Adam Bryant: NYT "Corner Office" Columnist moves to his own C-Suite

**Adam Bryant** (0:04)
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You're in for a real treat today. Today's interview is with a well-known former columnist for the New York Times. It's Adam Bryant, who created and wrote the column Corner Office, in which he ended up interviewing over 500 CEOs. What he learned during these interviews is fascinating and can help you all in your journey of creating a great second act. He shares his personal experience when he gave up his dream job at the New York Times after 20 years and started his own C-suite position. Sit back and enjoy my interview with Adam Bryant.

**Adam Bryant** (2:53)
I think that's a common pattern with successful people, that they are so good at putting their head down and muscling through all the things that they should do and need to do. The simple question, what do you want to do, is really uncomfortable for them.
So I always sort of say, like, give yourself some time, quiet room, stare this difficult question in the face. What do you want to do, not what you should do or need to do?

**Carl Landau** (3:29)
Hi, Adam, welcome to the I Used to be Somebody show.

**Adam Bryant** (3:32)
Thanks, Carl, looking forward to it.

**Carl Landau** (3:34)
Are you in New Orleans now?

**Adam Bryant** (3:35)
I am, yeah. We moved here about three years ago during the pandemic. Our two daughters moved here and they said we're digging in, so we said we're coming too. So it's been a great new chapter.

**Carl Landau** (3:45)
Oh, that's awesome. It's one of my favorite cities in the world.
And so I did a little research about you and I ran into a couple other Adam Bryant's, particularly in the image department. Do you know the other Adam Bryant's that are famous?

**Adam Bryant** (4:02)
I'm going to defer to you. I don't have a lock on that name and I know there's some other famous.

**Carl Landau** (4:09)
No, no, no, no. You come up first. You do a really good job. Your Google search is excellent. But one of them is, I couldn't quite figure out like some sort of actor and he played a pro wrestler.
There's also a professional male model. So in the images, you're the only one with wearing a shirt.
I'm assuming you're wearing a shirt now, right?

**Adam Bryant** (4:32)
I am. I feel like this conversation is instantly going off course, but I'll again.

**Carl Landau** (4:38)
Adam, I just want to introduce you to the audience. Adam Bryant worked for 30 years as a journalist, including 18 years as a reporter, an editor and columnist at the New York Times.
He's probably most famous for his column at the Times called Corner Office, where he interviewed more than 500 CEOs. He's author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller at the Corner Office. His most recent book is The Leap to Leader, published by Harvard Business Review.