The Solution to Overthinking with Jon Acuff
The Speaker Lab Podcast
The Speaker Lab
4.8 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Do you need the solution to overthinking? If you stopped to think about it then you probably do! Our guest today has your answer.
Jon Acuff, masterful author and speaker, is here to talk about his latest book, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking. On today's The Speaker Lab, Jon tells us what broken soundtracks are, specific ways to insert positive soundtracks into our lives and a few stories about bombing on stage.
You'll definitely want to hear his insights and tales so join us for episode 336 of The Speaker Lab!
THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:
- What are "trailer moments" and why do you need to have them?
- Does he struggle with Imposter Syndrome?
- Do negative voices ever totally go away?
- How can you recognize your own broken soundtracks?
- What is the goal of any good thought?
- What are the three questions to ask of your loudest soundtracks?
- Why being fearless is ridiculous.
- Can making mistakes actually help you connect with the audience?
- And so much more!
EPISODE RESOURCES
- Jon Acuff's web site
- Jon Acuff on Twitter
- Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking, by Jon Acuff
- Jon Acuff's podcast
- Jon Acuff's other books
- Episode 167 with Jon Acuff
- Episode 294 with Jon Acuff
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| 0:49.5 | Hey, what's our friends? Graham Baldwin here. So good to have you here with us today for another |
| 0:52.8 | great episode of the Speaker Lab podcast. I guess today is a third timer on the show. My friend John Acuff |
| 0:58.9 | is here to talk about what his speaking business is looking like in 2021 and to share with us |
| 1:03.5 | what he has discovered as he was writing his new book on overthinking limiting beliefs called |
| 1:08.4 | Soundtracks. The book is out now. The insights John shares in this conversation are so good. |
| 1:14.1 | I really love the idea of turning overthinking into a superpower. |
| 1:17.6 | John has done some really great research and kind of digging into this and share some |
| 1:21.8 | really good insights today. |
| 1:23.5 | So I think you're really going to enjoy what he talks about as it relates to to Imposter |
| 1:27.1 | Syndrome, learning from bombing on stage, preparing for giving a talk, and how he handles So I think you're really going to enjoy what he talks about as it relates to imposter syndrome, |
| 1:31.9 | learning from bombing on stage, preparing for giving a talk and how he handles fear. |
| 1:35.5 | John is such a fantastic communicator, one of my favorite speakers. |
| 1:40.3 | If you've never heard him share his ideas and stories before, be prepared to laugh, take a lot of notes. |
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