Start

Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, and Do Work That Matters

By: Jon Acuff

Narrated by: Jon Acuff

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Wall Street Journal best-selling author Jon Acuff reveals the steps to getting unstuck and back onto the path of being awesome.

Over the last 100 years, the road to success for most everyone has been divided into predictable stages. But three things have changed the path to success:

• Boomers are realizing that a lot of the things they were promised aren't going to materialize, and they have started second and third careers.
• Technology has given access to an unprecedented number of people who are building online empires and changing their lives in ways that would have been impossible years ago.
• The days of "success first, significance later" have ended.

While none of the stages can be skipped, they can be shortened and accelerated. There are only two paths in life: average and awesome. The average path is easy because all you have to do is nothing. The awesome path is more challenging, because things like fear only bother you when you do work that matters. The good news is Start gives listeners practical, actionable insights to be more awesome, more often.

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Absolutely loved!!!!!

This book exceeded my expectations! Amazing and actionable steps! Thank you for a great read!

A great personal story/ experience

Good narration by the author. I was able to stay engaged and involved. Thank You.

Nailed it!

I listen to 2 to 3 audiobooks a month. This was the most enjoyable, humorous, and actionable book I've listened to in the last year and a half. I hope I some day get to meet Jon thank him for starting me on the road to Awesome.

Fantastic.

Great book that gets you going in the right direction! Funny and thoughtful as well.

Loved it

Just what I needed, wish I listened months ago as the truth and message would have helped me as I quit my job to pursue full time youth ministry.
5 stars to help Jon sleep better at night :)

Would like a pdf of the Action Steps chapter.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from Start?

The fear and uncertainty of how I will get to "awesome" have kept me from starting. Jon Acuff is a great motivator and gives great advice on how to overcome this and just "start". I am motivated to just do some little things and see where they take me. He reads his books energetically too, which makes for tuned in listening.

Any additional comments?

The only thing I would add to this audiobook to make it better would be a pdf of the Action Steps chapter. It would be nice to have some way to reference those steps without needing to fast forward through the chapter to find what you want to review.

Great book great narration

Great book I enjoy the authors sarcasm and humor. My wife even liked this book.

I never thought I can be 20 years old again

Using math about critics and how you as a parent would never make a big deal to your daughter spoke my language. I plan on reading this book again through every stage and season in my life.

LOL on the One Star Reviews

What made the experience of listening to Start the most enjoyable?

Great Stories. I like the part about growing a crazy beard and collecting cats.

What does Jon Acuff bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Awesome professional speaker, great reader by default.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

Great concepts throughout. Critics Math was helpful. I also enjoyed the honesty transparency with things like the story about his honeymoon and wanting to make life long friends LOL. Reminds me to be careful with ideas and expectations.

I also found great insights in understanding ideas / emotions that come along with success that can throw one off track, and even how one can actually sabatoge their own success because of supressed fear. Rang true for me and I'm thankful for what I learned from this book.

Very cleverly written!

I loved this book! I listened to it 3 times & learned something new everytime! It's clean language.