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 | 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 21, 2015 | Living an engaged life, On Ethics
[NOTE: This is written for Net Cotton Content by Helen Hazelwood Isaac.] When I was seven years old, the fathers of my classmates at Columbus School for Girls organized a retreat to a YMCA campsite. There were about twelve father-daughter pairs, and we all slept...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 9, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, On Creativity, On Ethics
That ring on your finger — who will wear it after you die? When your great-great-grandchild (or -nephew, or -niece, or -friend) receives your cherished ring (or necklace, or candlestick), that child will surely ask: "Who was [your name]?" It might be...
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 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...
