by Artie Isaac | Apr 9, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, On Creativity, On Ethics
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...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 5, 2015 | Living an engaged life, New Competence
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...
by Artie Isaac | Jan 13, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
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...
by Artie Isaac | Jan 11, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Creativity
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...
by Artie Isaac | Jan 6, 2015 | Living an engaged life
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,...
