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  • 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
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,441 ratings)

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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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Great Book

Author was fun to listen to, and really got me thinking about how bring awesome was more then doable!

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Ready to punch fear in the face

Funny
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Made me self reflect and I identify problem areas
I am not scared of the "learning" phase anymore
In summary it gave me a deeper desire to live an "awesome life"

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great read

Author keeps you engaged and it moves quickly and will keep you wanting more. I'll read or listen again...

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Wonderful Book, Wonderful Performance

Engaging performance. Wonderful takeaways I could share and implement in my life immediately. Loved it.

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A must read for everyone!

Everyone of every age should read this book if their spirit is longing to find it's calling. And when it does, how to fuel that fire and avoid common pitfalls. I may be almost 50 yet I'm so elated to be in my 20's again!!!

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Another great, and helpful book.

This book is such an easy listen and read. I have listened to this book several times, and always find myself coming back to it, and Quitter.

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Great Story, Great Direction, Lame Performance

What three words best describe Jon Acuff’s voice?

Awkward, Forced, but, Focused

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I didn't have any extreme reactions just some brief reflections.

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Good read overall.

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Awesome tool

Great tool, on how to escape the average path and become awesome, you can apply this on your current life path and make some adjustments and be AWESOME...

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Very informative.

Mr. Acuff presents some great concepts here. The concepts are not so specific that they can be time worn, and honestly his style presents enough comedy to hold ones interest. Well worth a listen.

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Outstanding and Motivational!

Now it is time to implement what has been layed out in the book. I hope to really improve on my skills as a learner!

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