The Stories That Hold Us Back with Jon Acuff
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Your thoughts aren't something you have, they're something you hone. It's a double-edged sword; optimistic, enthusiastic thinking compounds over time to create amazing things, while a multitude of mental woes can dampen our willingness to go bigger. Jon Acuff, author of Soundtracks: the surprising solution to overthinking and one of my favorite speakers, is on the podcast to give us a lesson on how to address negative, repetitive thoughts to steer us towards our goals and dreams rather than away from them. It's incredible what becomes possible when your mental energy is applied in the right direction.
If not aware of Jon's work, he is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his most recent Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. He's an INC Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences. I had the pleasure of seeing him on stage and he knocked me back with his unique blend of humor, honesty, and hope.
In this episode we get into:
- Being organized and detailed vs. overthinking
- How to be kind to yourself
- Trauma-related soundtracks
- Why writer's block doesn't exist
- Three critical skills needed for this decade
If you want to stay in touch with Jon, shoot him a text: (615)398-6173
As always, I'm available at 206-309-5177. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | One of my favorite speakers of all time, you know, when you go to a trade show and someone's on stage in front of a few thousand people, one of my favorites of all time is a man named John Acuff. |
| 0:15.0 | Now, John is a guest on the show today here at the Chase Jarvis Live show on Creative Live. |
| 0:19.4 | And if you're new here, this is a show where I sit down |
| 0:21.6 | with the world's top creators, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs, and I do everything I can to unpack |
| 0:25.3 | their brain with the goal of helping you live your dreams. And so today's guest is John Acuff. John, |
| 0:32.1 | among many of the things and being an amazing speaker, he's also got a new book called Soundtracks. |
| 0:39.4 | And in short, if you have self-talk that doesn't always work for you, and I want you to know, and John wants you to know |
| 0:45.3 | that you can change that, you can reprogram those thoughts, those words into actions that help you. |
| 0:51.2 | In this conversation, we also talk about a few things like if you have childhood trauma |
| 0:55.7 | or even adult trauma, there's all kinds of ways that that is, those, that baggage can be |
| 1:03.3 | things that we carried forward that don't serve us. |
| 1:05.9 | He can think, John talks about helping change the soundtracks to that trauma. |
| 1:10.6 | And right now, there's a very organized person saying, well, I don't overthink. |
| 1:14.6 | I just am very, very organized and meticulous. |
| 1:17.3 | John gives you a formula for identifying whether you are overthinking or not. |
| 1:21.5 | And he also covers among many other things. |
| 1:23.6 | Again, three really important critical skills for now. |
| 1:29.2 | So I'm going to get out of the way and let you enjoy this conversation with yours truly and John Acuff. Again, incredible speaker, |
| 1:35.5 | brilliant writer, author of seven books, New York Times bestseller. I can't wait for you to |
| 1:39.5 | spend some time with John Acuff. This episode of Chase Jarvis Live show is brought to you by Creative Live. |
| 1:47.0 | Look, after a successful photography career and directing and shooting all over the world |
| 1:52.1 | with the top brands, I started to feel a tug in a new direction. |
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