ATG 128: How to Avoid the Urgent Zone
All It Takes Is A Goal
Jon Acuff
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Are you stuck in the Urgent Zone, where high energy actions leave you with low value? Let’s unravel the secrets of avoiding this productivity trap. What if I told you that perfectionism is just fear dressed up in a tuxedo, preventing you from reaching your goals? Discover how to break free from the Urgent Zone and focus on what truly matters. Plus, our episode sponsor, GGC Ad, has a $5 parenting tip hidden within. Can you find it? Tune in now and revolutionize your approach to success.
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Previous ATG Episodes About Perfection:
- ATG 23: This Sentence Will Change Perfectionism Forever
- ATG 27: 8 ways to spot perfectionism in your life
- ATG 120: Beyond Perfect: The Hidden Enemy of Your Goals (Part 1)
- ATG 121: Beyond Perfect: Soundtracks I Use to Beat Perfectionism (Part 2)
- ATG 124: 8 Signs You’re a Perfectionist (Part 1)
- ATG 125: 8 Signs You’re a Perfectionist (Part 2)
- ATG 126: Build a 1% win to enjoy 100% success
- ATG 127: How High Achievers Navigate the 4 Time Zones
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes to Go podcast, the best place in the entire |
| 0:13.9 | world, including all of Canada. |
| 0:16.7 | To learn how to build new thoughts, new actions, and new results, I'm your host, John |
| 0:20.5 | Acuff. |
| 0:21.5 | And today, we're talking about perfectionism. |
| 0:24.6 | Why have we been talking about it? |
| 0:26.2 | Because it's one of the biggest obstacles to accomplishing your goal. |
| 0:30.8 | And this is a podcast about goals. |
| 0:32.8 | This is a podcast for goal nerds. |
| 0:34.8 | I may goal nerd. |
| 0:35.9 | I say that all this time. |
| 0:37.7 | I love goals. |
| 0:38.7 | And the reason why it's really simple, a goal is the fastest path between where you are |
| 0:42.3 | today and where you want to be tomorrow. |
| 0:44.6 | But most people never finish their goals. |
| 0:47.8 | So for the last 12 years, I've been deep diving on the subject of goals. |
| 0:53.0 | I've written a bunch of books about goals. |
| 0:54.7 | I have an online goal community called the guaranteed goals community. |
| 0:58.5 | I tweet about goals, I post about goals. |
| 1:00.5 | I have this podcast about goals. |
| 1:02.6 | You can see a pattern. |
| 1:03.6 | You can see a theme and over and over and over and over again. |
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