ATG 246: Mindset Reboot: The First Step to a Remarkable Life

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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What if the formula for a remarkable life was so simple you could write it on a sticky note? In this episode, I share the exact mindset shift that took me from stuck in Atlanta traffic to building a life I love. You’ll hear the story of how I stopped blaming my commute, my boss, and my circumstances, and discovered that the cavalry I'd been waiting for was actually myself. The truth? Your thoughts create your actions, and your actions create your results. Remarkable or average... it’s your ch...

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0:00.0	Hey, quick question. How many unfinished projects do you have right now? You know what I'm talking about.
0:05.9	The book you started writing, the business idea that's been almost ready forever. Here's the thing.
0:11.4	Your ideas aren't the problem. It's those broken soundtracks playing in your head to say things like
0:15.9	this needs to be perfect or I'll start Monday or we don't have enough money to really go all in yet.
0:21.6	I'm hosting a free two-day mindset reboot starting September 10th where I'll show you exactly how to replace those limiting thoughts and finally finish what you start.
0:31.6	Register now for free at Johnacup.com slash reboot. That's Johnacup.com slash reboot. Change your mindset, change your life.
0:39.7	See you inside the mindset reboot.
0:52.6	Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes the Goal podcast.
0:56.2	If you're new around here, I'm a late bloomer who discovered the power of goals in his mid-30s.
1:01.5	Now I'm on a furious mission to create the accelerators I wish I had in my 20s.
1:06.9	I'm your host, John Aikoff, and today I'm going to tell you the formula for a remarkable life.
1:13.9	I'm going to go ahead and teach you it. It's very, very simple. You should probably pull over your car or stop the treadmill and write it down immediately.
1:21.2	It's so simple. So I'm going to tell you the formula. I'm going to tell you a little bit of story about where I change my own life and what I discovered that it takes to have a remarkable life. And then I'm going to tell you a little bit of story about where I changed my own life and what I discovered that it takes to have a remarkable life.
1:31.2	And then I'm going to invite you to something.
1:33.1	That's the plan for today.
1:34.4	That's the episode.
1:35.5	I just gave it to you in a nutshell.
1:37.6	There's a couple things we're going to do.
1:39.8	I'm going to give you the formula.
1:41.0	I'm going to tell you a story about Atlanta.
1:42.8	And I'm going to invite you the formula. I'm going to tell you a story about Atlanta, and I'm going to invite you to something awesome. Okay? How does that sound? So I'm pretty good. Great. I need to
1:51.0	start by saying this. I owe Atlanta an apology. I owe Atlanta, the city of Atlanta, an apology. I owe my last job, an apology.
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