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Former FBI Analyst on Career Change, Self-Trust and Reinvention
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Former FBI intelligence analyst Adam Dickinson joins Behind the Story for a conversation about the hidden cost of always being the reliable one.
After more than 15 years analyzing high-stakes information, Adam made a major shift into entrepreneurship and now helps high-performing professionals navigate career transitions with more clarity, self-trust, and alignment. In this episode, we talk about why smart people stay stuck even when they know something feels off, how overthinking creates its own kind of paralysis, and why the hardest career decisions are often less about information and more about identity.
Adam shares how his background in intelligence analysis shaped the way he now helps people move through uncertainty, how intuition and logic can work together instead of against each other, and what it takes to let go of a version of yourself that no longer fits. We also get into burnout, reinvention, self-trust, and how to reset when your head and your gut are pulling in different directions.
This episode is for anyone navigating a career pivot, feeling disconnected from a life that looks successful on paper, or trying to figure out what comes next without making a reckless leap.
speaker-0: Not having a vision, not knowing where to go, not knowing how to do it, not knowing when to do it. So there's that part of it. There's also a part of the motivation and the energy to want to change and to want to reinvent yourself. There's also a fact of the environment that you're in. It's a matter of, this feel comfortable? Can I actually shift and let go of an identity that I... had for so long.
speaker-1: Welcome everybody to another edition of Behind the Story. I'm really excited today. Today's guest is Adam Dickinson, a former FBI intelligent analyst who now helps high-performing professionals make clear on their career decisions when their old path no longer fits. Today we're going to talk about the hidden cost of always being the reliable one and how overthinking keeps smart people stuck and what it really takes to trust yourself. when you are ready to make that next move and especially if that next move can actually change your identity. So we're going to get into it right now. Adam, welcome.
speaker-0: Yeah, thank you for having me. I'm really excited for this conversation.
speaker-1: My pleasure. Now, obviously, we live in a time where there's lots of things happening with law enforcement and different things. So people hear the word FBI and intelligence analysts and I know the curiosity is just going to go out the window. But I know that's not what you do now. But we're going to have to probably satisfy some of the curious people and talk about that. But before we get into it, Adam, I'm meeting you for the first time, obviously, the audience is probably listening for the first time. How would you describe Adam Dickinson? Who are you?
speaker-0: That's a good question. think I would start with, I am an individual who is stepping into a new version of himself where I would like to lead a conversation where we're not led by fear, lack or limitation anymore. And we're leading by our inner intelligence as I like to describe it, or that intuition, that inner knowing that you have and meeting it with logic where you're knowing how to navigate life's decisions with calm, certainty and ease. And that's kind of where I am at now in my journey. have been, I was at the FBI for a long time, over 15 years, and it really helped me hone my craft, especially on the analytics side. But also during that time, I became very much inward focused and you could say spiritual if you wanted to. And for me as a human being, I'm in this new identity myself as a new entrepreneur, which is... Definitely weird. And I think for me, I am someone who is ready to bring a new conversation forward. think even in law enforcement, there are certain responsibilities that they have. And it's, I can see with humanity right now, there's a lot of turmoil, a lot of things that are unrecognizable, really challenging. And I would like to kind of support, a bridge to something that's greater than ourselves.
speaker-1: Okay. Going back to the beginning and your backstory, what led you to the FBI? Did you go straight from university to the FBI?
speaker-0: Yeah, actually. So yeah, thank you for asking. The background there is that when I was in university, I had a passion for languages where I started to study Mandarin Chinese. And what led me to that was this, I like puzzles and that analysis of it. So I kind of approached Chinese in a sense of a, in essentially a game like fashion because it was fascinating and very difficult. So. Because of that, also enjoyed in my off time practicing it and writing characters and so forth. And then I had sort of a, I say an aha moment where I was like, what do I do with this passion of mine? And I knew that the Chinese being connected to Asia in some way would be beneficial. I just sort of had this gut hunch, if you will. And I was also studying to be a doctor. I wanted to go into medicine. My family has a. situation where medical issues, I guess, were on my mind all the time. So I kind of wanted to go in and kind of fix those problems for my family. But for whatever reason, going into medicine didn't turn out as I had hoped. And so I was like, what do I do with this language ability? And it's just so happened that the FBI was at my university trying to recruit. And I showed up, I was actually late because I was at another information session with a different employer. And I sat in the back and I was like, okay, this is not going to happen. But I handed in my resume and it kind of just went from there. Luckily, I had a friend of mine who was an FBI agent at the time. And I asked him like, hey, I submitted this resume. I don't know if I'm really going to get through. What do you think? And he informed me that at the time the Bureau was onboarding a lot of individuals that were bilingual and especially with Asian languages. Just kind of happened timing worked out and I got an interview and it just kind of went from there.
speaker-1: It's very interesting, you know, we're attracted to Asian culture and started learning the languages. I was attracted to Asian culture and started doing Kung Fu and martial arts. mean.
speaker-0: Completely
speaker-1: different attractions, I should say, but I'm curious. Someone like me, a member of the general public, sees your credentials as special intelligence analysts. I watch a lot of crime dramas, obviously, a lot of movies, and we always see the intelligence analysts and stuff. How close to the reality is what we're seeing on television? Or how completely bananas that is?
speaker-0: Yeah, I mean, there are quite a few shows. don't know. mean, they're like a laundry list of them. think I was watching funny enough, I think there was the show Quantico and I was talking to a friend of mine and I was like, I don't know if this show is really accurate. There are a lot of pretty people on this show. And meaning like not to, but I was just like every person on that show was like, wow, you're really good looking. And I was just being funny, of course, but There are parts of shows that are accurate, but there is that drama effect. I think the most dramatized aspects of lot of FBI-centric shows are the technology in particular. Let's just say things don't happen as quickly as you see on television. There's a lot of decision-making. There's a lot of organization to make sure this is the decision that needs to be made. And we check the different authorities that we have permission to do certain actions. So there's a lot of process behind investigations and what happens behind the scenes. But what you see on TV is a lot faster and it's like, ⁓ my gosh, they're on top of it. Like, I'm like, no, that isn't.
speaker-1: It doesn't happen that way. what's a day in the life of an intelligence analyst for the FBI look like? Like what is the intelligence and what does that analysis entail?
