by Artie Isaac | Oct 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Here’s an annual message in a bottle: it’s time to set goals for next year! (But this year, it’s not goals. It’s aims. More on that below.) I’m not the goal-setting type.I prefer to wing it. That’s my strength. When it comes to...
by Artie Isaac | Jun 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Fourth Turning Who wouldn’t jump on a plane To Monaco, Key West, and Spain? Hot cars! Fresh honey! The haves have money! Take a selfie! The Reichstag’s a’flame! The title refers to The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy – What the Cycles...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 27, 2020 | Poetry, Uncategorized
I wrote this, after my sister asked what I thought our parents would have thought about this pandemic. Of blessed memory: Arthur J. Isaac, Jr., born, 1917; died, 1991. Jacquelin Fihn Isaac, born, 1927; died, 2012. String, Foil, and Bands I remember roaming in my...
by Artie Isaac | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Is it just me, or does it feel kind of apocalyptic around here? What feels to you like a harbinger of the end? Politics? Virus? Environment? Buffoons? Markets? What are you doing about this crazy world? What are you doing about it? Here’s a suggestion. Make a...
by Artie Isaac | Feb 17, 2020 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, Uncategorized
“I don’t like telling adults what to do.” I have said that many times. Usually, it’s part of an answer to the question: “Why didn’t you enjoy owning a business?” I answer, “Why didn’t I enjoy owning a business?...
by Artie Isaac | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
When I dream I can fly, I awake buoyant, fresh from swimming in the air. Waking from nightmares is gruesome. My nightmares are either chase scenarios, where I am hunted, or failure scenarios, where I am ill-prepared, incompetent, or unethical. From those nightmares, I...
