Many Olympic Athletes can tell you a tale of strife, perseverance, and eventually… glory. Connor’s story, while including each of these elements, doesn’t end with his moment of triumph and a gold medal placed around his neck. His racing career ended violently with a forced retirement due to a near-fatal injury, his entire future a giant question mark and one question on his mind, “Now what?”. As the only Olympic athlete in the history of the Olympic Games who has won the Olympics, and nearly died while competing at the Olympics, Connor has experienced the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows. Each time looking to move forward by answering that same question, “Now What?”.

Now what? – Handling challenges life throws at you and moving with resilience each time.

In his keynote, “Now What?” Connor Fields teaches you how he has faced answering that question in the most pivotal moments in his life.Each of us will face challenges that cause self-doubt.We all reach pivotal moments.We all get stuck.Connor equips you with the tools to answer that question and move forward each time. This incredible keynote presentation delves into the crucial powers of resilience, adaptability, overcoming failures, unwavering determination, and perspective, empowering you to face challenges head-on. With compelling personal stories and hard-earned insights, Connor empowers attendees to be ready to answer the question “Now What?” every time.

KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Clear Goal Setting Strategies: Once you know what you want to achieve, how do you get there? Connor outlines step-by-step processes to increase the likelihood of reaching your goals.
• Lean Into Resilience: After a failure, what do you do to get better? Connor shares what he learned from failing at the highest level: how to correct mistakes and get them right the next time around.
• Sustain Success: Now that you have won, how do you stay at the top? Be ready to sustain success with insights from someone who stayed in the top 5 World Rankings for over a decade.
• Keep Failure in Perspective: No one wants to fail, but if you are here, you have a chance to fix it. Nearly losing your life and having the world’s attention to see if you would survive changes the way you look at failure. Be able to keep failure in perspective and stay optimistic about the future.