Adam Decker – Proust Questionnaire

Adam Decker, Partner with Veros Dental and Veros Partners, joins us this week on the Proust. Connect with Adam on LinkedIn.

1. What is your most marked characteristic? I go on “kicks.”  I thought this was a bad thing at one point especially when I was razzed about it back in my college days by all of my fraternity brothers.  I’ve now come to embrace it.  I am on a triathlon kick right now.  I get it from my Dad – I think he is on a bird watching kick right now.
2. What is the quality you most like in a man? Easy going – no drama.
3. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Sense of humor – it is always good to laugh with someone.
4. What do you most value in your friends? My friends are straightforward with me.  They tell it like it is – no sugar coating (at least that is what I am led to believe).
5. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Selfishness – I work on this everyday and try to become more selfless.
6. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Big family vacations – the ones with all of the family – wife, kids, Mom, Dad, sisters, brothers, their kids – nothing is better.
7. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Hell
8. Who are your favorite writers? John Feinstein
9. What is your current state of mind? Recharged
10. What is your motto? Aim High and Hold Your Aim
11. What is your greatest fear? Mice.  I think the fear goes back to a bad dream I had as a kid – they were crawling out of this hole in my bedroom wall.
12. What is your greatest extravagance? I bought a pair of Banana Republic jeans last summer!
13. On what occasion do you lie? When it is the right thing to do.
14. What do you dislike most about your appearance? At the beach, my feet are quite atrocious.
15. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Seriously?