by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 5, 2025 | Resilience
Your Best #3 When you do your best and success comes easily, you may be tempted to think that this is how it will always be. You’ve lived long enough to know different. Sometimes, you have to push through with tenacity. Summoning your deep wells of persistence,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 29, 2025 | Resilience
Your Best #2 Did you know that we tend to think the same thoughts over and over? Our self talk gets in a rut. We wake up, get ready, go to work, slog through emails, go to meetings, etc. with many of the same thoughts accompanying us on most days. What if you created...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 22, 2025 | Resilience
Your Best #1 Have you ever caught yourself wrestling with the many inflections of your best? Consider these common statements and phrases: It was the best I could do.I did my best.I did my best and I accomplished my goal!My best wasn’t good enough.You bring out...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 29, 2025 | Resilience
Boundaries #4 Consider the inherent proactivity involved in exercising boundaries. #4 The Law of Respect- If we wish for others to respect our boundaries, we need to respect theirs.#5 The Law of Motivation- We must be free to say no before we can whole-heartedly...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 21, 2025 | Resilience
Boundaries #3 Have you ever tried to change someone or wished that you could? As you probably discovered, this exercise is futile. Laws and 2 and 3 of Boundaries go together: The Law of Responsibility- We are responsible to each other, but not for each other. What...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 13, 2025 | Resilience
Boundaries #2 Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend note this first crucial guidance in their 10 Laws of Boundaries: The Law of Sowing and Reaping- Our actions have consequences. From time to time, I assess some situation in my life and quickly discover that the math...
