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Adam Outland

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
884 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Yeah, absolutely. Speaking of focus, writing a book takes a lot of focus. I mean, to get your ideas on paper and not even second guess yourself, it's really difficult. And so maybe there's a couple of questions around just writing and putting these ideas on paper. What was the best way for you to focus on writing that book?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Yeah, absolutely. Speaking of focus, writing a book takes a lot of focus. I mean, to get your ideas on paper and not even second guess yourself, it's really difficult. And so maybe there's a couple of questions around just writing and putting these ideas on paper. What was the best way for you to focus on writing that book?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Well, I always get in a place where I question whether I'll still think what I'm putting down is important five or six years later. You now have this perspective. I guess coming back and adding some highlights to the book, when you wrote it, I guess, how did you know that this was going to be something that you'd read again five years later and go, oh, yes, I still believe these things.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Well, I always get in a place where I question whether I'll still think what I'm putting down is important five or six years later. You now have this perspective. I guess coming back and adding some highlights to the book, when you wrote it, I guess, how did you know that this was going to be something that you'd read again five years later and go, oh, yes, I still believe these things.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

It's still important to me. Yeah.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

It's still important to me. Yeah.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

A hundred percent. Yeah. I love that. You know, there are a lot of listeners that probably haven't had a chance to pick up the book yet. I know you said you wrote it with even your own kids in mind, like would they be proud of you? But in the world of business and the people that are listening in here, who did you write this book for?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

A hundred percent. Yeah. I love that. You know, there are a lot of listeners that probably haven't had a chance to pick up the book yet. I know you said you wrote it with even your own kids in mind, like would they be proud of you? But in the world of business and the people that are listening in here, who did you write this book for?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Like who are the people that are going to pick this up, read it and go, gosh, that's exactly what I needed.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Like who are the people that are going to pick this up, read it and go, gosh, that's exactly what I needed.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

You know, I think you really do exemplify what you write about. There are not many people who are able to show up at home and at work and live out things as much as you do. And you've done a really good job being a living example. Just for our back end of time, I wanted to do a little lightning round of questions for you. This is kind of a fun question I ask a lot of folks we interview.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

You know, I think you really do exemplify what you write about. There are not many people who are able to show up at home and at work and live out things as much as you do. And you've done a really good job being a living example. Just for our back end of time, I wanted to do a little lightning round of questions for you. This is kind of a fun question I ask a lot of folks we interview.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Who is a person you always wanted to meet but never have?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

Who is a person you always wanted to meet but never have?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

That's a really good one. The balance of humility and prayer with aggression that's appropriate. Exactly. Yeah. What's something significant, I guess, that you've actually changed your mind about recently that you've had a change of mind about?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

That's a really good one. The balance of humility and prayer with aggression that's appropriate. Exactly. Yeah. What's something significant, I guess, that you've actually changed your mind about recently that you've had a change of mind about?

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

So you embrace the moniker Switzerland.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

So you embrace the moniker Switzerland.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

What's the best piece of advice that you ignored intentionally? Like, and you're glad you did. The one piece of advice that maybe you've received that you didn't take.

The Action Catalyst
Possibility, Redefined, with Ron Alford (Leadership, Vision, Confidence, Focus, Running)

What's the best piece of advice that you ignored intentionally? Like, and you're glad you did. The one piece of advice that maybe you've received that you didn't take.