by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 2, 2023 | Resilience
Freedom of Discipline #3 Today, here are ten tips for better discipline that are helping me and will hopefully be useful to you. 1. A little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing. 2. Said another way, doing a little bit of what you don’t feel like...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 24, 2023 | Resilience
Disappointment with Discipline Freedom of Discipline #2 Disappointment is perhaps one of the most common experiences related to the notion of discipline and self-control. You start a diet, an exercise program, or some other worthy habit only to fall off the proverbial...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 17, 2023 | Resilience
Freedom of Discipline #1 No one may notice, but you will know. When you do that difficult thing or complete that life giving habit, you can smile, knowing that you have done the right thing though it may go unseen. One of the common denominators of success in any area...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 10, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Compassion #3 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 between your ears, and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 3, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Compassion #2 Past the fear, past the anger,Past the words, theirs and mine,I see this one person. Beyond conservative, liberal or confused,Beyond the horror, expressed in good ways and bad,I see into the eyes of this one person. More than color or clothing style,More...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 27, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Compassion #1 After a week of long days and a complete sense of exhaustion, the news of a flight delay was not welcome. I walked every end of Chicago’s Midway airport on this long layover searching for a quiet spot. Coming up empty, I settled for a space that...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 20, 2023 | Resilience
Creating Forward Momentum #5 What are the 5 moves that could take you to your goal or beyond a significant hurdle? David wants to get his story into a book form. He has talked about it for decades, but now it’s time to take action. However, the task seems...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 13, 2023 | Spiritual Stuff
Creating Forward Momentum #4 What are you expecting from yourself? Too much? Not enough? If you have unduly burdensome expectations for yourself, you will live in a constant state of guilt and failure. This is no good. However, if you expect very little from yourself,...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 5, 2023 | Resilience
Creating Forward Momentum #3 When you think of personal energy or needing something extra to get you going, what comes to mind? You’re probably thinking coffee or caffeine. While these do give us a temporary boost, let’s look under the hood at some...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 29, 2023 | Resilience
Creating Forward Momentum #2 When you get stuck in any arena of life, you are probably lacking clarity. Fuzziness about who you are, your role in this situation or the next right thing to do has the effect of slowing us down. With clarity, action comes much easier....
