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101 " Hiding places are tricky like that. They make you feel like you’re doing well when in reality you’re not getting anywhere on your most important projects. "
― Jon Acuff , Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done
102 " Want to know how to be awesome at just about everything else too? It’s simple. Don’t be a jerk. "
― Jon Acuff , Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters
103 " When you hit a Career Ceiling, you used to have only a few options. You could: 1. Get a job at another company. 2. Do a job you didn’t want to do, like being a creative director. 3. Suck it up and die inside over a period of roughly thirty years. "
― Jon Acuff , Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
104 " Average is so popular because average is familiar. "
105 " Want to create a reward you really love? When new ideas or new goals get shiny, put them at the finish line. Don’t try to grow callous to the shiny objects; if anything, let them gleam. Let them be brighter than the noonday sun. Just make sure they point the way to the finish line. No podcast until the book is done. "
106 " bags of lightly salted death raining down on your face. "
107 " It’s the Very Good Reason you cannot pursue your goal. Perfectionism will tell you, “If you’re going to do it, you might as well do it right.” And when we leave the idea of “right” undefined, it tends to get complicated, usually in one of two ways. In the first kind of noble obstacle, perfectionism sneakily tells you that you cannot move toward your goal until you do something else: “I can’t do X until Y.” In the second kind, perfectionism tells you that reaching your goal could actually produce bad results or make you a bad person. Would-be entrepreneurs often express fear that they’ll become workaholics "
108 " In that moment, I learned a simple lesson about being awesome: always play to the size of your heart, not to the size of your audience. Awesome "
109 " Until” is just perfectionism wearing a Halloween costume. "
110 " We—not our company—are responsible for our attitudes. What happens each day at work doesn’t get to determine my attitude, I do. Attitude is a decision. And it’s a decision we have to make every day, sometimes every hour if that particular day is especially whack. "
111 " One of the greatest mistakes you can make in life is assuming all your thoughts are true. "
― Jon Acuff , Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking
112 " (Gang + Awesome + Nice) × Grind = Career Savings Account "
113 " You will work harder at something you love than at something you like. You will work harder than you have ever worked when you start chasing a dream. You will hustle and grind and sweat and push and pull. You will get up earlier and go to bed later. But that’s okay. "
114 " Chances are, no one is trying to kill you at your current job. If they are, please read a book on Krav Maga, not this one. "
115 " Your emotions cloud your judgment. They form a perfect smoke screen for denial, making your path in life feel murky and confusing. In the fog of feelings, it’s hard to see what’s really happening. Data doesn’t lie, though. It is not swayed by emotion. It is not subject to the drunken whims of feelings. Disaster is always the final destination of denial. "
116 " Kids are a crisis. They're a beautiful crisis, but they're a crisis nonetheless. "
117 " each dream comes wrapped in some degree of risk. If it doesn’t, it’s not really a dream. "
― Jon Acuff , Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job
118 " When a stranger criticizes your entire life because of one thing you posted on Facebook, that’s like someone driving by your house and yelling from his car, “Your yard is horrible, I bet your heart is too! "
119 " No one pursuing a life of average was ever made fun of by other average people. But if you decide to travel the road to awesome, you will be. "
120 " Ever feel like you don’t know exactly what you want to do with your life? Know who else feels that way? Everyone. We "