Built For More with Jacob O'Connor

#227 How To Manage Your Fear & Build Your Capacity

In this episode, I discuss an important framework for managing your relationship with fear and ultimately overcoming it. I also discuss the concept of a "Capacity Check"

#226 Greg LaVecchia: Building a Billion Dollar Business (Co-Founder of Bloom) | Rewind

Greg LaVecchia is the CEO and Co Founder of Bloom Nutrition. Greg and his wife, Mari, started Bloom shortly after college. Today Bloom is one of the fastest growing suppl

#225 When Life Gets Tough, The Path, & 75 Hard (Q&A ft. Jon Peterson)

What do you do when life gets tough? Who do you become in those moments? What do you do when you've realized life isn't going to plan? When do you pivot? Jacob and Jon at

#224 7 Lessons From 7 Years of Podcasting (Numbers and stories I've never shared)

On July 19th, 2019, I recorded my first podcast episode. It took me until September of 2019 to upload it. It was bad. The journey has been crazy since deciding to upload

#223 Human Performance Expert: You're Not Sleeping Enough - Todd Anderson

Todd Anderson is a human performance coach and founder of Dream Recovery, a company built around turning sleep into a tool for better health and performance. With over a

#222 Reject Average: A Live Podcast with Bill Poston

Bill Poston is an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor who's spent over thirty years building and growing companies. Currently he runs his family's investment firm backing

#221 Harvey Lewis: He Ran 450 Miles in 4 Days

Harvey Lewis is an elite ultramarathon runner known for his world-record-setting performances, like running 450 miles in 4.5 days and winning the Badwater 135 ultramarath

#220 How To Get In The Right Rooms, Focus, & 75Hard

In this episode, my business partner, Jon, and I answer questions submitted by the listeners. If you have questions you'd like to submit, message me on Instagram @jacoboc

#219 Josh Payne: Selling His Company For $80 Million

Josh Payne is a successful entrepreneur who sold his last company for $80 Million. Now, he's an investor, entrepreneur (he started another company!), ironman and ultramar

#218 Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes

This quote was brought to the front of my mind by Jim Schuette (Building a $100M+ Hospitality Group). This incredibly fundamental adage is the unlock for achieving great

#217 Sal Frisella & Doug Sansone: Principles of Success

Sal Frisella is the CEO of 1st Phorm, the global sports nutrition and supplement company. Doug Sansone is an owner at Sansone Group, a nationally recognized real estate f

#216 Rewind: Doug Sansone: Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Family Empire

You will want to know who Doug Sansone is ahead of next week's episode. Please share the show with a friend: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-for-more-with-ja

#215 Jim Schuette: Building a $100M+ Hospitality Business

Jim Schuette is the Founder of Southside Hospitality where he runs a $100M+ hospitality group. He operate 13 restaurants and invests in real estate, hotels, and other pro

#214 Prerequisites for Success & 75 Hard (Ft. Jon Peterson)

In this episode, we discuss prerequisites for success, the mental toughness program 75 hard, and how the restaurant is doing. Please share the show with a friend: https:

#213 Natasha Van Der Merwe: Training The Top Ironman Athletes

Natasha Van Der Merwe is a former professional triathlete with an Ironman PR of 9:25. She is also the Founder and CEO of NVDM Coaching where she has coached over a thousa

#212 History's Greatest Entrepreneurs: Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, & JP Morgan (Part II) - Quinn Robertson

Quinn Robertson has worked with 1,000+ founders in the past 7 years and is currently a Senior Manager of Finance at Walmart. In this episode we discuss why some startups

#211 History's Greatest Entrepreneurs - Rob Gerlach

Rob Gerlach is an intellectual property attorney and avid student of history's greatest entrepreneurs. If you enjoyed this episode please share it with a friend. It helps

#210 Nutrition Expert: Modern Food is Leading to Chronic Disease - Brian Sanders

In this episode, we dive into common lies and misconceptions about food, how to maximize your energy to drive performance, how to increase your cognitive function (and fo

#209 Life Update: Mental Strength, Leveling Up, & 75 Hard (Ft. Jon Peterson)

In this episode, we discuss in-depth an article by Chris Williamson: The Curse of Psychological Strength. We also dive into an update on our restaurant and discuss the po

#208 Hold The Standard

We don't rise to the level of the occasion, we fall to the level of our standards. Please share the show with a friend: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-for