speaker-0: Sure. So it depends on your role. There are many different roles for an FBI analyst from looking at, typically did during majority of my career, I looked at the big picture, what can be considered strategic analysis. So I looked at trends from a national perspective, protecting the United States, and then even larger looking at the global perspective. And then even larger, I also covered... issues affecting space infrastructure. So I even went even into outer space to figure out what the United States needs to look in that area. There's also roles where if you search this on Google, it's called the intelligence cycle, which is essentially a variety of steps from gathering information, processing that information, analyzing that information, and then giving it to a decision maker to do something with it. So during that process, their FBI analysts have a role to play. So there were some that would help with gathering information. How do we get better information to inform our decision makers? I often would take that data and then make sense of it, simplify the complexities, and then give it to an FBI agent or the president or the military or whomever needed to hear about it. Our private sector companies, for example. And then... There are even some roles that were a liaison between the FBI and the public sector and the private sector. Toward the end of my career with the FBI, I was essentially liaison that would communicate unclassified information to a company, for example. So just depending on what the FBI is responsible for, which is protecting the American people and upholding the United States Constitution. there was a variety of ways that an analyst could play a role. But essentially what they did was to inform, educate, and guide a decision maker. that's kind of what I did. That was my aha moment on what I do now in my business. I'm essentially guiding people to the next better version of themselves.
speaker-1: We're going to get into your business in lots of detail in a moment. I want to ask you, in what you just described in that cycle, you are the receiver of the intelligence. You're not gathering it. Where does it come from? What are some of the sources?
speaker-0: That's a good question too. A variety of ways you have what's, you know, agents typically gather information from other human beings. So that's called a human intelligence. You could also get it from the internet. That's often called open source intelligence. And then there are other categories of intelligence sources, such as signals intelligence, mass in which is. Or another one is a geo-int, which is looking at. the satellite imagery to gather information that way. they're different depending on how you want to inform your decision maker, you can get information in a variety of different ways.
speaker-1: Okay. And I want to understand how your mindset works when you're looking at data, because you're an intelligence analyst, you're an informational analyst and you're, you're tasked with analyzing this intelligence, this information you've received and providing what to your superiors and answer, ⁓ opinion, a description, like how are you looking at it and to what end, like what are you providing?
speaker-0: Right. Yeah, that's a good question. It depends on a variety of factors. One, depending on the role of an analyst that you are. So for example, I mentioned that I was a strategic analyst at one point in my career. I was also sort of that liaison in my career. So when I was more of a strategic analyst writing analytic products to provide an analytic judgment to a decision maker, the information typically I would provide was forward leaning. was describing potential harm to the United States, potential consequences to the United States. And it would follow basically an argument of this is happening and this is why it's important to you. So I bring that up because the decision maker, depending on whether it be a line level supervisor or an executive level supervisor, they would need information provided to them in certain ways because they had different responsibilities. So the analysis that I would provide to more of a line level supervisor was different to an executive level supervisor. Similarly, if I wanted to provide an analytic judgment to another executive in a different government agency, I had to refine my conclusions in a different way as well. So if I noticed a trend that For example, our Department of State, which deals with diplomatic relations, needed to know about something. I would have to craft an argument that would best support them as well. So when you're an analyst, there's many different hats that you take on. It's one, what information are you seeing? Why is it important at that point in time? And then depending on who you're supporting, you have to also figure out What do they need and what are their problem sets and what are they trying to solve? So then you have to convey your analytic judgment to support their efforts. And you can have many different customers on one analytic judgment. So you have to refine and clarify all these different complexities all at once. But that says also depends on how you want to, what they would describe as mitigating the threat. So. It could be informing someone, it could be creating new policy, it could be creating a new working group where you bring a lot of people together to solve a problem. It just depends on the different kind of tactic you want to take.
speaker-1: Okay. Before we, no, that's perfect. And before we transition out, I want to ask you fresh out of uni, you know, recruited by the FBI, was the training specific to becoming an intelligence analyst or was it general training and then that was where you went? Like how did you get from the university to the intelligence?
speaker-0: What sort of Sure. So generally, the rule of thumb is if you were hired to be an analyst, they knew that you could do critical thinking really well and put two and two together to make a conclusion. When you go to train as an analyst, ⁓ you're essentially put through a lot of rigorous courses to refine your thinking, to refine your research processes, to refine your writing abilities. to refine your public speaking abilities, I'll say. And through, I think it was like a three month training for analysts, ⁓ agents have to go a lot longer. But that's essentially the core principles of what we were trained on is to mainly first refine, add rigor and structure to the way you think, questioning your assumptions, questioning your biases and mindsets. And then depending on the needs of your customer or your client, for example, You also integrated different techniques on how to rearrange the data points to provide a deliverable, if you will, to a customer. Then it's extra skills. As I mentioned, writing, intelligence writing is different than what you see on social media or, you know, in uni, for example, we don't write thesis papers. Usually in intelligence writing, it's short to the point and then evidence supporting your analytic judgment. And then also briefing, it's also short to the point like decision makers don't have a lot of time. so refining how you approach that is also, was really important during my training.
speaker-1: Okay, perfect. So let's talk about how you transitioned out 15 years with the Bureau. How did you know it was time to leave? What was going on? What what will you feel?
speaker-0: Yeah. So last year in 2025, I was feeling a lot of things. I'd say the vibe of the current environment was shifting, was changing. The priorities were different. And for me personally in my career, I noticed that I had mastered a lot of different areas. So all the different aspects that I talked about earlier, I felt that I was really at the top of my game. And so much so that I would say, I mean, depending on what kind of analyst you want to be and become, but when you start to represent the FBI in an organization, in a public setting, that is kind of a marker or a sign of success, you could say, that you are trusted to communicate certain information to a stakeholder and be a representative of the organization. So with that in mind, I really felt that I had hit a peak in my career at the FBI. And there wasn't necessarily any other groups within the organization that I really wanted to learn from. So that was kind of step number one. From there, I also had a vision where essentially I wanted to be an entrepreneur and bring in, as I mentioned earlier, a new conversation on how to navigate life's challenges. ⁓ And so with that vision, I had that as a future state. knew where I was currently within my career at the Bureau. And then the last sort of thing was, you know, can I pull this off? Meaning, did I feel that I was confident in my own abilities and that I could trust my own decision to leave the organization and try to navigate being an entrepreneur? And it took a while. I had to do my own, what I now advise clients on, which is going inward, looking at things from a intuitive point of view, and then also looking at things from a logical point of view. How much runway do I have financially? Do I feel like I have the skills to be an entrepreneur? All those different things. So once I had that building block in place, everything sort of aligned, and I decided to commit to leaving the organization and starting my own business.
speaker-1: I find that very interesting that you would go from intelligence analysts with the government to being an entrepreneur. And I wonder, was there ever a thought of going into consulting politics or staying on the governmental side? Was there ever the thought or you just thought, no, I'm going to be an entrepreneur?
