ATG 220: Fear Gets A Voice, Not A Vote

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Fear loves to run its mouth. It shouts worst-case scenarios, whispers doubts, and reminds you of every past failure. But here’s the deal—fear gets a voice, not a vote. In this episode, we’re talking about how to manage the soundtracks fear plays in your head and how to make sure it doesn’t get a say in your decisions. Because if you’re waiting to feel 100% fearless before you take action, you’ll be waiting forever. Let’s flip the script and move forward anyway. In This Episode: Make sure to ...

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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.
1:21.6	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.
1:31.3	Now I'm on a furious mission to create the accelerators I wish I had in my 20s.
1:36.3	I'm your host, John Acup, and today I'm going to teach you one of my favorite soundtracks.
1:41.3	What's a soundtrack? A soundtrack is just my phrase for repetitive
1:45.5	thought. It's a thought you listen to again and again and again. And what you need to know is that
1:51.0	the longer you listen to certain thoughts, the more they become part of your personal playlist.
1:56.7	So a few years ago, I wrote a book called Soundtracks. It's essentially about mindset.
2:00.8	How do we build a mindset that moves us forward and doesn't hold us back?
2:06.0	And the way we do that is by creating some new soundtracks.
2:10.0	The process is actually three steps.
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