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All It Takes Is A Goal

ATG 289 | Bravery is One Size Fits You: Why Curiosity is the Key to Courage

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

What's brave for me won't be brave for you, and vice versa. I once had a woman share that driving over a bridge was a brave moment for her. I drive over bridges all the time without thinking about it, but paperwork? That sends my heart rate through the roof. In this third episode of our Bravest Summer Ever series, I'm breaking down the second key to bravery: curiosity. Most people aren't curious about themselves because they're running so quickly through life. But when you get curious, you de...

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

1:08.7

helping more than a million people achieve everything from their

1:12.6

smallest first step, like their very first day, that first inkling of a goal, the first action,

1:18.1

from that all the way to their wildest, biggest, craziest dreams, their biggest, most massive

1:25.7

dreams. And the reason I like to help people with that is building a remarkable life is actually pretty simple.

1:32.7

Here's how it works.

1:33.9

Great thoughts turn into great actions.

1:36.5

Great actions turn into great results.

1:38.7

That's what we explore in this podcast.

1:40.5

I'm your host, John Acuff.

1:42.0

And today we're talking about Braver.

1:51.0

In fact, we're doing a five-episode series, five-episode series called Bravest Summer ever. Bum-bum, bum. I've been doing that as a theme music, which I think it might catch on.

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