Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job

First let me say, I liked this guy. He was energetic, had an odd but cool sense of humor, and generally came off to me as a decent human being, albeit young in experience to an extent although he tried to stress otherwise.

But... with that being said, I was expecting a book on steps to take to quit your job. Maybe things to do to start a business on the side, pitfalls to watch out for regarding setting up the business or taxes or I don't know, anything really insightful. Instead I got a bunch of common sense knowledge wrapped in a "his life" point-of-view, dipped heavily in his sense of humor (yeah, kind of like that).

I have been a Dave Ramsey listener for a long time now and have learned a ton of useful points and things to live by from Mr. Ramsey. So when I saw this book under the "Ramsey Umbrella", I got excited. I almost bought the paperback, but it was priced too high. I got this on audible on sale and for the sale price it was at least entertaining.

The main issue that I had with this book wasn't so much that it was just common sense. I mean, at least that was delivered in an entertaining manner. My problem was that I don't think that the author realized WHY his life worked out the way that it did. He talked about hustle, and continuing to fight for the dream. But hearing his story as an outsider to his life, it sounds to me like the main reason for his successes in life may have been social connections. Which is something I already knew about the real world, and something he may not realize that he had as an advantage, instead crediting himself as a hustler in life.

I have a strange feeling that if Mr. Acuff had the connections that most of us have in life, he'd still be giving speeches to 30 people in Nebraska even to this day. I may be wrong, it's just a hunch of mine, but I'd be willing to bet on this hunch.

I give it 3 stars as it passed the time while doing daily chores and driving, and it was entertaining to a degree. But not worth more than I paid for it on sale as it lacked anything outside of common sense.

This was a great book to me as it describes the misadventures of finding your niche in life and the obstacles that prevent one from achieving them. This author gives his perspective and I found it to be informative and useful for my own situation. Remember Quitters never win and winners never quite.

This book is a useless ego trip. There's little actionable advice and way too much talk about his relationship with God and Christ for my taste. He basically talks about how lucky he is and not how one would leverage his experience to make changes in their own lives. Not at all useful for the professional guidance and sort of offensive if you're not Christian.

Insightful, entertaining, enlightening

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He was very engaging. Kept me awake on the road. Very good speaker. However, he is not as funny as he thinks he is!

Yes...but it took a couple road trips to get through it.

I've been soaking up all Dave Ramsey & Dan Miller's material. 48 days to the work you love by Dan Miller has way more of the nuts and bolts material that you can actually apply in the work place. Quitter didn't have as much meat to it. But I would definately recommend it to others and I will probably buy the book. I always say if you can pull one thing out of a book and apply it to your life...then it was worth the effort/money to go through it. Quitter opened my eyes to the idea of giving your day job 100% because your side dream job will reflect those work ethics. I am currently guilty of robbing time from my job. Even as I sit here writing this review I am supposed to be working! I definately need to start excersizing that practice! It makes sense. Overall...good book...but not as good as some other career books on the market.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is trying to find their passion and how it fits in to their current schedule

Learning that in order to pursue my passion, I have to learn to like my day job.

A very inspiring read. Acuff points out that we should not give much credit to our self-talk, but rather see it as fears that we must overcome.

I could not connect to the book. I don't know how he breathed! He read fast. I'm no expert on reading speed, and this is only my third AudioBook, but I honestly do not know how the publisher allowed his reading speed to go unchecked. With that said, Acuff has some good points. They come few and far in-between, though, in my humble opinion. I think Acuff tries too hard to connect with his readers. He does this by going off on tangents and including a humor to his writing that, personally, does not strike me as all that funny. The majority of the last chapter is a never-ending list of criteria to quit your job. It took a lot for me not to fast-forward. And he fails to address a few looming questions I (and probably others) had from the onset of the book: simply stated, "What if I'm not good at what I want to do? What if I'm not good at my passion? What if what I want to do is not marketable?" All said and done, Acuff's overall theme, at least from what I personally gathered, is patience. Don't rush into anything; think things through; etc. His best example is Christ, who, as Acuff correctly reminds us, spent 30 years in obscurity before spending 3 years changing the world.

Not only is the content of Quitter excellent, but Jon Acuff is very personable and engaging. He made listening to the book fun. I also appreciate the number of times he went "off script" to add helpful information.

I like books that are read by the author themselves, as this one was. Acuff is a passionate person and writer; this comes out in the audio version. I highly recommend it.

Jon Acuff searched for his dream job for a long time, learned many principles along the way, and had the wisdom to wait for the right time. He warns against quitting your day job too soon, the challenge of "falling in like" with a job you hate, and taking practical steps toward the eventual break to the job you really love.

I found it to be timely, entertaining, and packed with solid advice.

I was looking at this book at a #symc conference when someone came up and said that book had changed his life. By the title, it seems like a book that might encourage you cast off your old job for a dream job. But it does not. Jon Acuff encourages you to start working on your dream job in a way that does not jeopardize your current job. Good tips, techniques and lessons learned from someone who went through the experience. As a seasoned employee, I find his approach realistic and useful.

On a scale of 1-10, this would be an 8. I love that the author does the narration. However, while his voice definitely modulates, you can tell he is reading and he speeds over some of the chapter/section titles - it would have been useful to the ear to have a few more pauses in narration. I will say, however, that one of the best things about this narration is when Jon Acuff goes "off-book" occasionally to share a story relevant to what he is reading. Then you feel like he is really talking to you about his experience.

I DEFINITELY recommend this book.

Yes, I would recommend this audiobook. The main reason is because it is read by the author himself. The book is good, and it makes it so much better to hear it read from the author because he reads it with passion and enthusiasm. I also like how he goes "off-script" at a few points in the reading to further explain something or bring something that came up after the writing of the book.

The points that Acuff makes are very clear and well taught. He gives good examples from his own life and is a very good teacher. I like that he starts the book by saying "don't quit your day job." (Mind you, the name of the book is "Quitter" so most readers might be picking it up with much enthusiasm about kicking their day job to the curb and going out on their own venture.)

I have heard Acuff speak for Financial Peace University, but he only did one session. It was good to hear more performance from him, on a topic that seemed closer to his own heart.

“Hustle isn't just doing the things you love all the time. Hustle is doing the things you don't enjoy sometimes to earn the right to do the things you love.”

“When you keep your day job, all opportunities become surplus propositions rather than deficit remedies. You only have to take the ones that suit your dream best.”

“I know it sounds crazy, but people with jobs tend to have more creative freedom than people without.”

Waiting for your next book Jon! Get it on Audible and you have at least one guaranteed listener right here.