ATG 63: Be where you are, and know where you’re headed. My conversation with the unreasonably available Bob Goff

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Leaving a legacy doesn’t happen by accident. It takes strategy, intentionality, and in Bob Goff’s case, seemingly endless generosity. Bob Goff is a recovering lawyer, New York Times bestselling author, Disneyland office resident, and Chief Balloon Inflator of his nonprofit organization, Love Does. He’s also been a friend of mine for about a decade. It only takes about 13 seconds with Bob to feel more motivated, so after a whole episode with him, you’ll be ready to dream bigger than you ever...

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, and welcome to the All It Takes As A Go podcast, the best place in the
0:07.4	entire world, including all of Canada to learn how to build new thoughts, new actions,
0:12.4	and new results.
0:14.0	I'm your host John A. Cough, and today I'm joined by Bob Gough.
0:27.7	Who's that?
0:28.7	I'm so glad you asked.
0:30.9	Bob Gough is a Disneyland office resident, a recovering lawyer, New York Times just selling
0:35.9	author, nonprofit founder, Mr. Chief Balloon inflator, motivational speaker.
0:40.8	Those are all titles that can describe Bob Gough.
0:44.2	He's also known for printing his real cell phone number in his first published book which
0:48.7	turned into a New York Times just seller, it was called Love Does, and it sold over two
0:52.8	million copies, two million copies, and he gave all the money away.
0:57.4	He was a lawyer for 25 years.
0:58.8	He left it all behind to become the honorary consul to Uganda, and he founded an organization
1:05.0	a nonprofit called Love Does in 2001.
1:08.0	It's helped children across the world and areas like Uganda, Somalia, Afghanistan, Nepal,
1:13.2	and India.
1:14.9	And Bob is my friend.
1:16.4	We've known each other for about 10 years.
1:18.2	You'll certainly hear us talk a little about that in the interview.
1:21.9	Bob is the real deal.
1:23.7	If you're around Bob for 13 seconds, you are more motivated.
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