Superior Outcomes: Sean O'Keefe's Approach to Improving Student Success in Higher Education

Sean O’Keefe is not a health or fitness professional or a biohacker, so why would I have him on the show? Because when it comes to overall performance and happiness in life, your career, the place you spend the majority of your life plays a major part in this equation. Sean helps people find their dream job and launch their career.

Sean O’Keefe is a professor at the Santa Clara University and has a history of sales positions. Sean has worked for the San Francisco 49er’s, and the Oakland A’s, where he broke several sales records. In his last sales position he tripled revenue and quadrupled profits for Shamrock Office Solutions over seven years with 100% organic growth. Throughout his career, Sean realized the majority of people really don’t know how to get a job. They don’t know the basics, let alone the advanced tactics and strategies. Grateful for his own successes, Sean created Launch Your Career where he has helped thousands of students land the jobs and internships they want. Two-thirds of workers in the US are unhappy with their jobs and the job application process. A key driver of this is applicants "settling" for a position after getting beaten down by the online application process, which has a 3-5% success rate. Launch Your Career is the solution. Sean also created Empowered Students, which shares it's curriculum at no charge to low income and first-generations college students through a 501c3 nonprofit organization called Empowered Students. Sean’s third endeavor is called Superior Outcomes where he assists 2-year and 4-year colleges in their efforts to improve student success rates by providing presentations, keynotes, workshops, and seminars to a variety of audiences: Higher Ed Administrators, Students, Faculty, Career Counselors, and more.

Timeline
4:10 - One of Sean’s first jobs
6:19 - Sean’s 7 Pillars of Life
8:48 - Sean’s “Adonis Strategy” and how he’s gotten in the best shape of his life
13:28 - The setbacks limiting Sean’s chances from getting an internship
15:12 - Sean’s strategy to landing internships after graduating college
19:10 - How Sean landed an internship with the Oakland A’s
20:24 - How Sean lands an internship with the San Francisco 49er’s with no connections
31:10 - Sean talks about the “3rd Door” and why it’s important
31:48 - Sean’s non-profit “Empowered Students”
33:20 - Sean talks about permission, guidance, and motivation
36:20 - Sean’s online course, “Launch Your Career”
41:10 - The biggest mistake people are making in job hunting today
45:11 - Two quick real-life case studies, students using Sean’s strategies to land their dream job
53:50 - Sean’s top hacks that he recommends everyone do on a daily basis
56:30 - Top books Sean recommends

57:35 - How to find Sean and all his courses

How to find Sean:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanokeefe

https://www.scu.edu/business/marketing/faculty/okeefe/

https://empowered-students.org/

https://launchyourcareer.academy/

https://www.superiorstudentoutcomes.com/

Book Recommendations

Jim Rohn - 7 Strategies for Health & Happiness

Alex Banayan - The Third Door

David Goggins - Can’t Hurt Me