by Artie Isaac | Oct 30, 2016 | It happened, Living an engaged life
[Longtime readers of Net Cotton Content will recall this seasonal post. With the end of another baseball season, “it must follow, as the night the day.” Feel free to skip the next few paragraphs. But read, below, “The Green Fields of the...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 23, 2016 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, Unsolicited Suggestions
Here's an annual message in a bottle: it's time to set goals for next year! I'm not the goal-setting type.I prefer to wing it. That's my strength. When it comes to setting goals, I'm a wingnut. Goals seem too limiting. Or too ambitious. Or...
by Artie Isaac | Sep 29, 2016 | Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
We all know the structure of a disingenuous apology. "I'm sorry if you were hurt." "I'm sorry you feel that way." These are ways of saying either "I'm not sorry." Or "If I'm sorry, I'm not apologizing...
by Artie Isaac | Jul 20, 2016 | Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
This is a message about forward motion. Let's expect it. Onweird. We're moving onward, but — because of unpredictability and uncertainty — it's always weird. So: "onweird." I'm thinking about moving forward...
by Artie Isaac | May 7, 2016 | Living an engaged life
I have a long relationship with talking. I've been talking since I was little. As a teenager, when I would ask, "May I please be excused?" from the dinner table, the answer was routinely, "Not yet." My parents would hold me hostage. I...
by Artie Isaac | May 3, 2016 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
Last night, a friend sent me a text message. We’ve known each other for about a decade. It’s someone I admire as a creative role model. Because we met in the theatre, we might think we know each other more than we really do. (When you meet someone in...
