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The Lively Show

TLS #95 with Jon Acuff: The 2 Biggest Things that Can Make or Break Our Careers

The Lively Show

Bella Lively

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Lively show is a very “lively,” action-packed conversation with author and thought leader, Jon Acuff. Jon is a thoughtful, funny, and down-to-earth author with five books under his belt, including Start and Quitter.

Today, we’re speaking about the topic of his newest book, Do Over, which is all about cultivating the four aspects of our “Career Savings Account,” so that we can navigate positive, unexpected, and negative career transitions that will inevitably pop at various points in our careers (non-biz and biz alike).

This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to grow and invest in their career so that they can: choose self-directed “do overs” throughout their career, or bounce back from unexpected (or unwelcome) career “do overs.”

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL FIND OUT ABOUT

  • How Jon’s book Do Over has helped a broad range of people — from stay at home moms to college grads — learn how to handle life change.
  • Jon’s formula for an amazing career, and the area in which he believes most of us are lacking.
  • Why Jon suggests meeting with advocates on a regular basis who are able to speak honest truth into your life, and how to find them.
  • Two things you can do to change your job tomorrow.
  • The problem with the idea that you have to be an entrepreneur to do meaningful work.
  • Why looking at your job to provide everything you need for fulfillment is not the answer.
  • The one powerful question Jon asks before each speaking engagement that has made him a more effective speaker.
  • Jon’s advice on online dating profiles.
  • What Jon would tell someone just starting out on this journey.

SHOW NOTES

Career Fireside Chat recording + printable

Stuff Christians Like

Jon’s Blog

Do Over

James Altucher

Squarespace Mini Interview Guest: Allison Magpantay

Transcript

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You're listening to The Lively Show, episode 95.

0:03.2

Welcome to the Lively Show.

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I'm your host Jess Lively, and this blogcast

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is designed to uplift, inspire, and add a little extra intention

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to your everyday.

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Welcome to the show guys,

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welcome to the show guys.

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Thank you so much as always for listening. Today's episode is sponsored

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by Squarespace.com. At the end of this episode I will be speaking with Allison magpante of

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Allison magpante.com. She's a designer and square space user and we'll be

0:35.1

talking about her experience with square space and of course as always you can go

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to square space.com slash lively to get your free 14 day trial and you can use the code

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lively at checkout to get 10% off of your service. Also I have a big announcement

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just kind of a note here some housekeeping. Life with intention online is closing the

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registration's closing tomorrow at midnight which is Friday September 25th we have

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the biggest incoming class we've ever had which is exciting. We have also our alumni who have lifetime

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access to the course as well who are excited to get started. So for those who are in life

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with intention, tomorrow you'll be getting your log in information so we can start sharing in the

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community and meeting one another and class will start on Sunday. If you are

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interested and your gut is telling you to sign up or learn more go over to

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life with intention online.com to register and learn more.

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The reason this episode is coming out a little later in the morning than usual is because I was up till 11 working with people live online last night and in preparation for that

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