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Sunday Dates with My Children

September 29, 2013October 9, 2013 Jo Tango

It is Sunday morning. I’ve been up since 5.30 am. I wish my body would let me sleep in, but as I get older, I’m finding it won’t. A major benefit of rising with the sun is doing what I’m doing now. Hanging out at a coffee shop, planning our Sunday dinner menu (tonight’s menu

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Mariano Rivera and Grit

September 27, 2013February 28, 2022 Jo Tango

If you follow baseball, you probably know a lot about Mariano Rivera, the Yankees’ closer finishing his last year as a player. You may have read about his national goodbye-tour to inspire people-in-need with his kindness. If you’re a Red Sox fan, you know about our complicated relationship with him: we fear his ability, we hate

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What Is a Parent’s ‘Mission’?

September 27, 2013August 19, 2025 Jo Tango

Since writing the post about parental “best practices,” I’ve received quite a few emails from others about the topic, as well as parenting in general. All this made me wonder about goals. I mean, companies have goals, and so, why not parents? I’ve also been thinking a lot about homework and grades. Man, my kids get

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Looking for a B2B Mentor? Here’s John Thibault

September 26, 2013September 26, 2013 Jo Tango

Are you at a B2B start-up and looking for a mentor?  Then, you should consider John Thibault. John is a very experienced and successful executive.  He’s also a great guy.  I was on one of his boards many years ago, and we have kept in touch.  I’ve always admired John’s personal drive and his ability

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Interviewing for a Job Right Now?

September 24, 2013February 28, 2022 Jo Tango

Today has been another interesting and stimulating day. Many meetings and many interesting people. At the end of the day, I finished a meeting at a hotel in Cambridge and found a quiet place at which to catch up on email. Unbeknownst to me until later, I was sitting next to meeting rooms where a

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For Tyler (and Joy Covey)

September 21, 2013September 23, 2013 Jo Tango

Dear Tyler, I don’t know you, but I already care for you. I’m writing because your mother helped me, and I want to “pay it forward.” How difficult it must be right now for you, at 8 years-old, to have your mother pass away so suddenly. My heart goes out to you. I wish there was something I

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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Tying Small Flies
Fishing Small Flies
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Writing My Wrongs
Simple Path
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Dynamic Nymphing: Tactics, Techniques, and Flies from Around the World
The Sun Also Rises
A Moveable Feast
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia
The Laughing Sutra
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Man's Search for Meaning
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End


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