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# Tim McCarthy and the Business of Good

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## [Mindfulness Makeover by Sarah Jeane Brown](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/mindfulness-makeover-by-sarah-jeane-brown)

** May 30, 2021 4:05:04 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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[Original Article](https://www.forbes.com/sites/womensmedia/2021/01/21/mindfulness-makeover-how-to-just-be-no-matter-what/?sh=5197334554d2)

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## [Why Facts Don’t Change Minds by James Clear](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/why-facts-dont-change-minds-by-james-clear)

** May 1, 2021 7:58:07 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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*Editor’s Note:  Clear, the author of “Atomic Habits” dives much more deeply and thoughtfully into my simple thoughts from this month’s blog regarding “dis and mis information”. *

*Original Post: [https://jamesclear.com/why-facts-dont-change-minds](https://jamesclear.com/why-facts-dont-change-minds)*

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## [How to Love America by David Brooks](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/how-to-love-america-by-david-brooks)

** Mar 29, 2021 9:49:19 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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Like you, I’m sure, I love America, but the love has changed. I started out with the child version: America is the greatest and most powerful country on earth.

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## [A powerful money lesson from Bill Gates: Why you should save like a pessimist, but invest like an optimist](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/a-powerful-money-lesson-from-bill-gates-why-you-should-save-like-a-pessimist-but-invest-like-an-optimist)

** Feb 27, 2021 5:31:33 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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*Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Amy Salo, who pointed me to this article on her blog*.

[Originally Published ](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/04/bill-gates-powerful-lesson-invest-money-like-an-optimist-save-like-a-pessimist.html)Mon, Jan 4 20211:14 PM EST

[by Morgan Housel, Contributor](https://www.cnbc.com/morgan-housel/) [@MORGANHOUSEL](https://twitter.com/morganhousel)

Without a doubt, [Bill Gates is a genius](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/02/25/watch-microsofts-28-year-old-bill-gates-explain-why-he-didnt-see-himself-as-a-genius.html). The Microsoft co-founder [dropped out of college at age 19](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/10-ultra-successful-millionaire-and-billionaire-college-dropouts.html) because he believed a computer should be on every desk and in every home.

You only put a lot of money and time into something when when you have relentless confidence in your abilities.

But there was another side of [Gates](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/26/money-mistakes-millionaires-like-warren-buffett-bill-gates-google-eric-schmidt-never-make.html) — quite the opposite of his unshakable confidence. From the day he started Microsoft, he [insisted on always having enough cash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1EsIusQJQM) in the bank to keep the company alive for 12 months with no revenue coming in.

As a result, Gates erred on the side of caution.

“I always had to be careful that we wouldn’t hire too many people,” he said in a 2017 interview on “[The Ellen DeGeneres Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5NJQiY9AuY).” “I was always worried because people who worked for me were older than me and had kids, and I always thought, ‘What if we don’t get paid? Will I be able to meet the payroll?’”

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## [How to Get the Help You Need by Heidi Grant](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/how-to-get-the-help-you-need-by-heidi-grant)

** Jan 31, 2021 8:30:27 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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Original Article: [https://hbr.org/2018/05/how-to-get-the-help-you-need](https://hbr.org/2018/05/how-to-get-the-help-you-need)

  

Summary.    We’re often reluctant to ask for help because of the social threats involved—uncertainty, risk of rejection, potential for diminished status, relinquishment of authority. But without support from others, it’s virtually impossible to advance in your career. And studies show that most people are... 

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## [Amplify possibility by Seth Godin](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/amplify-possibility-by-seth-godin)

** Dec 31, 2020 10:42:37 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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## [Original Article Here](https://seths.blog/2020/12/amplify-possibility/)

**Exerpt: *"****Many of us have an overwhelming need to rubberneck, to slow down when we pass a crash on the highway. This is odd, as most people don’t go out of their way to visit the morgue, just for kicks. And yet… I hope we’d agree that if people started staging car crashes on the side of the road to get attention, we’d be outraged."*

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## [Nine Nonobvious Ways to Have Deeper Conversations](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/nine-nonobvious-ways-to-have-deeper-conversations)

** Nov 29, 2020 11:07:40 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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## [On Generosity by Walter Brueggemann](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/on-generosity-by-walter-brueggemann)

** Oct 31, 2020 12:32:24 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:** *My dear friend and exemplar, Rich Clark, sent me this after reading last month’s blog about zero-sum people. *

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## [Kathleen Williams](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/kathleen-williams)

** Sep 29, 2020 11:33:18 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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## [Living in Surplus by Seth Godin](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/living-in-surplus-by-seth-godin)

** Aug 30, 2020 9:57:04 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:** *My life has essentially been a (still) unending struggle to move from deficit to surplus thinking.  I’m making progress. *

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