by Bruce McIntyre | May 20, 2015 | Resilience
These uninvited guests can still provide good reminders Ants! I came home to find that the May flash flooding had sent these tiny creatures seeking higher and drier ground…in our house! Generally speaking, I do not dislike ants. It’s just that I...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 9, 2015 | Resilience
How you can “take a licking and keep on ticking” Empty tank, overdrawn account, too much on your plate. It happens. To pretty much everyone at some point along the way. And there are certainly more than 3 secrets to perseverance through adversity. But,...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 1, 2015 | Resilience
Ideas to Cut Through the Fog Tough decisions are tough for a reason. If you are living through a season of chaos, this is especially true. Consider these three ideas for better decision making courtesy of the Heath Brothers from their book, Decisive. 1. Widen your...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 20, 2015 | Resilience
If you are still breathing, you either have had or will have some adversity of some sort. When times get difficult, we are challenged to interpret with hope and determination. In his book, Boundaries for Leaders, Dr. Henry Cloud elaborates on the notion of the 3...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 13, 2015 | Resilience
On April 19, 1995, I was on the phone with a college bookstore in California when our office building shook and some of the windows blew out. I was working in downtown Oklahoma City. During those first days and weeks, we learned of staggering loss. Everyone was...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 5, 2015 | Resilience
Once I heard someone remark, “I was in a bad mood one time…for a few years!” Yikes! This was a couple of decades ago, so I found it difficult to fathom at that point in life. Now however, I think I could understand. We all hit bad moods and...
