Poetry for Dogs
My book, Throw Me A Bone: Poetry For Dogs, includes 31 poems written purportedly for a canine audience.
It’s available on Amazon — http://poetryfordogs.com — and priced to generate funds for three humane societies. (Writing poetry is not my get-rich-quick scheme, not a pyramid of dogs with you at the bottom. No.)
Meeting 121 With Direct Reports And Other Humans
It's been about four years since I started training as (and being) a Vistage chair. I don't write much about it here. The conversations -- among CEOs, business owners, key executives -- are confidential, so there isn't much to write. But I learn such wonderful...
Wondering How To Celebrate
During the coming days, a pair of family graduations: one high school, one college. Due to the work, growth and achievements of the students, these are among our life's most profound celebrations. Is it humbling?Why do people who experience similar simchas...
This is all we want you to do.
Breathe. Last week, I was reminded of this. I had arrived to give a brief talk to a peer group of not-for-profit executive directors in Licking County. (I love that name: Licking County! What were the namers thinking? Wait. Don't answer that. It's...
Upon Arriving Anywhere
When I arrive most places, it's usually by car. A little clown car. And I have this ritual: 1. Steer and brake to a stop in a parking place.2. Turn the key to kill the engine.3. Pull the parking handbrake.4. Release the clutch.5. Open the door.6. Get out. 7....
How to Write an Ethical Will
That ring on your finger -- who will wear it after you die? When your great-great-grandchild (or -nephew, or -niece, or -friend) receives your cherished ring (or necklace, or candlestick), that child will surely ask: "Who was [your name]?" It might be hard...
Multi-taskers Are Stupid
Back in 2006, Thomas Friedman in The New York Times reflected on a taxi ride in Paris: The driver and I had been together for an hour, and between the two of us we had been doing six different things. He was driving, talking on his phone and watching a video. I...
Wooing with Vulnerability
Amid the madness of the world, love continues. Sunday's New York Times brought "To Fall in Love With Anyone," an essay by Mandy Len Catron in the reader-submitted MODERN LOVE column. (Link: http://tinyurl.com/ArtieLove.) SummaryTwo strangers...
Mother Nature’s Radar
1. "You are a mess. You are crying and loud about it. Go to your room and don't come back until you're happy." These were the words of my mother, an all-loving, somewhat imperfect parent, when I was five years old. (Somewhat imperfect: that's all...
Full Artie
If you were wearing white shoes and a white belt, my father said you were "full Cleveland." This was because he admired the sophistication of Clevelanders. In their white shoes and white belts. Mmmm, hmmm. (If you were wearing white shoes or a white belt,...
SMARTY Goal Setting for 2015
I find that the year-end holidays give me time to daydream about my intentions. And I know that my peer groups will assemble in January for a tradition: each person writes his or her goals on a giant roll of kraft paper on the wall. That roll gets...