speaker-0: Well, yeah, great question. I think there's always an aspect of being a consultant for the government in some way since I was in it for so long. I do have that experience and I know the different agencies very well, have a lot of contacts there as well. But for me, the long-term vision that I have for myself is eventually creating something greater and bigger than the FBI. which is ⁓ an intelligence agency for humanity, where we are guiding individuals, groups, businesses, and even in governments long-term on how to become more in alignment with what's happening in the world. Because energetically, I would describe it like, and why I advise my clients. You could say things feel off with the world. And so my purpose is to help organizations, refine how they're approaching this new sort of world in a more loving and a more caring sort of way that hasn't really been done before because I bring two extremes to the table.
speaker-1: about earlier, when you made the transition, you got the sense that the environment was changing and it was time for you. Why do most capable, dependable people often stay stuck the longest, even when they already know something is wrong like you did?
speaker-0: Yeah, that can be a very complicated answer and I would say it depends. But from the individuals that I've been supporting and recent clients too, there are a couple things. One, not having a vision, not knowing where to go, not knowing how to do it, not knowing when to do it. So there's that part of it. There's also a part of... the motivation and the energy to want to change and to want to reinvent yourself. There's also a fact of the environment that you're in. It's a matter of, this feel comfortable? Can I actually shift and let go of an identity that I've had for so long? Whether it be tradition, whether it be habit, whether it be, ⁓ you know, how you think about yourself internally. There are a lot of different factors and on addition to that, there's this sort of situation and vibe with the world that there's so many things that are changing quite rapidly with artificial intelligence. And that adds another layer of complexity where individuals don't feel like they can maneuver around things. And so I would just summarize, it can be... an internal challenge, can be an environmental challenge, or it can be a long term sort of vision challenge. And that's what I've been encountered so far with the folks that I've been helping.
speaker-1: You are familiar with the term, you know, being the reliable one. What's some of the hidden parts that goes into that being a reliable one, the person everybody trusts? You may not necessarily even trust yourself.
speaker-0: Yeah. So for me, think being a reliable one is a form of self-trust and self-love in particular. think bringing in some of the feminine energy that supports your inner being and your makeup on how you are moving through this world with grace and sense of ease. I think allows you to shed the guilt, the lack of self-trust, the maybe negative self-talk where you can start to move into this ability to have greater agency and sovereignty when life goes awry. And as you do that, you build this inner muscle, if you will, where you start to bring forward this inner intelligence as I like to describe it, which is additional sort of data points from your intuition that helps scope the problem set a little better. So when your logical mind is at ease, you can start to run simulations analytically to strategize what to do next. And so you build a stronger decision trust muscle on how to be that reliable person for yourself and for others.
speaker-1: Because you spent 15 years at the Bureau and being ⁓ an analyst and looking at data through a certain lens. How has that translated into the entrepreneurial world? And you're looking at a person that you're trying to help. What are some of the similarities, the differences or are you skewed mentally?
speaker-0: That's a great question. ⁓ my gosh. let me pause a moment. I would say the biggest similarities are when I was at the FBI, there was like an influx and overwhelm of data points that you had available to you. So in order to sift through that, to filter through that, a well, I'll say seasoned analyst really has to hone their intuitive skills to know what is important and what is not. And then to even. remove layers from there actually, once you have an analytic judgment, you then have to craft, I mentioned earlier, a conclusion for a particular person. So in a similar way, when I'm an entrepreneur and I'm running my business, I have to think about where do I want to put my time? Is it marketing? Is it sales? Is it client delivery? Is it technology? Then in a similar fashion with individuals that I'm supporting and clients that I'm helping, where are at on their journey and what do they need and what do I feel and know that the techniques, the frameworks that I bring to the table can help them on where they're at. So it's very similar. I would say the biggest difference is, one of the biggest differences is I'm not anymore in charge of the national security of the United States. Instead, I would say I bring a higher level of integrity and responsibility because I'm helping individuals with the essence of who are they becoming. And as you start to hold support and provide care and attention for the inner work of an individual, I would say that is more important than national security, which can be kind of ambiguous. and not as tangible, but as you start to develop a human being from in their inner journey, would say national security essentially takes care of itself.
speaker-1: Okay, so people tend to connect who they are to their job, know, to whatever it is that they do. And I wonder, you you were 15 years into that career. I'm sure it became a part of you in certain ways. How hard was that when you made the transition and what lessons did you take with you to help other people? Because I'm sure people, for example, we talked earlier about people being stuck, staying in positions for too long, whether it be for money or identity or whatever. So let's talk about people staying in the positions too long, because that's their identity. You know, I'm Adam Dickinson. I'm an intelligence analyst. How do you let go of that to become Adam the entrepreneur?
speaker-0: Yeah. My gosh, such good questions. I would say two things. One, my intuitive gifts are very strong and when I bring those forward and when I am in a state of regulations and I'm regulating and in alignment with myself, the way my body and how my system operates internally, when I'm all working on all cylinders. I'm very confident and I know what to do, when to do it, how to do it and why to do it and so forth. So when that happens, knew internally that I could accomplish anything I wanted because that trust in myself was very high. With that in mind, when I was shedding my identity, I knew that I would encounter new problems that I didn't know how to deal with. So what I do now and how I advise clients on how to shed that identity is knowing how to play essentially, I'll put in quotes, the intuitive playground that's available to you. When you are attuned to the vibe, the energy that's around you, other individuals, you know how to navigate this sort of unseen energetic infrastructure. that's available to you and know how to make decisions a lot easier. So for example, maybe your audience might be familiar with like the law of attraction. It's kind of a familiar concept. When you are doing your best, when you are confident, when you are calm, you attract individuals that are like you attract individuals that are like you. So as you do that, it ⁓ provides an opportunity. to learn from individuals and it also provides a way to move into the next version of you. And so the shedding of your identity becomes a little easier. Not say it's not challenging, of course, but when you are navigating these new decisions and trying to let go of your old identity, it becomes a lot easier and you're able to move from activity to activity to decision to decision a lot easier as well. So you have this inner trust and then as you maneuver through these different decision points, you're able to do it with a lot of ease and grace. And that's essentially how I did it myself and how I advise my client.
speaker-1: That does not sound like FBI advice. That sounds like a pastor giving a congregant advice. I'm sorry.
speaker-0: Well, there are analytical components into that, of course, but I appreciate it. Thank you for the compliment.
speaker-1: You know, before I go on, often as an aside, I to one colleague, Eric, in another interview. And one of the things I was struck by, and I'm struck by the same thing with you, and a few other people I've spoken to in law enforcement, none of you sound jaded. None of you sound like, as a member of the public, with all the things I'm seeing in the media. the FBI this, the FBI that, and all the tumultuous things that are going on. And on all of the seemingly swashbuckling and the negative image that the public has of the FBI and whatnot. On a personal level, one on one with Eric and now one on one with you, I don't get the sense that you all are affected.
