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# Tim McCarthy and the Business of Good

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## [Goodbye Road](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/goodbye-road)

** Sep 29, 2023 11:21:30 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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Alice and I stood with Caitlin and her boyfriend at a music festival along the Chattanooga River.  The lights came on, a church-sounding organ began, and a man’s voice filled the night.

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## [The Lessons of Money Lending](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-lessons-of-money-lending)

** Aug 31, 2023 3:51:11 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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Shakespeare’s “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” and the Bible’s “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave of the lender” have been entirely ignored by me.

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## [Keep Calm and Carry On](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/keep-calm-and-carry-on)

** Jul 30, 2023 6:46:50 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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Since I began delivering newspapers at age 10, I’ve spent time every morning consuming the day’s news. Then, a few years ago I started to notice that I was becoming addicted to news and coincidentally becoming more alarmed about our country and our world.  Each year since then I have read less news from fewer sources.    

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## [Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/ch-ch-ch-changes)

** Jul 2, 2023 4:49:10 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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People resist change and most are successful at doing so…unless and until something dramatic happens.  Health crises seem to be the most motivating but also losing a loved one can change the course of one’s life, as well.  

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## [Music Lessons](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/music-lessons)

** May 31, 2023 10:18:03 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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## [Excuses and Blame](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/excuses-and-blame)

** Apr 27, 2023 5:18:31 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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*“No one cares about your excuses as much as you do. In fact, no one cares about your excuses at all, except you."*

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## [Life Altering Books](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/life-altering-books)

** Apr 2, 2023 8:17:43 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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What books changed how you think?  The list below is a small but significant sample of the ones that have changed mine.

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## [Motivating Quotes](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/motivating-quotes)

** Feb 28, 2023 12:49:48 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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For me, quotes are collections of words that make me think.  Whether famous or just from friends and family, my favorites cause behavior changes.  Below are from the less famous.

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## [View from the Bottom](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/view-from-the-bottom)

** Jan 31, 2023 1:29:58 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 youngest of our three, Caitlin, and I have talked many times about the effects of watching our older siblings as we grow up.

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## [The Illusion Of Control](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/the-illusion-of-control)

** Jan 1, 2023 12:14:11 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 been learning about control for a little more than 25 years. My initial work was on myself, and to this day, I strive to consider what I have control over and what I do not. Once I see what is true in a situation bothering me, acting on it saves needless pain.

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