ["Tim’s Top Five Investment Tips" by Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/tims-top-five-investment-tips-by-tim-mccarthy)

** Aug 30, 2015 9:29:00 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 stopped at a lemonade stand today. I told the Mom overseeing the operation that I never pass a children’s lemonade stand because it’s such a great investment. As I drove on, I started thinking about all the other “best investments” I’ve made over time. 

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