by Artie Isaac | Aug 7, 2014 | It happened, Living an engaged life, On Creativity
Perhaps you have simply forgotten. You might be too young to remember. Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope secretly stretched between the tops of the World Trade Towers on August 7, 1974. Forty years ago today, he was a "man on wire." Truth Or Fact?At...
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 | Jul 29, 2014 | Living an engaged life, New Competence
I am watching the events of the day. What I see has a lot to do with where I'm sitting. I'm sitting in the lap of comfort, during a decade of life that is offering opportunity, delight, health, and shalom (a sense of completeness). I am surrounded by love,...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 25, 2014 | Living an engaged life
For a new presentation — and potential book project (working title: "Maximizing Vacation ROI")… I am seeking your best vacation practices here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NSBFJBD If you take two weeks of vacation a year (plus holidays),...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 22, 2014 | Living an engaged life
Alisa and I have survived all four of our parents, of blessed memory. In doing so, we have become members of the oldest living generation in our families. (As the youngest children in our families, we seem young for this status.) Anyway, Alisa looked at me and said,...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 20, 2014 | Living an engaged life, New Competence
I like to keep a List Of What I Don't Know. I learned this from Rob Emrich. The good news: the list never goes away. No sooner do I learn something — and scratch it off the list — then up rises one or two new questions. And there they go, onto...
