ATG 152: 2 Decisions Great Comedians Always Make! (And why you should, too.)
All It Takes Is A Goal
Jon Acuff
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Ever wondered what it takes to distill a three-minute story into the perfect 60-second joke? Join me on the All It Takes Is a Goal podcast as I unravel the answer inspired by a dinner conversation with comedian Nate Bargatze. In this episode, I share two pivotal decisions that can shape a profoundly fulfilling life.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes of the Gold podcast. If you're a newer out here, I'm a late bloomer who discovered the power of goals |
| 0:16.0 | in his mid-30s. |
| 0:17.1 | Now I'm on a furious mission to create the accelerators |
| 0:21.1 | I wish I had in my 20s. I'm your host John Aikov and today we're talking |
| 0:27.4 | about the two great decisions great comedians always make and why you should too. |
| 0:33.6 | These are great decisions great comedians make |
| 0:36.0 | about long-term careers. |
| 0:37.8 | This one's inspired by Nate Bar Gatsy. |
| 0:40.1 | If you recently saw him host Center Live, |
| 0:41.9 | you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. |
| 0:44.0 | You're going to live this episode. |
| 0:45.2 | But first, a quick word from the sponsor of today's episode. |
| 0:49.5 | If you want to accomplish more goals next year, |
| 0:51.6 | you should use the calendar I've been using for the last 12 years. That's right. I've used this calendar for 12 years because I love it. |
| 0:59.0 | Called the Finnish calendar and I love it for six very specific reasons reason number one the finish calendar is big and beautiful it's 36 inches tall by 24 inches wide |
| 1:09.0 | This thing is massive I mount mine on foam board and I'll carry it with me to meetings. It's |
| 1:14.1 | gigantic, it's got enough space for you to plan your weeks. Number two, the |
| 1:18.2 | finish calendar is reversible. You've got a vertical and a wide orientation. So a vertical on one side, flip it over, other side, wide landscape. This thing gives you both options. I personally like the vertical, you do you. |
| 1:33.0 | It also comes in dry erase or traditional paper. |
| 1:35.0 | So if you're like, I'm a dry erase person, |
| 1:37.0 | I want to be able to kind of write things down and change them, |
| 1:40.0 | awesome. We've got that too. |
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