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 18, 2014 | It happened, Living an engaged life, On Ethics
I can't believe I've never told you this story. Perhaps I've told it to you in person. But I don't see it here on Net Cotton Content. So this might be news. So One Day,I was walking home from the school bus stop, a couple blocks from home. I was maybe...
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...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 11, 2014 | Coaching Topics, It happened, Living an engaged life
This is about how to turn a great relationship into an even better relationship. My mother, Jackie Isaac, of blessed memory, and I had a great relationship. Truly, we had a lot of laughs together. We traveled together. We drank Scotch together. We went to funerals. We...