speaker-0: Yeah, I would say no, if I'm hearing your question. I'm not really affected by what's happening. I think, and I would say generally my former colleagues could say this too, is that the individuals that make up the FBI are of the highest caliber, like integrity wise, skill, all those different things that when you think of the FBI, they're there. Sometimes there are moments in a organization where you have to pivot based on what the leaders think is best ⁓ with their responsibilities. And sometimes that overshadows the ⁓ people on the line level. But yeah, I would agree with you that individuals that make up the FBI, that did make up the FBI, that are still there, I would say they're doing their best with what's available.
speaker-1: Yeah, that's the sense that I've from speaking to some of you, but it's not the sentiments of the public. The sentiment of the public is it's a mess. It's this, it's that, it's not that at all. But getting back to advising people on their career. How would you advise me, for example, and not a comprehensive analysis, that would be too much for this conversation, but just generally speaking, I come to you, Adam, you know, I've been in my career now for 15 years and they're just feeling...
speaker-0: Mm-hmm.
speaker-1: I don't know, like it's just a bit off. want to do something else, but you know, I've got, I've got a family. I got to make sure I can, you know, provide for them. And I can't just go out like I'm in my twenties anymore, but I need to do something. I'm not sure what to do. I need help.
speaker-0: Yeah. Adam, me. Well, I got you. Ironically, I did help a former Department of Homeland Security analyst in a similar situation where, so what I do, I practice a spiritual moda- or intuitive modality called the Akashic Records, which is a way for individuals to connect with their, best version of themselves. Another way you could describe it is that their higher self. And through a meditative state, I open a sacred private radio channel to their higher self to receive guidance. And another way of describing it, it is like your soul's essence that has a energetic library of past, present, and future possibilities. And what this modality and this platform allows an individual is to connect to their intuition and allow them to hear, see, and understand what their gut's really telling them. So it's my responsibility first to, as I mentioned before, When I'm working with folks with their intuition, we help scope and bring attention to where your intuition is leading you. So when I provide a caustic record readings, for example, I'm essentially giving them a preview of what their intuition is wanting them to know. It just sort of affirms what their gut is telling them. And sometimes they don't always have a way to name it or to describe it. So that's where I come in and provide that support. Once, once you have an idea, ⁓ in your body of what resonates with what comes through during the caustic record reading, then I switch over to the logical side. I provide the individual or the client, they decide where they want to go with their gut. They get to choose they're in the driver's seat. Then once that happens, I put on my analytic hat and then we help with that. Then I help with execution. as you had said, If I heard you, you had a lot of different competing priorities. So I would essentially put on my analytic hat if I was advising an FBI agent. So like Eric, for example, I would look at all the different data points in someone's life and then simplify them according to what their gut is telling them and the direction they want to go that resonates in their body. So then we work on vision setting analytically, and then we look to create support and structure analytically. That way they can start to take action and move in a direction that resonates in their body but makes sense logically.
speaker-1: Now, if I'm trapped between the logic and the intuition, what questions would you recommend I ask myself to try to get out of the Because it's easy. I get it. The logic, the intuition. if now I'm trapped, I have both on each shoulder just going against each other.
speaker-0: your question. Yeah Yeah. So if they're going against each other, think to me, the logical side, well, depending on the person, logical side usually tends to be the greater sort of emphasis in the decision-making process because the clients that I have are very logic driven. They're driven by their mind and their head and don't have that... heart-mind synchronization, that body-mind synchronization. And so what I would advise someone if they're feeling trapped is to create a moment where you can start a reset. So whether it be go outside and get some fresh air to move the energy within your body, whether if you're open to it, start to observe your thoughts. Meditating is super helpful. When you start to observe your thoughts, you essentially create an internal separation between what's happening logically and what could be happening logically. So you just create this kind of stopgap ⁓ to raise your vibration and raise the level of which you're looking at a problem. So definitely observing your thoughts as well creates sort of a neutral space. to approach the situation so that your logical and intuitive side can be more in lockstep and synchronized. I would say a last thing is go have fun. Go do something that's liberating, that's exciting, that gets you out of your head and more grounded and into your body.
speaker-1: Tell me about the podcast that you co-host. What's the name of it? What's the purpose of it? The mission of it? Tell me about that.
speaker-0: Yeah, it is the Soul Professional Global Conversation Series. And it is essentially a podcast where we are bringing on guests and myself as a co-host, where they are individuals that live by, use, can look at life through the intersection of science and spirituality. For me, I personally enjoyed a lot of different things from many different religions. like, ⁓ well, that's beautiful. And that's beautiful. I'm like, why don't I have to pick and choose? I essentially, what I was drawn to the Akashic records, which is ⁓ for me is very neutral and is very much rooted in science because I like to look at vibration, that word and energy and that word and frequency. Individuals like myself who intertwine and connect the two are essentially what this podcast is about because we're seeing generally that the, as I like to describe it, the integrated human, which is bringing their soulful nature and that intuitive nature forward into the logical sort of construct that we've created is kind of where humanity is going. To be more love-centric, to be led by your intuition more and bringing more feminine energy into the masculine energetic construct that we're currently in. And so this podcast is a way of challenging what leadership looks like, is a way of challenging what the current paradigm could be and move into. That way we're more global centric and more loving toward each other.
speaker-1: And before I let you go, what's the first step of somebody working with you? How do they connect with Adam? What's that intake process looks like?
speaker-0: Yeah. So if you're like in the middle of a career transition or personal shift and want more clarity on your next steps, you can connect with me on LinkedIn. I'm in the middle of getting a website, but I'm not there yet. So you can find me at adam-r-dickinson on LinkedIn. Feel free to send me a message and then hopefully soon I can send you a notice of my new website. But that's how folks can reach out to me and connect and we'll love to continue the conversation there.
speaker-1: A few rapid fire questions before I let you go. Sorry, something off camera. Why are names important to...
speaker-0: To me, names are important because it's a sign of respect. In the United States, I grew up in more of a southern region and they have more of a, ⁓ I guess, a attention to bringing a sense of warmth to the individual and presence. And to me, names are ⁓ a matter of courtesy and respect to an individual because a name has a lot of significance. Also deals with identity and that's really important to me. So that's why.
speaker-1: What's your favorite city?
speaker-0: Ooh, ⁓ my gosh. Favorite city. Ooh. I'm going to pull one on. I'd say a favorite city is one that has a lot of great food options. I like food and trying new things. So New York city is pretty good. I mean, the Washington D series is pretty good too. I haven't been to where you're at, but one day I will. I would enjoy that. ⁓
speaker-1: And if you had to pick a place to travel in the next 30 days, where would it be? And there are no strings, no barriers, no nothing. strings? Where would that place be?
speaker-0: London, I'd like to go to England at some point. Yeah, I've never been so.
speaker-1: You'll enjoy it, you'll enjoy it. And last thing before I let you go, what do do to unplug? What do you do to relax? What do you do to have fun?
speaker-0: I, you know, for me, I'm a big gym person. I do lift weights a lot and it helps me as your earlier question on how, you know, if you're feeling stuck between that logical intuitive side, I use that to get out of my head and reset. I do that a lot. And then when I do have time, I like to read, but being a solopreneur, it's hit or miss lately. So yeah.
speaker-1: All right, well, we'll leave it there. Adam, thank you so much for being on Behind the Story. was great conversation and really appreciate you taking the time.
speaker-0: Yes, thank you for having me. We appreciate it.
