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 | Sep 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Feeling too busy? I’m not a fan of the question, “What’s going on?” Because it is usually followed by an assumption, “I’ll bet you are really busy.” Then some add, “Crazy busy, huh?” No. I’m not busy. And...
by Artie Isaac | Sep 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
A friend recently described Transactional Analysis. I’m no expert. (I haven’t even read this.) The General Idea We act in a variety of ways: as a parent, as an adult, as a child. How we behave depends on how we interpret what’s happening. And we...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 20, 2017 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Creativity
Hello, friends. Perhaps you met Srikumar Rao during his visits to Columbus during the past couple years. Perhaps you have heard about his teaching at top business schools around the world. Professor Rao has been the central influence — through encouragement and...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 17, 2017 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
During my first six years of leading executive peer groups, several themes have consistently arisen. One frequent theme I hear from CEOs, business owners owners and key executives: I’m working too much, jeopardizing my family, my health, my health and —...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 13, 2017 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life
How do you get a truly balanced view of the world? Some friends say that they sample news from both ends of the political spectrum, so that they have a balanced news diet. But, I am finding, the Left/Right Diet doesn’t have the intended effect. This is true no...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 24, 2017 | Coaching Topics, On Creativity
What is your favorite advertisement? I fell in love with “Brown’s Job” the first time I read it. I read it 100 times during my advertising career to renew my inspiration for the work. I taught it to students of advertising to inspire them. It makes a...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 16, 2017 | Coaching Topics, New Competence
Since I’m trying to talk less and listen more, I’m deleting the cheapest words I say. “Actually.” I’ve stopped saying “actually.” It doesn’t actually mean anything. It doesn’t actually mean anything when I say it...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 23, 2017 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
“This is going to be so long, I won’t be able to finish it in a day.” That’s what I told Matt Slaybaugh. Matt is my writing partner on occasional Sundays, often at the Roosevelt Coffeehouse. As I dove into this piece, I felt I needed to warn...
by Artie Isaac | Jan 28, 2017 | Coaching Topics, On Creativity, Unsolicited Suggestions
I always have two questions in my pocket: "How Do I…" — What don't you know? What are you trying to solve? What do you want to learn? "What's Next?" — What is the product or service that you plan to introduce during the coming...
