by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 29, 2018 | Resilience
Transcending Adversity When life gets fuzzy and decisions are elusive, or hope and joy go absent altogether, consider these 10 moves: 1. Read or listen. Find someone who guides people through your type of struggle. You’re likely to glean at least one good idea....
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 29, 2018 | Resilience
Transcending Adversity When you have faced unexpected adversity, did it make you bitter or better? Whether it was or is related to a health problem, career setback, relational implosion, financial crash, or spiritual disillusionment, my guess is that you have...
by Bruce McIntyre | Oct 29, 2018 | Resilience
Identifying Priorities The best thing you bring is a full cup. To work, to your marriage, to care scenarios, to anything you do. Having a full cup requires priorities and carving out time to refill your cup. Think of it. When you drag into any situation, your...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 28, 2018 | Resilience
Identifying Priorities In his book Half Time, Bob Buford tells the story of strategic planning consultant Mike Kami and his experience in the 80’s with Coca Cola executives. They were releasing “New Coke” and after many positive taste tests had...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 14, 2018 | Spiritual Stuff
One word can make the difference What if one word could change your mind? What if your whole posture toward a person, a job, or a task could be improved by adopting a new key word that resets your expectations? You zoom in and zoom out. You vacillate between near and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 9, 2018 | Spiritual Stuff
One word can make the difference What if one word could change your mind? What if your whole posture toward a person, a job, or a task could be improved by adopting a new key word that resets your expectations? Try this. Tap the brakes on the rumble of thoughts...
by Bruce McIntyre | Sep 5, 2018 | Spiritual Stuff
One word can make the difference What if one word could change your mind? What if your whole posture toward a person, a job, or a task could be improved by adopting a new key word that resets your expectations? Like you, the majority of my life is described by action...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 24, 2018 | Serendipity
One word can make the difference What if one word could change your mind? What if your whole posture toward a person, a job, or a task could be improved by adopting a new key word that resets your expectations? When I was a young father, I thought of my primary role...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 17, 2018 | Resilience
For Anyone Facing Adversity You are living with two parallel realities, two parallel truths. Part of your experience in caregiving and living with a difficult condition is frustrating, maddening, depressing, and difficult. But this is not the only reality. At the same...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 10, 2018 | Spiritual Stuff
Self-Control: Part 3 of 3 Giving at least some cursory treatment to the crucial subject of self-control, we have previously touched on Disappointment with Discipline and The Gift of Discipline. Today, here are ten tips for better discipline that are helping me and...
