About this episode

Jon Acuff shares his journey and insights on building a meaningful career in this engaging conversation with Liz Bohannon.

This is a throwback to the classic Plucking Up format: real stories, real twists, real embarrassments. And there's no better guest for that than Jon Acuff. Jon is a New York Times bestselling author of 10+ books, including Soundtracks, Finish, and his newest, Procrastination Proof .  In this conversation, Jon takes us all the way back to tap dancing, a graveyard of GoDaddy URLs, laser hair removal jingles, and traces the slow, deliberate path that led to the career he has today. He's honest, funny, and remarkably generous with what it actually took. This one is a gem. Key Takeaways Your day job isn't the enemy of your dream. The gift of invisibility. Never attach all your bills to your dream right away. Season-specific advice actually matters. Starting over after success is its own kind of hard. Know when to quit and Jon's three-question test. If you don't define success for yourself, the world will do it for you. "The growing is in the going." Timestamps [00:00]  Cold open: overstimulated and under-challenged [00:16]  Liz introduces Jon and the episode [03:37]  Jon's origin story: Ipswich, MA, third-grade poems, and tap dancing [06:35]  Falling in love…

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