Taking the Risk of a Career Do Over with Jon Acuff

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast writer and speaker Jon Acuff talks about writing multiple books and the critical ingredients for a career do over.

HIGHLIGHTS

How creative frustration led to the star of Jon’s first blog
Why we have a tendency to write off our defining moments
The great lie of apathy that keeps people standing on the sidelines
The role that community plays in every creative endeavor
Exploration as the path to finding our purpose
Dealing with the weight of other people’s voices when we pursue our dreams
Why we throw logs into the fire that keeps us from doing work that matters
Letting go of our responses and reactions to criticism
How to keep self awareness from turning into self obsession
Asking How you Can Help vs How you Can Sell
Lessons learned from Jon’s time working with Dave Ramsey
The 4 critical elements of a career do over

QUOTES

Hard work and hustle tend to reveal purpose

When you start to see people as your platform, you stand on top of them.

Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author of five books including his most recent, Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work and Never Get Stuck. For 17 years he’s helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and the Dave Ramsey Team. Most recently he’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges, companies and churches. Featured regularly on national media, Jon has been seen on CNN, Fox News, Good Day LA and several other key outlets.

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0:00.0	But most of us have bought into the cultural lie that a job is just a job like 70% of Americans are dissatisfied at work
0:07.9	That the line I always do is that there's a reason we eat at TGI Fridays not TGI Mondays
0:15.9	And so what happens is you spend 18 years getting ready for college and then you graduate and the next thing you
0:19.2	get ready for, death in retirement. And there's this 40 year gap where you just kind of get by.
0:25.1	And so the fun thing is we all have these elements, we just haven't applied them.
0:30.4	And you need all four.
0:31.4	Like if you only have three, the whole thing falls apart.
0:33.4	Like say you have tremendous relationships, like crazy skills, crazy hustle, but your character
0:38.8	takes a hit, you become Tiger Woods.
0:42.3	And it falls apart.
0:43.9	Like when commentators right now are like,
0:45.4	it's so weird he's not good at golf, I always think,
0:47.4	like, is it that weird?
0:49.2	Because a part of his life blew up.
0:51.8	Like, of course it impacted the others. Now is there a
0:54.4	chance for a second chance in redemption? Of course there is. But it's you know the
0:59.4	things like when one leg gets knocked out it's difficult. I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative
1:09.2	podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the
1:12.3	most innovative and
1:13.2	creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written
1:17.1	best-selling books, and created insanely interesting art. For more, check out
1:20.8	our 500 episode archive at unmistakable Creative.com. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and
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