Adam Outland
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678 appearances
26 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2024
last heard 13 Aug
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Maybe not, but you found a way to reconnect with some of that passion, right? 40 years as a pilot.
That's pretty cool. Yeah, it's beyond cool. You know, you've had such a story career between your time as a CEO, you know, at 7-Eleven, Blockbuster, and we'll get into a lot of that. But I thought something that really drew me was actually all of your, I think it almost goes beyond to say hobbies, but I mean, you composed and co-wrote a song that was...
So composing, flying, sculpting, painting, to me that's reflective of someone who is innately curious.
On the business side of things, taking on the role of president and CEO of a tremendously large organization, I can only imagine comes with a certain amount of stress and pressure. What were some of the things that you felt were most preparational in taking on this role? What were some of the key things or events that you felt equipped you to lead so many people?
No, that's fabulous. Yeah, I love that. You came into Blockbuster during a tough time. I wanted to know, and maybe Blockbuster is the right place to ask this question, but you hit a wall.
Yeah. Wow. So this is something I've thought about over the last just few days thinking about this interview was a reluctance of leaders to be honest with their CEO. But I'm kind of curious how you dealt with maybe some of those challenges or how you generated a culture in the leadership teams that you formed where you got reality.
Sure. Jim, was there anything you did in particular with your leaders to make them feel they could approach you about challenges?
Yeah.
You know, I think one other tactical thing I wanted to ask before we do like kind of a quick lightning round of questions. I thought this was a lightning round. The question I had was about time, where to invest it when there's so many areas, places, people asking for it. Anything that you'd share on that that's been a good process or system for you about how you funnel your time and leadership?
Yeah, that's fair. And looking at all the hobbies that you've developed, do you feel that to some degree having some of these things that are more artistic or creative in nature were supportive of your business?
It takes that curiosity. I love it. So just for some quick responses to a few of these questions, we looked at what you just said, culture, places. Just right now, what's the culture, country that you're most fascinated in and want to travel to? Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's pretty good. Because you've composed, I just wanted to ask you this question. What are you listening to right now?
Yeah. Piece of advice that you're really glad that you ignored. So thinking back at your whole business career, was there a time where someone tried to give you some advice and you willfully ignored it to a better benefit?
In a lot of conversations with a variety of people who've had a variety of different successes in their career, there's something that I always want to help our listeners define for who we're interviewing. That's what success actually means to you and how you know when you've achieved it.
And... Coming back to this, which is your book, oftentimes when you're offering a book, some of the advice people tend to give you is don't write it for everyone. Write it with someone in mind. Who are you writing for?
This probably syncs right up for someone when they read the book. But the last question I'd ask would be, if you could summarize the advice you would give that 21-year-old version of yourself, knowing everything you know now, what would that be? Yeah, to use knowledge to eliminate fear. Wow. Yeah, that's really nice.
Jim, thanks for sharing some of this knowledge with us. For folks who want to kind of follow your journey and continued exploration of things, and then also your book, where can they go to learn more about you?
Wonderful. Yeah, I really appreciate the words of wisdom and thanks for sharing with our audience today. Happy to join you. This has been fun.
This is your host, Adam Outland. And outside of this podcast, I'm also the leader for a division of our company, Southwestern Consulting, and our division is the Southwestern Student Coaching Program. And that division, we started back in 2020 because the desire we had was to take all these skills that we've equipped executives with for
Over a decade, I've coached executives and managers and sales professionals on the skills, the habits, the motivation, and the systems to be successful in their job and in life.
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