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All It Takes Is A Goal

ATG 288 | The First Key to Bravery (And Why You'll Never Be Brave Without It)

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Want to know the secret to bravery? It's not what you think. In this episode, part of my "Bravest Summer Ever" series, I'm revealing the first of three keys to bravery, and it's so obvious you might miss it: goals. Here's the truth: no one is brave "just because." That would be dumb. Bravery is uncomfortable, challenging, and requires sacrifice. So why would anyone choose it? Because they have big, beautiful, sexy goals they're in love with. Goals that get them out of bed at 4:55 AM. Goals th...

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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 is a goal podcast. I've spent the last 15 years.

1:09.6

When you say it that way, it sounds long. Like all of a sudden you look up and you're 50. Whoa. I've spent the last 15 years. When you say it that way, it sounds long. Like all

1:11.6

a sudden you look up and you're 50. Whoa. I've spent the last 15 years helping more than

1:16.3

a million people achieve everything from their smallest first step to their wildest dreams.

1:21.6

Building a remarkable life is simple. Great thoughts turn into great actions. Great actions

1:25.9

turn into great results. That actions turn into great results.

1:29.0

That's what we explore in this podcast.

1:30.6

I'm your host, John Acuff.

1:33.5

And today, we're talking about bravery.

1:34.4

That's right.

1:35.8

We're talking about bravery.

1:41.1

In fact, we're doing a five-episode series called Bravest Summer Ever.

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