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All It Takes Is A Goal

ATG 267 | We Wanted to Love Coming to Work Every Day: Building a Business Without Burnout with Patrick Lencioni

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Patrick Lencioni built a multimillion-dollar business, sold 10 million books, and became one of the most influential leadership voices in the world. But here's what you might not know: he never had a five-year plan, turned down opportunities to scale, and prioritized loving his work over maximizing revenue. In this episode, Pat shares the behind-the-scenes story of building The Table Group, why he kept his team at just 15 full-time employees while empowering thousands of consultants, and how ...

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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. If you've ever felt stuck,

0:39.5

overwhelmed, or feel like you're starting over every January, this is where that changes.

0:45.3

Go to johnachev.com slash community. That's johnacoff.com slash community. Let's build your most

0:53.1

remarkable year together.

0:58.8

We want to impact the world, but we want to do it through others. So we were very intentional

1:04.2

and said our strategy is going to be to empower others to do what we do, even if that means

1:09.5

we make less money. And so we started bringing on these

1:13.4

consultants. And that's the great thing about having a great wife and kids is they humble you because

1:18.3

they're not impressed by any of this. And thank God for that. If they were like, Dad, you should go on

1:24.2

TV more. Yeah, yeah. You should grow your brand better, Dad. Yeah. And when you love what you're doing, success comes and you're passionate about what you're doing, and then it leads to other things. By the grace of God, we got to do more and more fun things. The thing was we knew what we wanted. And one of our strategic anchors, John, was we wanted to love coming to work every day. We had to come to terms

1:44.4

of that at one point. We're no longer really a consulting firm. We're about ideas. Yeah. And,

1:49.3

John, here's an interesting thing.

2:19.6

Hey, everyone, and welcome to the All It Takes is a Goal podcast. I've spent the last 15 years helping more than a million people achieve everything from their smallest first step to their wildest dreams. Building a remarkable life is simple. Great thoughts turn into great actions. Great actions turn into great results.

2:25.9

That's what we explore on this podcast. I'm your host John Akoff and today I'm interviewing Pat Lanchione. Pat Lynchioni is one of the founders of the table group, a pioneer of the organizational

2:32.4

health movement and the creator of the working genius,

2:36.0

which helps leaders understand workplace efficiency. He is the best-selling author of the five

2:41.8

dysfunctions of a team, as well as 12 other books, which have sold more than 10 million

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