by Artie Isaac | Oct 9, 2015 | Living an engaged life, New Competence
I've long heard the phrase: "the empty nest." It has always seemed distant. Now it is here. I'm in it. Here's how it feels. I am empty headed.Not calm-headed. (Calm-headed is great. That happens, too, but this is different.) This is...
by Artie Isaac | Sep 8, 2015 | New Competence, On Creativity
Words have meaning. So I want to find the right word. My increasing halts in conversation (and here, invisibly to you, at the keyboard) — when I'm searching for the right word — do not (necessarily) represent the onset of senility. It's that I've come to...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 23, 2015 | Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
When I admitted my general confusion here about gender in June, reader responses varied: helpful encouragement — from friends who could teach me about the topic. shared experience — from folks who were similarly confused by the whirl of the world. shaming, flaming and...
by Artie Isaac | Aug 8, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
I'm about halfway through Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business and enjoying it. In the first section of the book, Mr. Duhigg describes much of our individual behavior in the context of habits. In short,...
by Artie Isaac | Jun 28, 2015 | Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Ethics
Every once in a while, I publish a list of What I Don't Know. This perennial, shameless display of ignorance was inspired by Rob Emrich, my SpeakerSite co-founder and friend. He loved for us to keep a visible, up-to-date list of what we don't know. Rob knew...
by Artie Isaac | Jun 23, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence
Matt Slaybaugh recently sent me these familiar words, from the commencement address to the graduates of Kenyon College in 2005. I've taken several minutes to digest them anew. I'd read them years ago, back when the speech first hit the Web. I've...
