Focus is amazing
Recently I have been using a timer to keep me focused on tasks. For example, currently my timer is set for 30-minutes, and the only thing I will do during that 30-minutes is write. I have shorter timers for other things like reading and longer timers for things like...
3 things I wish I had known at 18
The other day someone asked me what I wish I had known at 18. I wish I had known a lot! But, a few things immediate sprang to mind. Have a long term plan. When I was younger the sky was the limit and looking back on that time I realize that I really didn't think very...
Why I no longer use the word busy
When you say to someone you are passing in the hallway, "hi, how are you" how likely are they to respond, "busy, but good!" That's how I used to respond too, until I realized that I'm actually not busy. That's why I dropped the word busy from my vocabulary. Don't get...
The Power of a Predetermined Decision
Have you ever had a door to door salesperson pop up at your door at just the wrong moment? And, worse than that, the person pops up offering something that you may actually need, but haven't considered recently. Those door to door sales people are tricky, they usually...
Careful when assuming someone is on your team
I'm traveling in London. When we got here over the weekend one of the first things we did was to hop into a cab (which are way cooler than in the US) and head to the hotel. The cabbie was a British white guy, with a heavy accent and a seemingly unending supply of...
What are your top relationships? And, what are you going to do about them?
We all understand scarcity and priorities. Money can be scarce, so we make groceries a priority over going to the movies. Time can be scarce on a trip, so we prioritize one attraction over another. It seems to me that humans do this really well is many areas of life,...
Start with trust
It was my first day of my senior year of high school. I was sitting in class, bored by all of that "here's what you can expect from this course" talk that seems to suck the life out of that first day. The class that likely has had the largest impact on my life had...
Have a team to laugh with
Last night our team from Sideways8 got together for drinks and food. It was a blast. What struck me most was the amount of laughter around the table. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. This got me to thinking, I love being a part of a team that can laugh...
The blessing of having 5 kids
When people hear that I have five kids, I get usually get a funny look. If I tell that to an audience where I'm speaking, I often get awkward laughs, with an ever so slight head shake, as if to say, "that guy is nuts!" The response I typically don't ever get is, "wow,...
Change your posture
Your posture affects how you act. I don't mean your physical posture (though that does affect you too), I mean your mental posture toward something, your mindset. Consider this for a moment, let's imagine you have a big task due on Monday. If you start Monday morning...
Adam J. Walker
