ATG 275 | What Are You Waiting For? The Question That Changed My Life at 37

ATG 275 | What Are You Waiting For? The Question That Changed My Life at 37

March 30, 2026 · 21 min · Episode 275

About this episode

Jon Acuff shares his journey of writing his first book and the life-changing question that motivated him.

I spent two years preparing to write my first book. You know what finally got it done? Writing one terrible page on a Tuesday afternoon in a Burger King. For years, I sang Colin Hay's "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin" hundreds of times while stuck in Nashville traffic, living in complete quicksand. Then in 2013, I started my own company and lost all my support systems overnight. I had one employee, and that employee was terrible. It was me. In this episode, I'm sharing the embarrassing situ...

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