Adam Outland

I was both amazed and thought you were a masochist at the same time. But then when you unpacked, you know, why you did it, what it meant to you, I thought that was really cool. But talk to me about when did running start for you?

I was both amazed and thought you were a masochist at the same time. But then when you unpacked, you know, why you did it, what it meant to you, I thought that was really cool. But talk to me about when did running start for you?

Where do you feel like how the psychology of how you do what you do? Because for listeners that don't know, how long is a typical ultra?

Where do you feel like how the psychology of how you do what you do? Because for listeners that don't know, how long is a typical ultra?

Yeah. I've noticed, I think that's a common trait in a lot of people who've found business success, is that a number of them, not all, but a number of them found their ability to manage controllable actions on a physical level.

Yeah. I've noticed, I think that's a common trait in a lot of people who've found business success, is that a number of them, not all, but a number of them found their ability to manage controllable actions on a physical level.

Arnold Schwarzenegger going into the gym and knowing all the reps and see the results from the reps he put in, you control your body and the results are an extension of that.

Arnold Schwarzenegger going into the gym and knowing all the reps and see the results from the reps he put in, you control your body and the results are an extension of that.

In prior interviews, we focused on some of your earlier life and how you built into Southwestern Consulting and the impact that you've had there.

In prior interviews, we focused on some of your earlier life and how you built into Southwestern Consulting and the impact that you've had there.

I'm wondering, I guess, more recently through COVID and in these last few years, what are some lessons that you've taken back and thought about the work that you wrote in Redefining Possible and new applications, new inspirations that you've had just over the last three or four years?

I'm wondering, I guess, more recently through COVID and in these last few years, what are some lessons that you've taken back and thought about the work that you wrote in Redefining Possible and new applications, new inspirations that you've had just over the last three or four years?

I've always seen you as a long-term thinker, but when you said recently there's been a reflection on legacy, go into that a little bit more. How have you kind of reset legacy for yourself? How have you started to reassess or refresh legacy and what's important to you?

I've always seen you as a long-term thinker, but when you said recently there's been a reflection on legacy, go into that a little bit more. How have you kind of reset legacy for yourself? How have you started to reassess or refresh legacy and what's important to you?

Yeah. And I think you have this ability to hold things loosely. Maybe you even said this analogy years ago, and I probably heard it from you, but if you grip sand too tightly in your hand, it slips through your fingers. If you cradle it, it's the only way to hold that. I think that might've been you.

Yeah. And I think you have this ability to hold things loosely. Maybe you even said this analogy years ago, and I probably heard it from you, but if you grip sand too tightly in your hand, it slips through your fingers. If you cradle it, it's the only way to hold that. I think that might've been you.

But I hear that almost in that story where it almost like that early reminds you to hold some of the things that maybe we think are important and hold it loosely instead, because it's not as important as that perspective.

But I hear that almost in that story where it almost like that early reminds you to hold some of the things that maybe we think are important and hold it loosely instead, because it's not as important as that perspective.

Exactly. Yeah. Control what you can and don't try and control things that you can't. I love that. Another question would be of some of the principles that you bring up redefining possible. What's another one, I guess, that you're really have been focused on here over the last year or two.

Exactly. Yeah. Control what you can and don't try and control things that you can't. I love that. Another question would be of some of the principles that you bring up redefining possible. What's another one, I guess, that you're really have been focused on here over the last year or two.