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Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters (original 2013; edition 2013)

by Jon Acuff

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Over the last 100 years, the road to success for most everyone has been divided into five predictable stages: Learning, Editing, Mastering, Harvesting, and Guiding. 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. Start gives readers practical, actionable insights to be more awesome, more often.… (more)
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Title:Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters
Authors:Jon Acuff
Info:Ramsey Press (2013), Hardcover, 288 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
Tags:1d - Forty's, 2014, 2f - Soc/Psych

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Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, Do Work that Matters by Jon Acuff (2013)

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  vorefamily | Feb 22, 2024 |
I was really hoping to like this book a lot more than I did, but some things seriously bugged me. For example:
1) The constant references to Dave Ramsey, and how awesome he is. Jon Acuff could have written another book extolling the virtues of Dave Ramsey, but instead he crammed them all in here so I could roll my eyes every couple of pages at the blatant, unapologetic hero worship.
2) The frequent and unnecessary reminders of the author's Christian faith. Definitely a major turn-off, and made for an awkward read.
3) He tried way too hard to be funny, and most of the jokes fell flat. I admit I chuckled a couple of times, but that was about it.
4) The sections in each chapter often felt out of place, like they'd been rearranged a dozen times and he'd forgotten to go back and re-edit the flow of the book so it would make sense.

Overall, the content felt rehashed and unoriginal. Acuff quotes a number of other authors whose books are much clearer and more focused than this one. So much fluff here, and not a whole lot of substance. Which is too bad, because I do believe that Acuff has something worthwhile to say. It's just difficult to find among all the humble-brags, irrelevant stories, and bad jokes. ( )
  Elizabeth_Cooper | Oct 27, 2023 |
Motivational book. Preferred his other book Finish, which I read before this one. If you struggle to commit and start a new project or venture, this book can help. ( )
  thewestwing | Aug 12, 2022 |
Do you want to become awesome? Then start.

Jon Acuff pointed out in his book, Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters*, that to move from average to awesome, you have to start. While you will not achieve awesome overnight, by starting you are on your way. Read more ( )
  skrabut | Sep 2, 2020 |
Absolutely amazing. It's been a long time since I've taken notes on a book that I've read for fun. This is a keeper. Sometimes we get into a rut, and depending on our age we might feel like it's a little too late to start and who can even begin to start if we have all these obligations?? But this book will get you out of your rut, and moving. Even if it's baby steps, it's still MOVEMENT. ( )
  Cfo6 | Mar 19, 2018 |
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Over the last 100 years, the road to success for most everyone has been divided into five predictable stages: Learning, Editing, Mastering, Harvesting, and Guiding. 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. Start gives readers practical, actionable insights to be more awesome, more often.

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No one aims for average.
No one sets out for status quo.
No one longs for ordinary.

But one day you wake up and ask yourself, how did I get here? You wonder if there's a way to be more awesome, more often. A way to punch fear in the face, escape average, and do work that matters.

There is, and it's not even that complicated. Since the dawn of time, every wildly successful life has gone through the same five states. They used to be tied to your age.

20s- Learning
30s- Editing
40s- Mastering
50s- Harvesting
60s- Guiding

But the great news is, it's no longer about when you were born; it's about when you decide to live. You don't have to be in your 20s to learn, and you don't have to be in your 50s to harvest.

You just have to start.
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