#58 Conor O’ Keeffe – Search For Meaning, Ownership & High Performance

Conor O’ Keeffe is an ultra marathon athlete, public speaker and mental health advocate. In 2019, Conor completed the UK Enduroman 200-mile race to become the second man in history to finish the race under the 60-hour mark, clocking 59 hours and 45 minutes. Now, Conor prepares for his next challenge, Project32 where he will run 32 marathons in 32 counties in 32 days with 32 pounds. ⏺️ Voics: https://www.voics.co/🎙️ Podcast University: https://bit.ly/3Dqip2S🎤 Podcast Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3f1ir81📞 Schedule Free Call: https://bit.ly/3GsNyTU(00:00) Introduction(02:41) Conor's background in ultra marathons (06:26) Lack of direction & the difficulties of multiple choices(10:20) The fear of missing out & setting targets to achieve (11:58) Man's Search For Meaning, Viktor E Frankl  (13:27) Order & chaos in struggling and Karl Young (15:09) Finding enjoyment in chaos to find order (19:47) If titles & status were removed, would you still be interested? (24:38) Mental side of training for the UK Enduroman 200-mile race(26:25) Contrasting achieving the goal vs. the process (28:16) The anticipation is better than the outcome (30:14) Instant gratification versus long term goals(36:11) Honestly, ownership & taking accountability (38:22) Failure, ego, envy & jealousy (40:13) Learning from mistakes and every failure (42:34) What are your standards that you set? (47:46) Getting to the root of all problems & reflection   (51:40) Outro   Please leave a review:- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36RrL9Y- Apple: https://apple.co/3uCwViFSocials:- YouTube: https://bit.ly/3HleVy2- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3EE3FuG- Apple: https://apple.co/32ArW7D- LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3FCS3JA- TikTok: https://bit.ly/314iZD6Services:- Career mentoring: https://bit.ly/3FCS3JA- Podcast consulting: https://bit.ly/3aYzm5w- Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3JqwkXASupport the show