ATG 261: 50 Things That Took Me 50 Years to Learn: Part 3

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

I just turned 50, and milestone birthdays make me reflective. Here's what I realized: I liked my 40s way more than my 30s. I'm happier, in better shape, more connected relationally, accomplishing more goals, but taking more vacation. Why? What did I do in my 40s that made it the best decade of my life? In this episode, I'm sharing the first 25 lessons from my list of 50 things that took me 50 years to learn. From "everyone should write at least one book" to "your phone is a casino that runs o...

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0:00.0	Let me ask you a quick question. How many years in a row have you set goals, but life got in the way?
0:09.5	Not because you lack motivation, but because you didn't have the clarity, consistency, or confidence to stick with it when things got busy.
0:19.0	That's exactly why I created the remarkable you community.
0:23.6	It's the only place where you get live group coaching from me, on-demand access to all my
0:30.5	courses in a community of people who actually care about finishing things together, not just
0:36.5	talking about them.
0:37.7	If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or feel like you're starting over every January,
0:43.6	this is where that changes.
0:45.6	And right now, you can join at the Founders Rate, which saves you $100 a year when you
0:51.3	joined by December 31st.
0:53.1	Go to Johnacoff.com slash community.
0:56.0	That's Johnakeoff.com slash community.
0:59.2	Let's build your most remarkable year together.
1:18.2	Hey, everyone. Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes a Goal podcast.
1:25.3	I've spent the last 15 years helping more than a million people achieve everything from their smallest first step to their wildest dreams.
1:27.4	Building remarkable life is simple. Great thoughts, turn into great
1:29.2	actions, turned into great results. That's what we explore on this podcast. I'm your host John
1:34.9	Akoff and today we're finishing a series about 50 things that took me 50 years to learn. I started
1:42.7	this series a couple weeks ago. There's been two other episodes.
1:45.4	If you didn't hear those, don't worry.
1:47.1	You're not missing some, like, really important detail that's going to make this episode confusing.
1:51.6	They're all standalone.
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