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speaker-1: Welcome everybody to another edition of Behind the Story. I'm really excited today. Today's guest is Adam Dickinson, a former FBI intelligent analyst who now helps high-performing professionals make clear on their career decisions when their old path no longer fits. Today we're going to talk about the hidden cost of always being the reliable one and how overthinking keeps smart people stuck and what it really takes to trust yourself. when you are ready to make that next move and especially if that next move can actually change your identity. So we're going to get into it right now. Adam, welcome.
speaker-0: Yeah, thank you for having me. I'm really excited for this conversation.
speaker-1: My pleasure. Now, obviously, we live in a time where there's lots of things happening with law enforcement and different things. So people hear the word FBI and intelligence analysts and I know the curiosity is just going to go out the window. But I know that's not what you do now. But we're going to have to probably satisfy some of the curious people and talk about that. But before we get into it, Adam, I'm meeting you for the first time, obviously, the audience is probably listening for the first time. How would you describe Adam Dickinson? Who are you?
speaker-0: That's a good question. think I would start with, I am an individual who is stepping into a new version of himself where I would like to lead a conversation where we're not led by fear, lack or limitation anymore. And we're leading by our inner intelligence as I like to describe it, or that intuition, that inner knowing that you have and meeting it with logic where you're knowing how to navigate life's decisions with calm, certainty and ease. And that's kind of where I am at now in my journey. have been, I was at the FBI for a long time, over 15 years, and it really helped me hone my craft, especially on the analytics side. But also during that time, I became very much inward focused and you could say spiritual if you wanted to. And for me as a human being, I'm in this new identity myself as a new entrepreneur, which is... Definitely weird. And I think for me, I am someone who is ready to bring a new conversation forward. think even in law enforcement, there are certain responsibilities that they have. And it's, I can see with humanity right now, there's a lot of turmoil, a lot of things that are unrecognizable, really challenging. And I would like to kind of support, a bridge to something that's greater than ourselves.
speaker-1: Okay. Going back to the beginning and your backstory, what led you to the FBI? Did you go straight from university to the FBI?
speaker-0: Yeah, actually. So yeah, thank you for asking. The background there is that when I was in university, I had a passion for languages where I started to study Mandarin Chinese. And what led me to that was this, I like puzzles and that analysis of it. So I kind of approached Chinese in a sense of a, in essentially a game like fashion because it was fascinating and very difficult. So. Because of that, also enjoyed in my off time practicing it and writing characters and so forth. And then I had sort of a, I say an aha moment where I was like, what do I do with this passion of mine? And I knew that the Chinese being connected to Asia in some way would be beneficial. I just sort of had this gut hunch, if you will. And I was also studying to be a doctor. I wanted to go into medicine. My family has a. situation where medical issues, I guess, were on my mind all the time. So I kind of wanted to go in and kind of fix those problems for my family. But for whatever reason, going into medicine didn't turn out as I had hoped. And so I was like, what do I do with this language ability? And it's just so happened that the FBI was at my university trying to recruit. And I showed up, I was actually late because I was at another information session with a different employer. And I sat in the back and I was like, okay, this is not going to happen. But I handed in my resume and it kind of just went from there. Luckily, I had a friend of mine who was an FBI agent at the time. And I asked him like, hey, I submitted this resume. I don't know if I'm really going to get through. What do you think? And he informed me that at the time the Bureau was onboarding a lot of individuals that were bilingual and especially with Asian languages. Just kind of happened timing worked out and I got an interview and it just kind of went from there.
speaker-1: It's very interesting, you know, we're attracted to Asian culture and started learning the languages. I was attracted to Asian culture and started doing Kung Fu and martial arts. mean.
speaker-0: Completely
speaker-1: different attractions, I should say, but I'm curious. Someone like me, a member of the general public, sees your credentials as special intelligence analysts. I watch a lot of crime dramas, obviously, a lot of movies, and we always see the intelligence analysts and stuff. How close to the reality is what we're seeing on television? Or how completely bananas that is?
speaker-0: Yeah, I mean, there are quite a few shows. don't know. mean, they're like a laundry list of them. think I was watching funny enough, I think there was the show Quantico and I was talking to a friend of mine and I was like, I don't know if this show is really accurate. There are a lot of pretty people on this show. And meaning like not to, but I was just like every person on that show was like, wow, you're really good looking. And I was just being funny, of course, but There are parts of shows that are accurate, but there is that drama effect. I think the most dramatized aspects of lot of FBI-centric shows are the technology in particular. Let's just say things don't happen as quickly as you see on television. There's a lot of decision-making. There's a lot of organization to make sure this is the decision that needs to be made. And we check the different authorities that we have permission to do certain actions. So there's a lot of process behind investigations and what happens behind the scenes. But what you see on TV is a lot faster and it's like, ⁓ my gosh, they're on top of it. Like, I'm like, no, that isn't.
speaker-1: It doesn't happen that way. what's a day in the life of an intelligence analyst for the FBI look like? Like what is the intelligence and what does that analysis entail?
speaker-0: Sure. So it depends on your role. There are many different roles for an FBI analyst from looking at, typically did during majority of my career, I looked at the big picture, what can be considered strategic analysis. So I looked at trends from a national perspective, protecting the United States, and then even larger looking at the global perspective. And then even larger, I also covered... issues affecting space infrastructure. So I even went even into outer space to figure out what the United States needs to look in that area. There's also roles where if you search this on Google, it's called the intelligence cycle, which is essentially a variety of steps from gathering information, processing that information, analyzing that information, and then giving it to a decision maker to do something with it. So during that process, their FBI analysts have a role to play. So there were some that would help with gathering information. How do we get better information to inform our decision makers? I often would take that data and then make sense of it, simplify the complexities, and then give it to an FBI agent or the president or the military or whomever needed to hear about it. Our private sector companies, for example. And then... There are even some roles that were a liaison between the FBI and the public sector and the private sector. Toward the end of my career with the FBI, I was essentially liaison that would communicate unclassified information to a company, for example. So just depending on what the FBI is responsible for, which is protecting the American people and upholding the United States Constitution. there was a variety of ways that an analyst could play a role. But essentially what they did was to inform, educate, and guide a decision maker. that's kind of what I did. That was my aha moment on what I do now in my business. I'm essentially guiding people to the next better version of themselves.
