Adam McLane

Category: maturity

  • Fearing the right things

    Contrary to popular belief– I do have fears. Every day I ride my bike to work, I’m fearful of getting hit by a car. When I’m out bodyboarding, I’m fearful of getting killed by a shark. When my kids are late coming out of school, I’m fearful that something happened to them. I have the…

  • 4 Things to Do With a Legit Opportunity

    Let’s face it, success is about being opportunistic. Here’s my simple outlook on opportunities. I’m thankful that I’ve made more right steps than wrong ones so far. But having the right outlook on the various ideas I’m presented with makes a huge difference. Pause to ask questions, hard ones. If you don’t ask how something…

  • You’ve got to finish

    My little football heart got broken last night. First, San Diego State gave up a touchdown with 50 seconds left to giveaway a victory to #25 Missouri. That would have been their best start in 30+ years. Then, a few hours later, Notre Dame gave up a silly trick play for a touchdown to lose…

  • Innovating with an established ecosystem

    Starting a new organization is an entirely different task than innovating to change an existing organization. Both are hard. But changing and existing organization is way harder. For most of my career I’ve been in turnaround roles. Kristen and I have a little joke… My entire adult work life has seemed like one roller coaster…