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Wealthy Way

The Secret to Setting Goals That ACTUALLY WORK | Jon Acuff

Wealthy Way

Ryan Pineda

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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If you want to level up, text me at 725-527-7783! ---On this episode of The Wealthy Way podcast, I’m joined by Jon Acuff, a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and goal-setting expert who’s spoken to some of the biggest names in business think Microsoft, FedEx, Chick-fil-A, and more. Jon is here to break down how you can set and achieve meaningful goals while living a balanced, purpose-driven life.In our conversation, Jon reveals the strategies behind his latest book, All It Take...

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0:00.0

Why do people quit in two weeks?

0:01.4

Often it's the wrong goal.

0:02.8

Sometimes they don't know that they have...

0:06.1

They're not tracking the results, so they never see progress.

0:08.9

You never have to search for failure.

0:10.5

You have to search for progress.

0:11.9

Like, another way I say it is like, fear comes free, hope takes work.

0:17.1

What's up, wealth builders?

0:18.2

Today, I've got a two-time New York Times bestselling author. He's written a book on

0:23.4

how to accomplish your goals. So I'm going to go dive deep into it because we all want to hit bigger and

0:28.9

better goals. I've got John A Cuff. What's up, man? It's great to see you again, Ryan. I know.

0:32.3

Our last podcast was a couple of years ago, and it did really well, especially when I was just starting the podcast. I mean, people loved it. So I appreciate that. I'm glad we got to talk again. Yeah. So you've got a lot of

0:42.0

books since that last one. And I think the biggest one was about setting goals. Yeah, I wrote a book

0:47.2

called All It Takes is a Goal. And you're right. Everybody is curious about more. We did a study with a PhD named Mike Peasley, professor, and we asked

0:56.1

3,000 people if they feel like they're living up to the potential, and 96% said no. So almost everyone

1:02.6

on the planet goes, there's something more, I'm capable of more, it's a question of how do I do it?

1:07.2

And that's what the book was about. I always find it interesting when I find

1:11.2

authors who are really good researchers, right? Like those are kind of my favorite books when they do

1:16.2

like James Clear did all these studies on, you know, habits. And I loved reading like Michael Lewis's

1:22.4

books and all the research he did on whatever he was covering. And so, like, where did you do your research to

1:28.8

figure all this out? Well, for me, that was the big shift. I went from being an author who had an

1:32.7

idea in his office, wrote it solo, and hoped it helped people to doing research and going,

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