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All It Takes Is A Goal

ATG 287 | Bravest Summer Ever: Why Fear Has Had Enough of a Run (Part 1)

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Fear had a pretty good run the last few years. It kicked our butts, didn't it? But I'm over it, and I think it's time we take back the territory we lost. That's why I'm starting a new 5 episode series called "Bravest Summer Ever." In this first episode, I'm breaking down three reasons why we need to talk about bravery right now: fear had its moment and it's enough already, bravery is the only thing every successful person has in common (it's the skill that unlocks every other), and most impor...

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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 of the goal podcast. I've spent the last

1:08.0

15 years helping more than a million people, a million people,

1:12.9

achieve everything from their smallest first step, like their first mile, their first page

1:17.9

of writing, to their wildest dreams, massive things, big businesses, lost 100 pounds,

1:24.6

cleaned out a whole garage, the big stuff that we care about.

1:28.3

And the reason I've helped them is that building a remarkable life is actually pretty simple.

1:32.8

Great thoughts turn into great actions.

1:34.9

Great actions turn into great results.

1:37.3

That's what we explore in this podcast.

1:39.3

I'm your host John Nickoff.

1:41.0

And today, we're starting a new five-episode series called Bravest Summer Ever.

1:47.4

Bum-Bum-Bum! Boom! I feel like we should have theme music. Bravest summer ever.

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