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All It Takes Is A Goal

ATG 280 | Are You a Dreamer? Why 1,000 Ideas and Zero Actions Is Procrastination in Disguise

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Do you have a thousand ideas and don't know what to do with them? This episode is for you. I'm breaking down the first of four procrastination profiles: the Dreamer. Dreamers excel at envisioning breakthrough possibilities but get stuck translating vision into actionable plans. You love a blank whiteboard, thrive at kickoff meetings when anything is possible, and can rattle off 10 new ideas before anyone else thinks of one. But here's your trap: you stay in dream mode because it's comfortable...

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0:00.0

If you read my new book, you'll never procrastinate again. I should know, I waited 34 years before I finally wrote my first one.

0:07.8

When I discovered what's inside these pages, I wrote 11 more. You see, we procrastinators have a storehouse of creativity and energy we haven't tapped into.

0:18.7

You're sitting on a gold mine right now, and the system to unlock it

0:23.3

doesn't require a crushing amount of willpower. Life is already preset to hard. Why would we use a system

0:30.9

that makes it harder? You need something that works on the days you have zero willpower,

0:36.0

just as well as it does on the days you're at a

0:38.5

hundred percent because procrastination is the most expensive fear the price tag is your life

0:45.4

and every day you wait to begin you're stealing from your future self my new book procrastination

0:51.2

proof is available now and it gives you four simple permissions

0:54.9

to beat procrastination for good. Pick up your copy today at johnacoff.com slash proof or wherever you

1:02.5

buy books. Hey everyone and welcome to the all it takes as a goal podcast. I've spent the last 15

1:08.0

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

1:16.0

turn into great actions. Great actions turn into great results. That's what we explore in this podcast.

1:21.7

I'm your host John Acuff. And today, I'm talking to all the dreamers who are listening.

1:26.7

If you have 1,000 ideas and don't know what to do with them, you are going to love this

1:32.6

episode.

1:33.6

Now if you follow me online, you know that something that has only happened 11 times in

1:38.7

my 50 years on the planet happened last week.

1:42.1

What is it?

1:43.1

I released a new book. That's right. Procrastination proof came

1:46.8

out a few weeks ago and thousands and thousands of you have already picked up a copy. That is

1:52.8

awesome. If you haven't yet, grab one anywhere books are sold. I also read the audiobook. So if you

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