speaker-1: We're going to get into your business in lots of detail in a moment. I want to ask you, in what you just described in that cycle, you are the receiver of the intelligence. You're not gathering it. Where does it come from? What are some of the sources?
speaker-0: That's a good question too. A variety of ways you have what's, you know, agents typically gather information from other human beings. So that's called a human intelligence. You could also get it from the internet. That's often called open source intelligence. And then there are other categories of intelligence sources, such as signals intelligence, mass in which is. Or another one is a geo-int, which is looking at. the satellite imagery to gather information that way. they're different depending on how you want to inform your decision maker, you can get information in a variety of different ways.
speaker-1: Okay. And I want to understand how your mindset works when you're looking at data, because you're an intelligence analyst, you're an informational analyst and you're, you're tasked with analyzing this intelligence, this information you've received and providing what to your superiors and answer, ⁓ opinion, a description, like how are you looking at it and to what end, like what are you providing?
speaker-0: Right. Yeah, that's a good question. It depends on a variety of factors. One, depending on the role of an analyst that you are. So for example, I mentioned that I was a strategic analyst at one point in my career. I was also sort of that liaison in my career. So when I was more of a strategic analyst writing analytic products to provide an analytic judgment to a decision maker, the information typically I would provide was forward leaning. was describing potential harm to the United States, potential consequences to the United States. And it would follow basically an argument of this is happening and this is why it's important to you. So I bring that up because the decision maker, depending on whether it be a line level supervisor or an executive level supervisor, they would need information provided to them in certain ways because they had different responsibilities. So the analysis that I would provide to more of a line level supervisor was different to an executive level supervisor. Similarly, if I wanted to provide an analytic judgment to another executive in a different government agency, I had to refine my conclusions in a different way as well. So if I noticed a trend that For example, our Department of State, which deals with diplomatic relations, needed to know about something. I would have to craft an argument that would best support them as well. So when you're an analyst, there's many different hats that you take on. It's one, what information are you seeing? Why is it important at that point in time? And then depending on who you're supporting, you have to also figure out What do they need and what are their problem sets and what are they trying to solve? So then you have to convey your analytic judgment to support their efforts. And you can have many different customers on one analytic judgment. So you have to refine and clarify all these different complexities all at once. But that says also depends on how you want to, what they would describe as mitigating the threat. So. It could be informing someone, it could be creating new policy, it could be creating a new working group where you bring a lot of people together to solve a problem. It just depends on the different kind of tactic you want to take.
speaker-1: Okay. Before we, no, that's perfect. And before we transition out, I want to ask you fresh out of uni, you know, recruited by the FBI, was the training specific to becoming an intelligence analyst or was it general training and then that was where you went? Like how did you get from the university to the intelligence?
speaker-0: What sort of Sure. So generally, the rule of thumb is if you were hired to be an analyst, they knew that you could do critical thinking really well and put two and two together to make a conclusion. When you go to train as an analyst, ⁓ you're essentially put through a lot of rigorous courses to refine your thinking, to refine your research processes, to refine your writing abilities. to refine your public speaking abilities, I'll say. And through, I think it was like a three month training for analysts, ⁓ agents have to go a lot longer. But that's essentially the core principles of what we were trained on is to mainly first refine, add rigor and structure to the way you think, questioning your assumptions, questioning your biases and mindsets. And then depending on the needs of your customer or your client, for example, You also integrated different techniques on how to rearrange the data points to provide a deliverable, if you will, to a customer. Then it's extra skills. As I mentioned, writing, intelligence writing is different than what you see on social media or, you know, in uni, for example, we don't write thesis papers. Usually in intelligence writing, it's short to the point and then evidence supporting your analytic judgment. And then also briefing, it's also short to the point like decision makers don't have a lot of time. so refining how you approach that is also, was really important during my training.
speaker-1: Okay, perfect. So let's talk about how you transitioned out 15 years with the Bureau. How did you know it was time to leave? What was going on? What what will you feel?
speaker-0: Yeah. So last year in 2025, I was feeling a lot of things. I'd say the vibe of the current environment was shifting, was changing. The priorities were different. And for me personally in my career, I noticed that I had mastered a lot of different areas. So all the different aspects that I talked about earlier, I felt that I was really at the top of my game. And so much so that I would say, I mean, depending on what kind of analyst you want to be and become, but when you start to represent the FBI in an organization, in a public setting, that is kind of a marker or a sign of success, you could say, that you are trusted to communicate certain information to a stakeholder and be a representative of the organization. So with that in mind, I really felt that I had hit a peak in my career at the FBI. And there wasn't necessarily any other groups within the organization that I really wanted to learn from. So that was kind of step number one. From there, I also had a vision where essentially I wanted to be an entrepreneur and bring in, as I mentioned earlier, a new conversation on how to navigate life's challenges. ⁓ And so with that vision, I had that as a future state. knew where I was currently within my career at the Bureau. And then the last sort of thing was, you know, can I pull this off? Meaning, did I feel that I was confident in my own abilities and that I could trust my own decision to leave the organization and try to navigate being an entrepreneur? And it took a while. I had to do my own, what I now advise clients on, which is going inward, looking at things from a intuitive point of view, and then also looking at things from a logical point of view. How much runway do I have financially? Do I feel like I have the skills to be an entrepreneur? All those different things. So once I had that building block in place, everything sort of aligned, and I decided to commit to leaving the organization and starting my own business.
speaker-1: I find that very interesting that you would go from intelligence analysts with the government to being an entrepreneur. And I wonder, was there ever a thought of going into consulting politics or staying on the governmental side? Was there ever the thought or you just thought, no, I'm going to be an entrepreneur?
speaker-0: Well, yeah, great question. I think there's always an aspect of being a consultant for the government in some way since I was in it for so long. I do have that experience and I know the different agencies very well, have a lot of contacts there as well. But for me, the long-term vision that I have for myself is eventually creating something greater and bigger than the FBI. which is ⁓ an intelligence agency for humanity, where we are guiding individuals, groups, businesses, and even in governments long-term on how to become more in alignment with what's happening in the world. Because energetically, I would describe it like, and why I advise my clients. You could say things feel off with the world. And so my purpose is to help organizations, refine how they're approaching this new sort of world in a more loving and a more caring sort of way that hasn't really been done before because I bring two extremes to the table.
speaker-1: about earlier, when you made the transition, you got the sense that the environment was changing and it was time for you. Why do most capable, dependable people often stay stuck the longest, even when they already know something is wrong like you did?
