Intentional Thinking
Most of us never examine why we think what we think, and there is ample evidence our brains deceive us more or less continuously. These posts are about confirmation bias, the scratched lenses we all see through, and living deliberately instead of by default.
13 articles
2026
Your calendar shows the gap. Bryan Yager on the harder question: why we do not follow through on what matters.
6 min readBuild the network before you need it. Bryan Yager on reconnecting deliberately, one or two people at a time.
6 min read2025
A rainy forecast, a song stuck in his head. Bryan Yager on the weather deciding your week only if you let it.
7 min readSomeone said something to you that you never forgot. Bryan Yager on being that person for somebody else.
8 min read2018
We ignore our health until the body insists. Bryan Yager on treating our closest relationships exactly the same way.
4 min read"I'm bad with names." Bryan Yager on the beliefs we repeat until they are true, and what they quietly cost us.
4 min readYou choose the choice, not the consequence. Bryan Yager on the four rules his children grew up hearing.
3 min readHR told Bryan Yager he would not advance without a degree. On what he learned after he had one.
3 min readWorry is the misuse of imagination. Bryan Yager on where sensible preparation turns into a story you start living in.
2 min readA photography teacher sent his class out on the ugliest day of the year to find beauty. Bryan Yager on what that taught him.
2 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.