Hi, I'm Adam

I'm a Husband, Father of 5, Thinker, Doer. Wearer of fedoras. I work in Digital Marketing at Sideways8 & support nonprofits at 48in48.

Here I blog about productivity, leadership, habit building and random stories from my crazy life as a dad of five.

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Personal / Perspective / Productivity

Two Lessons from my GORUCK Tough Experience

August 13, 2018

Personal

My Amazing, Painful, and Humbling GORUCK Experience

Leadership / Productivity

Make better decisions by having a default answer

Productivity

5 reasons I use paper over digital

Jun 19

The Planner I’m Trying Out

I'm trying out the Panda Planner to help focus and manage my time. I find that mixing up how I manage tasks from time to time is good for me....

Jun 15

I have an idea, and need your feedback

Ok, I have an idea and need feedback. Like, real, interactive feedback. The quick pitch. I'm considering doing a little YouTube / Instagram Stories show called The Family Man Entrepreneur....

Jun 14

TTY ep 36 – Developers, developers, developers, developers

This is the new episode of my "tech comedy" podcast Tech Talk Y'all. If you haven't listened yet, this is a fun one to start on! The quote of the...

Jun 13

Finding the next gear – thoughts on pressing on when it gets tough

About a year ago I read the book, Living with a Seal, by Jesse Itzler. One of the best things I learned in that book is what the seal told...

May 30

Improvement Over Comfort

I'm not sure if improvement and comfort are always mutually exclusive, but it sure feels like you rarely can have them both at the same time. This morning, my training...

May 22

The Value of the Hard Thing

I'm a believer in doing the hard thing. If there are two options and one of them is harder than the other, I'll often (but not always) take the harder...

May 16

Updates and one crazy week

I don't believe in using the word busy, but if I did, it might apply to this week. It's ballet dress rehearsal week, the first week of summer swim team, close...

Apr 24

My communication strategy for fast growth companies and organizations

I'm currently scaling two organizations on a fast growth trajectory. The staff is always growing, our projects always increasing, and our need for quick, clear communication is always apparent. At...

Apr 05

5 things having 5 kids is teaching me about leadership

As I have often noted here, I have five kids. And, having five kids isn't as hard as you think, except for when it is. Being a dad of five...