“Pitting your dream against someone else's is a fantastic way to get discouraged and depressed.” — Jon Acuff Career Copy Share Image
“This is the first lie that perfectionism tells you about goals: Quit if it isn’t perfect.” — Jon Acuff Goals Copy Share Image
“All you have to do is win more today than you did yesterday and repeat the whole thing tomorrow.” — Jon Acuff Yesterday Copy Share Image
“There is no in-between, just two extremes. That’s the land of noble obstacles.” — Jon Acuff Extremes Copy Share Image
“To deal with our secret rules, we have to do three things: Identify them. Destroy them. Replace them.” — Jon Acuff Rule Copy Share Image
“You’re just going to be a Starter. The starting line is the only line you completely control.” — Jon Acuff Starter Copy Share Image
“Cut your goal in half. Choose what you’ll bomb. Make it fun if you want it done.” — Jon Acuff Bomb Copy Share Image
“Hiding places are tricky like that. They make you feel like you’re doing well when in reality you’re not getting anywhere on… — Jon Acuff Hiding Copy Share Image
“Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have… — Jon Acuff Business Copy Share Image
“Fighting it is a waste of time and energy. Instead, embrace it. Admit that it might indeed be awesome. And then make… — Jon Acuff Fighting Copy Share Image
“The way you pass through the land of Learning is that you try a bunch of things. Fear would love for you… — Jon Acuff Discouraged Copy Share Image
“In order to survive, I came up with a five-step secret to getting it all done. If you're busy too, feel free… — Jon Acuff Business Copy Share Image
“The problem is that “by now” is a phrase we say to ourselves when we’re trying to believe the lie that it’s… — Jon Acuff Dreams Copy Share Image
“Pants size Shirt size BMI Number of times he jogged Number of miles he ran Number of times he worked with the… — Jon Acuff Jogged Copy Share Image
I want the peace in knowing that is wasn't for lack of hustling that I missed a target for my dream. I… — Jon Acuff Control Copy Share Image
“Your emotions cloud your judgment. They form a perfect smoke screen for denial, making your path in life feel murky and confusing.… — Jon Acuff Denial Copy Share Image
“Most people look at the finish line when they find themselves in the middle of a goal. This is natural. A lot… — Jon Acuff Finish line Copy Share Image
“Worrying about your book’s marketing plan when you haven’t even finished writing the book is a noble obstacle. Weighing grams of carbohydrates… — Jon Acuff Books Copy Share Image
“If you blink and find yourself working on something besides your real goal, you’ve probably retreated to the first kind of hiding… — Jon Acuff Goals Copy Share Image
“Whatever you’re going to do, do it with purpose. Not as if purpose is a key you’re going to find in the… — Jon Acuff Life Copy Share Image
“Writers aren’t the only ones who use the first kind of noble obstacle. I know some guys who say they can’t work… — Jon Acuff Best exercise Copy Share Image
“People are mistaken when they think chasing your dream is a selfish thing to do. As if perhaps being average is an… — Jon Acuff Dreams Copy Share Image
“In situations like that, all of your focus and energy need to be placed on the actions dial. You’ll have to dramatically… — Jon Acuff Finish line Copy Share Image
“It’s the Very Good Reason you cannot pursue your goal. Perfectionism will tell you, “If you’re going to do it, you might… — Jon Acuff Bad person Copy Share Image
“perfectionism is a desperate attempt to live up to impossible standards. Perfectionism will do anything to protect those impossible standards. It can’t… — Jon Acuff Bank account Copy Share Image
“The real tragedy of a one-hit wonder is when someone succeeds once and then never tries again. No matter your circumstances, if… — Jon Acuff Guiding Copy Share Image
“Those kids would have accepted My Little Pony into their heart that day if it would have ended the chain saw sin… — Jon Acuff Fear Copy Share Image
“There’s Still Time Perfectionism will tell you that you’ve spent so long in a hiding place that there’s no more time. You’ve… — Jon Acuff Hiding place Copy Share Image
“If taking a break from social media sounds intimidating, remember, you’ve already done this for an entire year. It was called 1997.” — Jon Acuff Social media Copy Share Image
“In that moment, I learned a simple lesson about being awesome: always play to the size of your heart, not to the… — Jon Acuff Time Copy Share Image
“If you ever have to do a complicated, multistep explanation to say why what you’re doing is valuable, it probably isn’t.” — Jon Acuff Complicated Copy Share Image
“A hiding place is the safe place you go to hide from your fear of messing up. It’s the task that lets… — Jon Acuff Fear Copy Share Image
“If you’re watching Netflix every time it’s time for you to do X, that’s a hiding place. You’re afraid to face the… — Jon Acuff Fear Copy Share Image
“other diet until you’ve finished the one you already committed to. No other small business idea until you’ve completed the original one.… — Jon Acuff Business idea Copy Share Image
“We wouldn’t play if we knew the whole game was impossible, so perfectionism promises us that we just need to follow some… — Jon Acuff Perfection Copy Share Image
“But more than just analysis, perfectionism offers us two distinct distractions: Hiding places Noble obstacles A hiding place is an activity you… — Jon Acuff Hiding place Copy Share Image
