by Artie Isaac | Aug 28, 2014 | Coaching Topics, New Competence
This phrase keeps wiggling through my head: "self care." It's a phrase that I had never heard before my Gestalt training during the past year. In my coaching training class, the faculty raised our awareness of the importance of taking care of ourselves,...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 30, 2014 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life, New Competence
I used to work for a contemporary Machiavelli. When someone was angry with him on the phone, he would wait for his chance to respond. Then, as he started to respond, he would tap his finger on the hook, aborting the call while he himself was speaking! ...
by Artie Isaac | Jun 4, 2014 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life
An unmarried 24-year-old said this to me today: "Marriage is easy." That has me thinking. Marriage is easy.Marriage is easy. Fidelity is not. There are temptations. There are opportunities. My mantra: "Do I really want to hurt my beloved? Is that the...
by Artie Isaac | May 17, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life
Do you celebrate? This was a question posed to an arena full of entrepreneurs by Jack Welch. The GE CEO asked two thousand young entrepreneurs: How many of you have, during the past few months, recognized a victory? Maybe you stopped on the way home to pick up...
by Artie Isaac | May 11, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
I've been downright lucky. Born into freedom. Into health. Into a loving home. Into prosperity. Into intellectual literacy and conversation. Into an ethical tradition. Into so much. These were gifts I didn't earn. They landed at my feet. All I had...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 29, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
Last evening at dinner, a colleague raised a question: "How can I become a better leader?" The answer, from another colleague: "Who are you? Start with knowing who you are." The table fell quiet. This quickly turned into an assignment for...
