83 Quotes by Jon Acuff

If you are ever invited to a late Friday afternoon meeting with your boss, that’s not a meeting, that’s a booby trap.

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.

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.

If you blink and find yourself working on something besides your real goal, you’ve probably retreated to the first kind of hiding place: the obvious time waster. You will never accidentally end up doing a difficult project. The work you’re trying to avoid is not something you’ll stumble upon one day unexpectedly.

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.

That’s all data is. A gift from yesterday that you receive today to make tomorrow better.

If you want help for your dream, start by helping someone else with their dream. If you want support for your hope, start by giving support to someone else’s hope. If you want encouragement as you work on your calling, start by encouraging other people. Giving support is often the best way to get it.

The only reason cavemen painted on walls was they didn’t have note cards.

Scars you refuse to hide can become lighthouses that warn other people who are headed to the same rocks you crashed on.