Jon Acuff—Stop Overthinking and Start Living

Good Money with Derrick Kinney

Derrick Kinney

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Overthinking is costing you money and keeping you from living the life you want. Author Jon Acuff says it starts with your “soundtracks” - the loudest thoughts that play in your head. Jon shares how if your soundtracks aren’t speaking truth, his three-step strategy will change the tune for the better. And he tells us why acting like a tourist and being nostalgic in the moment are just a few of his simple strategies to say good-bye to overthinking once and for all.

What you will learn:

Overthinking is an epidemic
The 3 steps to fix your broken soundtrack
You can choose your thoughts
The power of symbols
Be nostalgic in the present moment
Stop trying to solve problems that don’t exist yet
Overthinking is costing you money
Be a tourist
The 4 parts to every goal

Quotes:

“I mean, think about the isolation, the political stress, the social media division. So, overthinking only multiplied in the last year.” – Jon Acuff
“You have to get rid of the word ‘over’ because ‘over’ is a word of perfectionism. ‘Over’ indicates there’s one wall, you climb over it and you’re all done. What you should say instead is, ‘how do I go through imposter syndrome?’” – Jon Acuff
“Most people don’t understand they get to choose their thoughts. They think a thought is something they have, not something they hone.” – Jon Acuff
“Some people let life happen to them, but it’s important to happen to life instead.” – Derrick Kinney
“If you find something positive that you want to remember, that you want to repeat, give yourself a fighting chance of it working and tie it to a symbol.” – Jon Acuff
“People who are always escaping the moment are only seeing the things that they didn’t do, not the things they did do.” – Jon Acuff
“There’s no time suck like a fake problem.” – Jon Acuff
“I like to tell people, when you ask somebody what they need, they become visible and valuable.” – Jon Acuff
“If you work at a company with 10,000 people, you’re still the CEO of you.” – Jon Acuff

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0:00.0	You know that feeling you get when you see an injustice or that something is just not right?
0:05.2	And you want to do something about it. Listen, I understand your concerns. You love to give
0:10.5	money to fight for a cause you believe in. But you wonder if you can make a real difference.
0:16.8	Last week I shared the details of my new seven step good money framework. This step-by-step plan
0:23.2	is the secret to you making more money and doing more good. For you young families,
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0:34.0	this supercharges how much money you can make and save. And if you're already retired,
0:39.6	this gives you the fulfillment and meaning you've always wanted. In your heart, you've known
0:44.8	there was a better way. That's why the good money framework is here.
0:48.4	Welcome to Good Money or we believe money is not bad and good people should have more of it.
1:01.0	Good money in the hands of good people gets good work done. I'm your host Derek Kinney.
1:07.6	We've got a great show for you today on a topic that few people have focused on and yet
1:13.2	millions of people struggle with. It's called overthinking. And that may be the enemy you didn't
1:19.1	even know you were fighting. And guess what? It's keeping more money away from you.
1:24.4	Our guest today shares some of the best practical tips I've ever heard to deal with overthinking.
1:30.7	And be sure to listen to the end of the podcast for the Good Money Tip of the Week.
1:35.2	I'll give you no nonsense action steps to easily implement what you learned today.
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