Habits and Routines
Habits compound exactly like interest, in whichever direction they happen to point. These Monday Morning Minutes are about building the small daily thing that survives after the motivation has gone, and why resolutions almost never do.
13 articles
2024
Ask any regular about the gym in January. Bryan Yager on skipping resolutions entirely and building a habit instead.
5 min readOn time is late. Bryan Yager on the friend you lie to about the reservation, and what chronic lateness actually says.
8 min readQuitter's Day is supposedly January 17. Bryan Yager on the data behind it, and why gym regulars already knew.
8 min read2022
Same route, same chair, same rituals. Bryan Yager on the comfort zone prison we build ourselves, and getting out of it.
7 min readOnly 8% of resolutions survive the year. Bryan Yager on carrying out a decision long after the excitement wears off.
5 min read2020
Did you wake up in a bad mood, or choose one? Bryan Yager on living deliberately instead of by default.
4 min readThe past is a rudder, not an anchor. Bryan Yager on what you are still dragging into the new year.
3 min read2019
"Resolutions never last." Bryan Yager grants the point, then explains what does last, and how to build it.
3 min readHabits decide health, money and who gets your time. Bryan Yager on the arithmetic running in both directions.
5 min readBryan has spent more than 45 years developing leaders, in Boise and across the country. If this is the thinking you want in the room, he works with organizations on leadership development, coaching, and team workshops, and the same thinking runs through his book, How to Transition Into Leadership.