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,...
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 | Aug 10, 2014 | Living an engaged life
Everyone says, "When you have your health you have everything." I disagree. Recently my knees hurt. Really brought me down. I couldn't go up or down stairs without a breathtaking distraction from whatever I was thinking. Step, ow!, gasp, ugh! I...
