Today in Global Small Business: The Selfless MacKenzie Scott Does It Again With Her Philanthropy

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• The selfless MacKenzie Scott does it again with her philanthropy.  Feeling inspired and want to donate to an impactful nonprofit before the year end?  Do it here (it's a nonprofit I founded in 2015).
• The columnist David Brooks sits down with Thomas L. Friedman to make sense of what the modern world’s cascading crises mean for the future.
• Quote of the week:  "Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some keep it as a holiday. But all over the world, wherever there are Christians, in one way or another Christmas is kept." – J. C. Ryle
• How does Costco keep nailing it?  It's one simple holiday staple.
• Melinda Gates says everyone should read this book.
• Key financial lessons from "It's a Wonderful Life."