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 | 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 | Dec 26, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
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...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 30, 2014 | Coaching Topics, On Creativity
I was in a peer group meeting recently where someone described a bad trend. His revenues were down. Way down. He was against the wall — and had to produce or perish. (I have his permission to post this.) He sought the input of the trusted advisors around the...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 23, 2014 | Coaching Topics
[A note to readers: I haven't been writing much here at Net Cotton Content. I'm sorry. Not sorry to you. Sorry to me. I want to write more. Recently, I told one of my mentors, Matt Slaybaugh, that I had been enjoying the stories of Sholem Aleichem. Matt said,...
