by Bryan Yager | Oct 29, 2019 | Continuous Learning, Intentional Learning, Leadership
First a quote: “Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.” – Alvin Toffler; author, Future Shock In last week’s edition, I quoted T.D. Jakes who said, “The world is a university,...
by Bryan Yager | Oct 21, 2019 | Continuous Learning, Intentional Thinking, Leadership
First a quote: “The world is a university and everyone in it is a teacher. Make sure when you wake up in the morning you go to school.” – T.D. Jakes It is my opinion, too many people assume that once they have graduated from school or an educational...
by Bryan Yager | Oct 14, 2019 | Continuous Improvement, Leadership
First a quote: “It is only through a wholesome discontent with things as they are, that we ever try to make them better.” – Susan B Anthony I remember, as a young child, my mother describing me as never satisfied. While I don’t remember the exact context of her...
by Bryan Yager | Oct 7, 2019 | Humor, Leadership, Sarcasm
First a quote: ““Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.” – Oscar Wilde I’m guessing all of us have experienced that socially awkward moment when someone says something sarcastic to be funny, and that something, was anything but funny....
by Bryan Yager | Sep 30, 2019 | Attitude, Leadership, Perspective
First a quote: “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.”― Wayne W. Dyer Good morning and, as my good friend Bill Gillispie would say, happy Monday! What was your first thought when you woke up this morning? Be honest please. Was it...
by Bryan Yager | Sep 23, 2019 | Decision Making, Leadership, Speed
First a quote: “Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction.” – Mahatma Gandhi I have always been fascinated by the question “How fast is too fast?” when it comes to change-related business decisions. While facilitating change leadership...
by Bryan Yager | Sep 16, 2019 | Happiness, Personal Success
First a quote: “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln I spent time this morning searching for a Charles Schultz cartoon from years ago that illustrated this quote wonderfully well. While I was unsuccessful in...
by Bryan Yager | Sep 9, 2019 | Attitude, Encouragement, Gratitude, Leadership
First a quote: “”Civility costs nothing and buys everything.” – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu I woke up feeling a tad bit “cranky” this morning after a 3:00 am wakeup alarm and a mad dash to the airport for an international flight. I found myself rationalizing...
by Bryan Yager | Aug 26, 2019 | Leadership, Time Management
First a quote: “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” –Sydney Harris One week from today, our daughter, Alison, is getting married. We will be officially welcoming Sam Nichols into our family next Sunday at 4:00 pm MDT. This is certainly an exciting...
by Bryan Yager | Aug 19, 2019 | Leadership, Storytelling
First a quote: ““People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.” – Terry Pratchett, novelist While data, facts, analysis, bar charts, graphs and PowerPoints may substantiate a new change initiative or direction, logic alone rarely...
