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It’s great to be average: Accomplishing goals just because you love them with Brendan Leonard

It’s great to be average: Accomplishing goals just because you love them with Brendan Leonard

by Jon Acuff | Oct 18, 2021 | Podcast

Brendan Leonard is a writer, illustrator, speaker, and ultrarunner. In 2019, he completed 52 marathon-distance runs in 52 weeks, and survived, while having fun part of the time. Leonard is a columnist at Outside, and his writing has appeared in Runner’s World,...
How to Embrace the Unknown and Express Your Hidden Genius with Victoria Labalme

How to Embrace the Unknown and Express Your Hidden Genius with Victoria Labalme

by Jon Acuff | Oct 11, 2021 | Podcast

Do you ever feel like you’re the only person that didn’t get the manual on how to be an adult? Or like you still have no idea what you really want to spend your life doing? Let me introduce you to my guest, Victoria Labalme. Victoria is a Performing Artist and...
How to make $10 million when your dream falls apart. My bonkers conversation with Cathy Heller

How to make $10 million when your dream falls apart. My bonkers conversation with Cathy Heller

by Jon Acuff | Oct 4, 2021 | Podcast

I don’t video record my podcasts because I’m so new at this that I’m pretty sure I’m making weird faces while I read the questions I’ve written before hand for these interviews. Plus, I apparently have a furious focus face, the old “triple F” as they say in Latin. I...
Is There Money Involved? The Prioritization Question That Cuts Through the Noise

Is There Money Involved? The Prioritization Question That Cuts Through the Noise

by Jon Acuff | Sep 7, 2026 | Podcast

You have too much to do. I know because I’ve never met someone whose biggest problem was too much free time. In this episode, part of a four part series on prioritization, I’m teaching you the second prompt that clarifies your decision making when your to...
Why Your To-Do List Will Always Beat Your Calendar (And What to Do About It)

Why Your To-Do List Will Always Beat Your Calendar (And What to Do About It)

by Jon Acuff | Aug 31, 2026 | Podcast

You have too much to do and not enough time to do it. I know because I’ve never met anyone who said their biggest problem was too much free time. In this episode, I’m kicking off a four-part series on prioritization and giving you the first of four...
Your Whole Dashboard: Why Checking Only Your Feelings Is Costing You Your Dreams

Your Whole Dashboard: Why Checking Only Your Feelings Is Costing You Your Dreams

by Jon Acuff | Aug 24, 2026 | Podcast

Most people only check one thing on their dashboard: feelings. That’s like covering every other gauge in your car with a Post it note and driving by only watching the check oil light. Sure, you’d know when to change your oil, but you’d rack up...
Find an Hour, Start Selling: How I Trick Myself Into Beating Procrastination

Find an Hour, Start Selling: How I Trick Myself Into Beating Procrastination

by Jon Acuff | Aug 17, 2026 | Podcast

Procrastination loves vagueness. “I’ll get to that eventually” means nothing gets done. In this episode, I’m sharing the exact system I use to steal back an hour from my own procrastination, starting with your phone’s screen time settings...
The Muskrat Incident: Why Simple Beats Complicated Every Time

The Muskrat Incident: Why Simple Beats Complicated Every Time

by Jon Acuff | Aug 10, 2026 | Podcast

My favorite one star review calls my books too simple. Guilty as charged, and I did that on purpose. But I wasn’t always this way. In this episode I tell you about The Muskrat Incident, the true story of how I chose an impossible taxidermy extra credit project...
You Are in Sales: Why Your Real Mission Is Selling Yourself a Remarkable Life

You Are in Sales: Why Your Real Mission Is Selling Yourself a Remarkable Life

by Jon Acuff | Aug 3, 2026 | Podcast

We can’t get coffee together, but we could take a walk. And on that walk, I’d tell you something that might surprise you: your mission in life is sales. Not the kind you’re picturing. From the moment you wake up to the moment you fall asleep,...
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