Priorities

Ranking your to-do list is a good habit and it is not enough, because someone else usually decided what went on it. These posts are about what gets scheduled getting the attention, and what quietly gets squeezed out.

9 articles

2026

Moving From "No... to How!" Mar 23

Your calendar shows the gap. Bryan Yager on the harder question: why we do not follow through on what matters.

6 min read

What Does Your Calendar Say About You? Mar 16

For years Bryan Yager's family got the leftovers on his calendar. On what gets scheduled getting the attention.

7 min read

2024

Help! I'm a People Pleaser! Apr 1

Bryan Yager on the cost of habitual people-pleasing, and the approval that for many people never actually arrives.

6 min read

2023

Help! I'm Drowning in Emails! Oct 2

A CEO put off one long email until Sunday. Bryan Yager on what was buried at the bottom of it, and what it cost.

7 min read

So... You're a New Manager? Aug 14

Bryan Yager's son took over a department. This is the advice he would give him, paid forward from the early nineties.

7 min read

2022

What, or Where, is Your Schwerpunkt? Jan 24

Knowing is not the problem, doing is. Bryan Yager on schwerpunkt, and concentrating effort where it counts.

4 min read

2019

Timeout for Family & Friends Aug 26

A week before his daughter's wedding, with the work piling up. Bryan Yager on which list gets to win.

3 min read

Seeking Work-Life Balance Mar 11

A division president admitted he was the wrong person to ask about balance. Bryan Yager on the honest answer.

5 min read

2018

Prioritizing Your Schedule Isn’t Enough Mar 5

Ranking your to-do list is not enough. Bryan Yager on who actually decided what ended up on the list.

2 min read

Bryan 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.