--- title: Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog | Creativity & Favorites (18) description: Creativity & Favorites | 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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