Good morning and welcome to the 5 a.m. Miracle, episode number 621, procrastination proof.

Never get stuck again with John Acuff. I am Jeff Sanders, and you have reached the podcast

dedicated to dominating your day before breakfast. I am a keynote speaker and corporate trainer, and to learn

more about that, head over to jeffsanders.com slash speaking. Now in the episode this week,

I speak with John Acuff about his latest book, procrastination proof. John Acuff is a New York

Times best-selling author of 11 books, including soundtracks, Finish, and All It Takes is a Goal.

Named one of Inc.'s top 100 leadership speakers, he's delivered keynotes to companies such as Microsoft, Walmart, and Comedy Central.

Hosts of the popular podcast, All It Takes Is a Goal, John has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to overcome overthinking and finish

what matters most.

Let's get right to it.

All right, welcome back to the 5 a.m. Miracle Podcast.

I'm here with my amazing friend and past guests on this show, Mr. John Acuff. Welcome back to the show, John.

Yeah, thanks for having me, Jeff.

Looking forward to this.

So you were last on the show three years ago, and before we hit record, we were talking about the fact that I grew a beard a few years ago, and it was a bit ridiculous for lots of reasons and so I'm a little

curious just in your world in the last few years like what we've been up to well like I mean I've

written a bunch of books but as far as like what have I personally what are some goals I've tested because

you did that as a goal sure the thing I'm loving right now is I do this men's workout program called F3 that's held

outside, 5.30 in the morning, rain or shine, and I absolutely love it. It's free. It's peer-led,

so you never know who's going to be leading. Somebody signs up. But man, I've been loving that.

So that's the thing, because you already feel like you've done something when you got up at 455 to get somewhere in the, like, in the winter, it was eight degrees some morning. And you feel like I'm really getting after it with these sandbags or these rucks or whatever. So that's the thing I've been having a lot of fun with is like doing that in the mornings and exploring kind of community that way. I didn't know how much I needed community, but that's been a lot of fun. Yeah, that sounds awesome. That's great. Today we're going to dig into your new book, Procrastination Proof, which is right at my alley. This is the kind of book and the kind of content that I've been sharing on this podcast and this day one. So I'm sure our listeners are going to love this. And I want to first go with the kind of in the personal angle here. Sure. For you, what's the story with procrastination? Is that a thing you've struggled with? Is it a thing you feel like it's a skill set of yours? Like, where does it fall in in your world? Great question. A friend of mine,

a comedian named Dustin Nickerson, who's hilarious, opens up for Nate Bargotsie, just super smart

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