speaker-0: Yeah, that can be a very complicated answer and I would say it depends. But from the individuals that I've been supporting and recent clients too, there are a couple things. One, not having a vision, not knowing where to go, not knowing how to do it, not knowing when to do it. So there's that part of it. There's also a part of... the motivation and the energy to want to change and to want to reinvent yourself. There's also a fact of the environment that you're in. It's a matter of, this feel comfortable? Can I actually shift and let go of an identity that I've had for so long? Whether it be tradition, whether it be habit, whether it be, ⁓ you know, how you think about yourself internally. There are a lot of different factors and on addition to that, there's this sort of situation and vibe with the world that there's so many things that are changing quite rapidly with artificial intelligence. And that adds another layer of complexity where individuals don't feel like they can maneuver around things. And so I would just summarize, it can be... an internal challenge, can be an environmental challenge, or it can be a long term sort of vision challenge. And that's what I've been encountered so far with the folks that I've been helping.
speaker-1: You are familiar with the term, you know, being the reliable one. What's some of the hidden parts that goes into that being a reliable one, the person everybody trusts? You may not necessarily even trust yourself.
speaker-0: Yeah. So for me, think being a reliable one is a form of self-trust and self-love in particular. think bringing in some of the feminine energy that supports your inner being and your makeup on how you are moving through this world with grace and sense of ease. I think allows you to shed the guilt, the lack of self-trust, the maybe negative self-talk where you can start to move into this ability to have greater agency and sovereignty when life goes awry. And as you do that, you build this inner muscle, if you will, where you start to bring forward this inner intelligence as I like to describe it, which is additional sort of data points from your intuition that helps scope the problem set a little better. So when your logical mind is at ease, you can start to run simulations analytically to strategize what to do next. And so you build a stronger decision trust muscle on how to be that reliable person for yourself and for others.
speaker-1: Because you spent 15 years at the Bureau and being ⁓ an analyst and looking at data through a certain lens. How has that translated into the entrepreneurial world? And you're looking at a person that you're trying to help. What are some of the similarities, the differences or are you skewed mentally?
speaker-0: That's a great question. ⁓ my gosh. let me pause a moment. I would say the biggest similarities are when I was at the FBI, there was like an influx and overwhelm of data points that you had available to you. So in order to sift through that, to filter through that, a well, I'll say seasoned analyst really has to hone their intuitive skills to know what is important and what is not. And then to even. remove layers from there actually, once you have an analytic judgment, you then have to craft, I mentioned earlier, a conclusion for a particular person. So in a similar way, when I'm an entrepreneur and I'm running my business, I have to think about where do I want to put my time? Is it marketing? Is it sales? Is it client delivery? Is it technology? Then in a similar fashion with individuals that I'm supporting and clients that I'm helping, where are at on their journey and what do they need and what do I feel and know that the techniques, the frameworks that I bring to the table can help them on where they're at. So it's very similar. I would say the biggest difference is, one of the biggest differences is I'm not anymore in charge of the national security of the United States. Instead, I would say I bring a higher level of integrity and responsibility because I'm helping individuals with the essence of who are they becoming. And as you start to hold support and provide care and attention for the inner work of an individual, I would say that is more important than national security, which can be kind of ambiguous. and not as tangible, but as you start to develop a human being from in their inner journey, would say national security essentially takes care of itself.
speaker-1: Okay, so people tend to connect who they are to their job, know, to whatever it is that they do. And I wonder, you you were 15 years into that career. I'm sure it became a part of you in certain ways. How hard was that when you made the transition and what lessons did you take with you to help other people? Because I'm sure people, for example, we talked earlier about people being stuck, staying in positions for too long, whether it be for money or identity or whatever. So let's talk about people staying in the positions too long, because that's their identity. You know, I'm Adam Dickinson. I'm an intelligence analyst. How do you let go of that to become Adam the entrepreneur?
speaker-0: Yeah. My gosh, such good questions. I would say two things. One, my intuitive gifts are very strong and when I bring those forward and when I am in a state of regulations and I'm regulating and in alignment with myself, the way my body and how my system operates internally, when I'm all working on all cylinders. I'm very confident and I know what to do, when to do it, how to do it and why to do it and so forth. So when that happens, knew internally that I could accomplish anything I wanted because that trust in myself was very high. With that in mind, when I was shedding my identity, I knew that I would encounter new problems that I didn't know how to deal with. So what I do now and how I advise clients on how to shed that identity is knowing how to play essentially, I'll put in quotes, the intuitive playground that's available to you. When you are attuned to the vibe, the energy that's around you, other individuals, you know how to navigate this sort of unseen energetic infrastructure. that's available to you and know how to make decisions a lot easier. So for example, maybe your audience might be familiar with like the law of attraction. It's kind of a familiar concept. When you are doing your best, when you are confident, when you are calm, you attract individuals that are like you attract individuals that are like you. So as you do that, it ⁓ provides an opportunity. to learn from individuals and it also provides a way to move into the next version of you. And so the shedding of your identity becomes a little easier. Not say it's not challenging, of course, but when you are navigating these new decisions and trying to let go of your old identity, it becomes a lot easier and you're able to move from activity to activity to decision to decision a lot easier as well. So you have this inner trust and then as you maneuver through these different decision points, you're able to do it with a lot of ease and grace. And that's essentially how I did it myself and how I advise my client.
speaker-1: That does not sound like FBI advice. That sounds like a pastor giving a congregant advice. I'm sorry.
speaker-0: Well, there are analytical components into that, of course, but I appreciate it. Thank you for the compliment.
speaker-1: You know, before I go on, often as an aside, I to one colleague, Eric, in another interview. And one of the things I was struck by, and I'm struck by the same thing with you, and a few other people I've spoken to in law enforcement, none of you sound jaded. None of you sound like, as a member of the public, with all the things I'm seeing in the media. the FBI this, the FBI that, and all the tumultuous things that are going on. And on all of the seemingly swashbuckling and the negative image that the public has of the FBI and whatnot. On a personal level, one on one with Eric and now one on one with you, I don't get the sense that you all are affected.
speaker-0: Yeah, I would say no, if I'm hearing your question. I'm not really affected by what's happening. I think, and I would say generally my former colleagues could say this too, is that the individuals that make up the FBI are of the highest caliber, like integrity wise, skill, all those different things that when you think of the FBI, they're there. Sometimes there are moments in a organization where you have to pivot based on what the leaders think is best ⁓ with their responsibilities. And sometimes that overshadows the ⁓ people on the line level. But yeah, I would agree with you that individuals that make up the FBI, that did make up the FBI, that are still there, I would say they're doing their best with what's available.
