by Bryan Yager | Apr 4, 2022 | Leadership, Problem Solving, Vision
First a quote: “Every day each of us has a choice, we can choose to be vision-led or problem-driven.” — Bryan Yager Today’s article is a nod to my dad who would have been 94 today. Besides loving his family, he loved to fish (for Walleyes mostly) and in his later...
by Bryan Yager | Jun 1, 2020 | Change, COVID-19, Leadership, Vision
First a quote: “We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Max De Pree Who has not wished for things to be back to normal; to go out for dinner, attend or watch a sporting event, or go to the store without wearing a mask? Who does not want to...
by Bryan Yager | Jan 13, 2020 | Fear, Leadership, Success, Vision
First a quote: “Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson As humans, many of us tend to fear the unknown and/or what we don’t understand. This tendency has prevailed for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years. Early...
by Bryan Yager | Oct 1, 2018 | Fear, Leadership, Self-confidence, Vision
First a quote: “There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.” — Paulo Coelho Fear is a very powerful emotion, and certainly serves a purpose in our preservation and safety, both physical and emotional. Teaching young children...
by Bryan Yager | Apr 30, 2018 | Leadership, Self-confidence, Vision
First a quote; “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fear.” —Les Brown Who among us did not fear the “monsters” we were certain lived under our beds as young children? I know I did. The monsters I feared were different almost every night;...
by Bryan Yager | Apr 23, 2018 | Leadership, Legacy, Vision
First a quote; “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade we do not expect to sit.” —Nelson Henderson My mother (who also raised 6 children) worked in an assisted living facility as a dishwasher for almost 25 years. She is well remembered at that...
