Blessed are the Flexible - They Shall Never be Bent out of Shape

Eileen McDargh

Sep 21, 20152 min read

Blessed are the Flexible - They Shall Never be Bent out of Shape

Little did I know I would have the opportunity to practice that mantra at my last presentation.

Big Winds Don’t Always Bring Rain - Neither Do Windbags

Eileen McDargh

Sep 14, 20151 min read

Big Winds Don’t Always Bring Rain - Neither Do Windbags

This past week, the skies darkened in the hills behind my home in Southern California. What first looked like a cloud-filled sky quickly...

Eileen McDargh

Sep 1, 20151 min read

Why Grownups Need to Go Back to School

Remember the pack of crayons with all sharp points and colors? I can still smell them. How about the new book that cracked when you opened..

Eileen McDargh

Aug 25, 20152 min read

It’s Over Too Soon. Don’t Wait.

I could be writing about our just-completed vacation on a 4-masted clipper ship. That will come another time.

Hummingbirds Beat Top Gun Fliers—Resilient Mother Nature!

Eileen McDargh

Aug 10, 20152 min read

Hummingbirds Beat Top Gun Fliers—Resilient Mother Nature!

A benefit of a slower summer is being able to stop and observe the natural world—often realizing that we humans still haven’t matched...

Become a believer in the impossible. Watch the Monarch.

Eileen McDargh

Aug 3, 20153 min read

Become a believer in the impossible. Watch the Monarch.

Yes, weeds!! But they have a very valuable place in the eco system and the survival of the endangered Monarch butterfly.

Eileen McDargh

Jul 13, 20152 min read

Your Best Free Energy Source!

Here's a riddle to start you thinking: What can curve at the corners, droop in lopsided fashion, stretch to great extremes...

Eileen McDargh

Jul 7, 20152 min read

Hurry Up and Wait

In our sped-up world of hypertext, hyperspace, and hypertension, we might all do well to consider what happens when we are forced to "wait".

The Difference Between Resiliency and Stupidity

Eileen McDargh

Jun 30, 20154 min read

The Difference Between Resiliency and Stupidity

What is the difference between resiliency and stupidity? In my mind, resilience encompasses grit, determination, focus, and tenacity.

Fall Back in Love with Your Job? Here’s How.

Eileen McDargh

Jun 23, 20152 min read

Fall Back in Love with Your Job? Here’s How.

USA TODAY, recently ran a full-page article of Kerry Hannon’s book Love Your Job. She rightfully quotes the latest stats that just 30

Pizza Maker Proves Powerful Resiliency Steps; Saves Dough and $-dough

Eileen McDargh

Jun 16, 20152 min read

Pizza Maker Proves Powerful Resiliency Steps; Saves Dough and $-dough

In 2014 the Rustic Crust was on track for record sales of its all-natural pizza crust.

DANGER: Check it out BEFORE you send it out

Eileen McDargh

Jun 9, 20151 min read

DANGER: Check it out BEFORE you send it out

Email is a wonderful/terrible thing. Get an email from a friend who asks you to pass along some important message.

Eileen McDargh

May 27, 20152 min read

Busting the Multitasking Myth

Resiliency requires energy and focus—both of which vanish in our ever-pressing sense that we can only get “it all done”...

Eileen McDargh

May 19, 20152 min read

What’s love got to do with it?

Answer: everything. At least it does when both parties have gone through divorces; there’s little money between them, and three kids to boot

What’s Resiliency got to do with Employee Engagement?

Eileen McDargh

Apr 25, 20152 min read

What’s Resiliency got to do with Employee Engagement?

According to Gallup's new 142-country study on the State of the Global Workplace , engagement varies considerably according to the region

Resilient Inmates Know Hunger Is Also A Prison

Eileen McDargh

Apr 23, 20152 min read

Resilient Inmates Know Hunger Is Also A Prison

My twin brother is on the faculty of Boston College and is also a lay minister at Norfolk Men’s Prison.

Mixing Pot of Leadership Perspective Equals Insight

Eileen McDargh

Apr 20, 20151 min read

Mixing Pot of Leadership Perspective Equals Insight

What do you get if you blend speakers like executive coach Marshall Goldsmith with employee engagement/career guru Beverly Kaye?

Eileen McDargh

Apr 15, 20151 min read

Creativity Lessons From Leonardo DiVinci In A Book

How to Think Like Leonardo DiVinci by Michael J. Gelb. At a time when innovation rises as the golden apple for the future...

Eileen McDargh

Apr 8, 20152 min read

Family Matters: Celebrate April 10!!!

My voice caught and the tears came to my eyes as I told the interviewer, “I don’t know what I would do without my brother and sister.

Eileen McDargh

Mar 17, 20152 min read

Luck, Love, and Leprechauns

Mom was probably 88 when my sister and I decided to take her on a trip she always wanted to experience: Ireland.

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