ATG 281 | Are You a Perfectionist? Why Your Perfect Plans Keep You Stuck
All It Takes Is A Goal
Jon Acuff
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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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 |
| 1:02.2 | you buy books. Hey everyone and welcome to the all it takes is a goal podcast. I've spent the last |
| 1:07.3 | 15 years helping more than a million people achieve everything from their smallest first step to their wildest dreams. Building remarkable life is simple. Great |
| 1:15.3 | thoughts turn into great actions. Great actions turn into great results. That's what we explore |
| 1:20.3 | in this podcast. I'm your host John Acuff and today I'm talking to all the perfectionists who are |
| 1:26.0 | listening. If you're a perfectionist, you are going to love this episode. |
| 1:30.3 | For instance, if you have the most detailed, amazing plans, but if we're honest, you're |
| 1:36.1 | sometimes waiting until it's really, really extra perfect to get started, this is for you. |
| 1:42.2 | If you only have two speeds, all or or nothing meaning it's hard for you to |
| 1:45.9 | only do an hour of something when it really requires six hours you're you're going to love |
| 1:51.2 | this episode because I'm talking exactly to you all the perfectionist this one's for you |
| 1:57.3 | now if you follow me online, you know that something that has only happened |
| 2:06.2 | 11 times in my 50 years on the planet happened last week. What is it? I released a new book. That's |
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