by Artie Isaac | Apr 6, 2014 | Living an engaged life, Unsolicited Suggestions
Some summers are better than others. The Best Summers Linger. There is a fine, long stretch in the middle. A moment when you look at the blue sky and realize: it's been so long since the beginning that you can't remember the beginning of summer. And yet, with...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 27, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
A recent blog post — "The Alternative To A Rising Career" – received an unusually large reaction from readers of Net Cotton Content. The Reaction Split Evenly By Generation.The members of the Greatest/Silent Generation and Baby Boom...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 15, 2014 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity
My hands live in Columbus. My imagination lives in New York. My ambition lives in New Haven. My feet live in the Grand Canyon. My family lives in Abaco. My soul lives in the Negev. My heart is wherever my beloved sits. Crossing the Sea of Abaco, Bahamas (2012)...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 14, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life
Up at Gestalt HQ, we are learning about edges and boundaries, among many other topics. I'm no expert, but here's how I understand it. Some delineations in life are really clear. Black and white. You know where something starts and something ends. For me, early...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 11, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
Many fine folks rise. Their career trajectory is upward. It can be graphed on an organizational chart. Mazel tov! Not me.Looking back on the first half of my career, that's not what has happened. Up never felt better. For me. So, every time I moved...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 8, 2014 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life
Last week's post, "Toward Collaboration," has inspired questions from readers of Net Cotton Content. For example, Mark Schuetz, a founding member of my first Vistage group, asks: "In what ways would our relationship need to change that...
