ATG 218: Frustration or Fuel: Your Choice

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

Self-improvement, Goal, Author, All, Is, Takes, Do, Speaker, Start, Jon, Over, Soundtracks, Acuff, It, Finish, Education, A

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Do you ever feel frustrated that you can’t afford something you really want? My nephew Anderson did. He wanted to go duck hunting and buy a dog—but his bank account had other plans. In this episode, I show him (and you) how to turn frustration into fuel, why a “When I have money, I’ll pay for ___” list changes everything, and how small sacrifices lead to big wins. The goals you can’t see are invisible—so let’s make them clear and take action. Your choice: frustration or fuel. In This Episode...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You are remarkable. If no one has told you that in a long time, I will. I know you'll write that book in 2025.
0:09.0	You'll get in shape. You'll start or scale that business. You'll declutter that garage. You'll build a remarkable life. How do I know?
0:16.0	Because I'm going to show you how to do that. My name is John Acup. I I'm a New York Times bestselling author of 10 books and an Inc. Top 100 leadership speaker.
0:25.6	And on April 14th and 15th, in Franklin, Tennessee, I'll teach you what it takes to be remarkable.
0:31.6	If you've never been to Nashville, this is the perfect reason to visit.
0:35.6	If you want to meet hundreds of the most encouraging people, come on.
0:39.5	If you want tactical, actionable techniques that you can put into practice immediately,
0:44.8	you are going to love this never-before-seeing content. In the first session, I'll teach you the two magic questions that clarify your life mission in minutes.
0:53.8	In sessions two through five, I'll show you the four simple questions that clarify your life mission in minutes in sessions two
0:54.9	through five. I'll show you the four simple permissions you need to give yourself if you want a
1:00.4	remarkable life. Are you ready to be remarkable? I am. Tickets will sell out. Get yours today at
1:05.8	johnacoff.com slash live. That's johnacoff.com slash live. It's time to be remarkable you.
1:23.6	Hey, everyone, and welcome to the All It Takes a Goal podcast. If you're new around here, I'm a late bloomer who discovered the power of goals in his mid-30s.
1:32.7	It's really mid-to-late 30s, I should say.
1:35.2	Now I'm on a furious mission.
1:37.4	Furious.
1:38.4	To create the accelerators, I wish I had in my 20s.
1:40.8	I'm your host, John Aikov, and today I'm going to talk about duck hunting.
1:45.6	What? I know, I know. You're probably thinking right now, man, I bet John Aikov is a champion
1:50.9	duck hunter. I'm really not. I've never even been duck hunting. But I'm going to teach you a really
1:56.1	simple process, a really simple system, a tool, a soundtrack, a really easy thing to remember when
2:03.0	it comes to motivating yourself for the goals you care about.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jon Acuff, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jon Acuff and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.