by Artie Isaac | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Perhaps this is a “Re-Welcome.” If you are a longtime reader of Net Cotton Content, welcome anew. You are receiving this message because I relaunched my website (my entire online presence) on a new online platform during May 2017. The relaunch results in...
by Artie Isaac | Jun 8, 2019 | Living an engaged life, New Competence
It’s hard to believe that I’m turning 75 years old. Especially since I was born in 1960. But I’ve decided to turn 75, rather than 60, next year. What strange new eccentricity is this? I’m motivated because: People reach their best at 75: wiser,...
by Artie Isaac | May 26, 2019 | It happened, Living an engaged life
What We Are Doing Now You were over there. I was over there. Now we are over here. You can do things I can’t do. I can do things you can’t do. Together, we can do anything. Dog. Eat. Dog. Soon after waking, Foodlady fills the dish. We eat. Long into...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 11, 2019 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
I am enjoying a third go-around with Dr. Srikumar Rao’s course on Creativity & Personal Mastery. A couple years ago, I took the online course. Last year, Alisa and I — and several friends — took the in-person course. Now, I am in a year-long...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 25, 2018 | It happened, Living an engaged life
[This was originally posted in 2015. Tomorrow, Alisa and I are returning to Phantom Ranch, so these thoughts are much on my mind.] Don’t ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive, because what the world needs is more people who have come alive. —...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 16, 2018 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity
Starved for entertainment? I’ve been cast as the sole performer in the Saturday, December 8th Available Light production of White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour. I don’t know anything about this play except what is written on this webpage:...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 6, 2018 | Coaching Topics, Leading Peer Groups, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Creativity
Here’s an annual message in a bottle: it’s time to set goals for next year! I’m not the goal-setting type. I prefer to wing it. That’s my strength. When it comes to setting goals, I’m a wingnut. Goals seem too limiting. Or too ambitious....
by Artie Isaac | Aug 24, 2018 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
Early in marriage, Alisa asked me, “How do you determine what you say? Is everything that comes to mind uttered? Is every thought spoken? What is withheld?” To be sure, throughout our marriage, Alisa speaks more substantively. I speak more plentifully. For...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 22, 2018 | Leading Peer Groups
When someone struggles, it’s gracious to offer a helping hand. Except all the time, too early, or for the wrong reason. During a videoconference of Vistage Chairs this morning, one of the Chairs was wrestling with a question. The question required consideration....
by Artie Isaac | Aug 17, 2018 | Coaching Topics, New Competence
Early this morning, a few Chairs (of Vistage groups) gathered for cross-training. We call it “Chairs On Zoom Getting Coffee.” During today’s Zoom videoconference, this sudden awareness. Four Sounds There are four sounds during a peer group meeting: The voice of one of...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 6, 2018 | Coaching Topics, It happened, New Competence
About 15 years ago, Bill Oesterle called me. Founder of Angie’s List, Bill is a role model. At the time of that telephone call, Bill was a silent partner in my advertising agency, the late Young Isaac. Bill had long watched me fail to grow the value of the...
