by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 18, 2013 | Resilience
Have you ever listened to your inner dialogue? Your self talk? Those almost subconscious messages you send yourself? Some are probably helpful; some probably not. “Save 10% and give 10%.” Good message. “I get up, get out, and get going.”...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 16, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
My wife and I have been to the Grand Ole Opry three times over the years. While we are not especially big country music fans, it is an impressive show. And we have found the same dynamics in play with each visit. 1. The stars we are familiar with typically delight the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Aug 16, 2013 | Resilience
(excerpted from Brene Brown, Daring Greatly) It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 31, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
With my energy and spiritual reserves running low, I knew that some time on one of my favorite trails would refill my tank. Last week, my feet finally hit the trail around Lake Placid at Chickasaw State Park near Henderson, Tennessee. At about 5:55 a.m., no one was...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 16, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
This week in 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Canaveral, orbited the moon, and its lunar module Eagle landed on the surface of the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did a little pre-Michael Jackson moonwalk, and Armstrong uttered those indelible words,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 11, 2013 | Serendipity
To flabbergast means to make a strong impression on someone with something unexpected. Usually, we might say that we were flabbergasted to hear that she quit college, or that he has two girlfriends at age 96, or something equally amazing or alarming. Could it be,...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 27, 2013 | Spiritual Stuff
The morning air already felt hot and sticky as I sat under my pergola, listening to the fountain and some chattering from a strange looking bird. Staring into the distance attempting to wake up, I noticed our outside cat, Pepper, scamper up the fence. For at least 10...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 17, 2013 | Serendipity
On a three day trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, my wife and I sat in an open air coffee shop near the River Market District enjoying the morning. With the children in Tennessee for a week with my parents, we were celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary. For nine of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 12, 2013 | Serendipity
In a meeting just down the hall from my office, members of the team grin at each other as my clock cuckoos twelve times. These cuckoos always seem to arrive with impeccable timing…just about the time someone is getting a bit too serious, or when the team is in...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 31, 2013 | Serendipity
On the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week, students brought their gifts to my wife. In the style of First Graders, they shared what their parents had purchased in combination with their own creations and expressions of love. One student watched with disappointment....
