Resilient people are more able to bounce back from life's inevitable obstacles and setbacks and stay productive!

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What does Resiliency for Life do?

We help people learn how to be upbeat and stretch in the face of life's upsets and adversities. We help them learn how to gain the benefits of becoming realistic optimists and learn how to bounce back and deal with life in creating more positive outcomes. We have worked with business, health care, education, government and communities.

How does Resiliency work?
Most of us have been conditioned to see the negatives and dig for deficits in our lives. This can place large limits on personal and career achievement, education, relationships, health and happiness and successful outcomes personally and professionally.

We have two streams to our business.
- One is delivered to individuals, families and communities.
- One is designed specifically for organizations and associations.





"More than education,
more than experience,
more than training,
a person's level of resilience
will determine who succeeds
and who fails."

Diane Coutu
Harvard Business Review
May 2002.





Why Michael Ballard?
Michael's expertise is in the area of resiliency and persuasion. He helps people learn what he learned during his epic seven-year, multi treatment battle with two cancers, a failed surgery and his incredible midnight journey on his birthday to the OR to save his life.

He shares his lessons with an upbeat yet realistic sense of humour.
Michael defines himself as a realistic optimist. He has worked from Bermuda to Singapore, and across North America.


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