speaker-1: Yeah, that's the sense that I've from speaking to some of you, but it's not the sentiments of the public. The sentiment of the public is it's a mess. It's this, it's that, it's not that at all. But getting back to advising people on their career. How would you advise me, for example, and not a comprehensive analysis, that would be too much for this conversation, but just generally speaking, I come to you, Adam, you know, I've been in my career now for 15 years and they're just feeling...
speaker-0: Mm-hmm.
speaker-1: I don't know, like it's just a bit off. want to do something else, but you know, I've got, I've got a family. I got to make sure I can, you know, provide for them. And I can't just go out like I'm in my twenties anymore, but I need to do something. I'm not sure what to do. I need help.
speaker-0: Yeah. Adam, me. Well, I got you. Ironically, I did help a former Department of Homeland Security analyst in a similar situation where, so what I do, I practice a spiritual moda- or intuitive modality called the Akashic Records, which is a way for individuals to connect with their, best version of themselves. Another way you could describe it is that their higher self. And through a meditative state, I open a sacred private radio channel to their higher self to receive guidance. And another way of describing it, it is like your soul's essence that has a energetic library of past, present, and future possibilities. And what this modality and this platform allows an individual is to connect to their intuition and allow them to hear, see, and understand what their gut's really telling them. So it's my responsibility first to, as I mentioned before, When I'm working with folks with their intuition, we help scope and bring attention to where your intuition is leading you. So when I provide a caustic record readings, for example, I'm essentially giving them a preview of what their intuition is wanting them to know. It just sort of affirms what their gut is telling them. And sometimes they don't always have a way to name it or to describe it. So that's where I come in and provide that support. Once, once you have an idea, ⁓ in your body of what resonates with what comes through during the caustic record reading, then I switch over to the logical side. I provide the individual or the client, they decide where they want to go with their gut. They get to choose they're in the driver's seat. Then once that happens, I put on my analytic hat and then we help with that. Then I help with execution. as you had said, If I heard you, you had a lot of different competing priorities. So I would essentially put on my analytic hat if I was advising an FBI agent. So like Eric, for example, I would look at all the different data points in someone's life and then simplify them according to what their gut is telling them and the direction they want to go that resonates in their body. So then we work on vision setting analytically, and then we look to create support and structure analytically. That way they can start to take action and move in a direction that resonates in their body but makes sense logically.
speaker-1: Now, if I'm trapped between the logic and the intuition, what questions would you recommend I ask myself to try to get out of the Because it's easy. I get it. The logic, the intuition. if now I'm trapped, I have both on each shoulder just going against each other.
speaker-0: your question. Yeah Yeah. So if they're going against each other, think to me, the logical side, well, depending on the person, logical side usually tends to be the greater sort of emphasis in the decision-making process because the clients that I have are very logic driven. They're driven by their mind and their head and don't have that... heart-mind synchronization, that body-mind synchronization. And so what I would advise someone if they're feeling trapped is to create a moment where you can start a reset. So whether it be go outside and get some fresh air to move the energy within your body, whether if you're open to it, start to observe your thoughts. Meditating is super helpful. When you start to observe your thoughts, you essentially create an internal separation between what's happening logically and what could be happening logically. So you just create this kind of stopgap ⁓ to raise your vibration and raise the level of which you're looking at a problem. So definitely observing your thoughts as well creates sort of a neutral space. to approach the situation so that your logical and intuitive side can be more in lockstep and synchronized. I would say a last thing is go have fun. Go do something that's liberating, that's exciting, that gets you out of your head and more grounded and into your body.
speaker-1: Tell me about the podcast that you co-host. What's the name of it? What's the purpose of it? The mission of it? Tell me about that.
speaker-0: Yeah, it is the Soul Professional Global Conversation Series. And it is essentially a podcast where we are bringing on guests and myself as a co-host, where they are individuals that live by, use, can look at life through the intersection of science and spirituality. For me, I personally enjoyed a lot of different things from many different religions. like, ⁓ well, that's beautiful. And that's beautiful. I'm like, why don't I have to pick and choose? I essentially, what I was drawn to the Akashic records, which is ⁓ for me is very neutral and is very much rooted in science because I like to look at vibration, that word and energy and that word and frequency. Individuals like myself who intertwine and connect the two are essentially what this podcast is about because we're seeing generally that the, as I like to describe it, the integrated human, which is bringing their soulful nature and that intuitive nature forward into the logical sort of construct that we've created is kind of where humanity is going. To be more love-centric, to be led by your intuition more and bringing more feminine energy into the masculine energetic construct that we're currently in. And so this podcast is a way of challenging what leadership looks like, is a way of challenging what the current paradigm could be and move into. That way we're more global centric and more loving toward each other.
speaker-1: And before I let you go, what's the first step of somebody working with you? How do they connect with Adam? What's that intake process looks like?
speaker-0: Yeah. So if you're like in the middle of a career transition or personal shift and want more clarity on your next steps, you can connect with me on LinkedIn. I'm in the middle of getting a website, but I'm not there yet. So you can find me at adam-r-dickinson on LinkedIn. Feel free to send me a message and then hopefully soon I can send you a notice of my new website. But that's how folks can reach out to me and connect and we'll love to continue the conversation there.
speaker-1: A few rapid fire questions before I let you go. Sorry, something off camera. Why are names important to...
speaker-0: To me, names are important because it's a sign of respect. In the United States, I grew up in more of a southern region and they have more of a, ⁓ I guess, a attention to bringing a sense of warmth to the individual and presence. And to me, names are ⁓ a matter of courtesy and respect to an individual because a name has a lot of significance. Also deals with identity and that's really important to me. So that's why.
speaker-1: What's your favorite city?
speaker-0: Ooh, ⁓ my gosh. Favorite city. Ooh. I'm going to pull one on. I'd say a favorite city is one that has a lot of great food options. I like food and trying new things. So New York city is pretty good. I mean, the Washington D series is pretty good too. I haven't been to where you're at, but one day I will. I would enjoy that. ⁓
speaker-1: And if you had to pick a place to travel in the next 30 days, where would it be? And there are no strings, no barriers, no nothing. strings? Where would that place be?
speaker-0: London, I'd like to go to England at some point. Yeah, I've never been so.
speaker-1: You'll enjoy it, you'll enjoy it. And last thing before I let you go, what do do to unplug? What do you do to relax? What do you do to have fun?
speaker-0: I, you know, for me, I'm a big gym person. I do lift weights a lot and it helps me as your earlier question on how, you know, if you're feeling stuck between that logical intuitive side, I use that to get out of my head and reset. I do that a lot. And then when I do have time, I like to read, but being a solopreneur, it's hit or miss lately. So yeah.
speaker-1: All right, well, we'll leave it there. Adam, thank you so much for being on Behind the Story. was great conversation and really appreciate you taking the time.
speaker-0: Yes, thank you for having me. We appreciate it.
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