Jon Acuff

Jon Acuff is a popular American author and public speaker who has spent his career writing about productivity, careers, goal setting, and the mental habits that determine whether ambitious people actually finish what they start. He built much of his early audience through his blogs, including the widely read Stuff Christians Like, which became his first book in 2010. Since then he has produced a string of bestsellers, including Quitter, Start, Do Over, Finish, and All It Takes Is a Goal, each of which approaches a different angle of personal development with the same accessible, conversational, frequently funny voice that has become his trademark.

Acuff is also a sought-after corporate speaker who has presented to organizations ranging from major banks to consumer brands and athletic apparel companies. He is known for blending humor, storytelling, and concrete, easy-to-use frameworks rather than abstract motivational appeals. He hosts a podcast titled All It Takes Is a Goal, in which he talks with listeners and guests about how to set objectives and follow through on them. He lives in the Nashville area with his wife, Jenny, and their two daughters. Soundtracks extends a body of work that consistently meets readers where they are: people who have ideas, ambitions, and projects, and who quietly suspect that their own thinking is what keeps getting in the way.