--- title: Tim McCarthy & BGF | Blog | Creativity & Favorites (42) 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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After reading a couple books recommended I’m reminded how much smarter he and Melinda must be than I am. Some are very tough reads, such as “Better Angels” which attempts a comprehensive history of violence in society. I’m grinding through it though because it answers a long time question I’ve had: Is our perception that violence is increasing a truth or a growth in our awareness and sensitivity to violence. Pinker argues rather forcefully that it is the latter. In fact, he presents facts that indicate that violence has decreased pretty consistently since our ancestors crawled out of the ocean. More importantly, after sharing his research, he share his study of the reasons why we are continually less violent, including organized states and justice systems, commerce, feminization, cosmopolitanism and the escalator of reason. After history lessons and the broad reasons why, he then dives into psychological factors (positive and negative) and influences and psychology. (Damn thing is over 1,000 pages.) But it was well worth forcing myself through it because while one act of violence is too many, it is good to know we are in a virtuous cycle.* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/better-angels-nature-steven-pinker) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Elbert-Hubbard-1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/elbert-hubbard) ## [Elbert Hubbard](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/elbert-hubbard) ** Jul 4, 2017 10:26:44 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/articles/elbert-hubbard#comments-listing) The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination. [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/elbert-hubbard) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/mike-baldwin-1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/july-cartoon) ## [July Cartoon](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/july-cartoon) ** Jul 4, 2017 10:09:13 AM / by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) posted in [Communication & Relationships](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/communication-relationships), [Creativity & Favorites](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/topic/creativity-favorites) [** 0 Comments](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/july-cartoon#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/july-cartoon) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/candh-1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/june-cartoon) ## [June Cartoon](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/june-cartoon) ** May 31, 2017 9:12:10 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#comments-listing) Calvin and Hobbes on Creativity & Purpose by Bill Watterson [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/june-cartoon) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/tin-hat-trio-crop-1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/tin-hat-trio) ## [Tin Hat Trio](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/tin-hat-trio) ** May 31, 2017 8:44:30 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/tin-hat-trio#comments-listing) *Editor's Note: Tin Hat/Tin Hat Trio, in my opinion, writes some of the most beautiful and creative music while referencing many genres of music, including jazz, southern blues, bluegrass, neoclassical, eastern European folk music, and avant-garde. They truly look at old/traditional (the same) things differently than others.* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/tin-hat-trio) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Steve-Kerr--1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/steve-kerr-head-coach-golden-state-warriors) ## [Steve Kerr](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/steve-kerr-head-coach-golden-state-warriors) ** May 31, 2017 7:28:22 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/steve-kerr-head-coach-golden-state-warriors#comments-listing) *“The people to me who are the most powerful leaders are the ones who have great talent in whatever their field is, great conviction in their ability to teach it and act it, but an awareness and a humility and compassion for others.”* [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/steve-kerr-head-coach-golden-state-warriors) ## [Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/martin-luther-king-jr) ** Apr 28, 2017 3:55:26 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/martin-luther-king-jr#comments-listing) *"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary."* -Martin Luther King, Jr. [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/martin-luther-king-jr) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/hsc3857_hi-1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/may-cartoon) ## [May Cartoon](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/may-cartoon) ** Apr 28, 2017 3:36:04 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/may-cartoon#comments-listing) [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/may-cartoon) [![](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/joel-billy-1.jpg) ](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/billy-joel) ## [Billy Joel](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/billy-joel) ** Apr 28, 2017 3:17:29 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/billy-joel#comments-listing) A line to think about: [Read More **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/articles/billy-joel) [** Prev](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/tag/creativity-favorites/page/41) [All posts](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/all) [Next **](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/tag/creativity-favorites/page/43) ### Subscribe to Email Updates - 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