Soundtracks Quotes

“Your brain is waiting for you each day. It's waiting to be told what to think. It's waiting to see what kind of soundtracks you'll choose.
It's waiting to see if you really want to build a different life”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“One of the greatest mistakes you can make in life is assuming all your thoughts are true.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“The New Anthem For thirty days, every morning and every night, find a mirror, stand up straight, and confidently say the following out loud: I, [your name], choose my thoughts. I know that doing my best starts with thinking my best. Like laying a path for an adventure, these thoughts will set the course for my actions. I’m confident that what I think matters. I’m excited to see what happens next. I’m disciplined and dedicated to stick with it. Here are ten things I know: Today is brand-new and tomorrow is too. I’ve got a gift worth giving. The only person standing in my way is me, and I quit doing that yesterday. I am the CEO of me, and I am the best boss. Winning is contagious. When I help others win, I win too. Feeling uncomfortable is just a sign that my old comfort zone is having a hard time keeping up with me. Momentum is messy. Everything is always working out for me. I am my biggest fan. The best response to obstacles is to do it anyway. In the morning I’ve pulled the slingshot back. I’m not leaving this room, I’m launching from it, ready for a day of untold opportunities. I’ve packed honesty, generosity, laughter, and bravery for the road ahead. Watch out, world! It’s time to step up, step out, and step in. In the evening What a day! The best part is I left myself a lot of fun things to work on tomorrow. When my head hits that pillow, I’m off the clock, storing up energy and excitement for a brand-new day.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Pick ROI, not EGO.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Fear comes free. Faith takes work.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“A pocket jury is a collection of broken soundtracks that judge your life whenever you dare to be more than you currently are.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“The less I wrote, the louder my overthinking got. In hindsight, that makes sense. If action eliminates overthinking, then inaction breeds it. Since I wasn’t physically engaged in the action of writing, I started overthinking more. I got caught in a nasty cycle.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“You don’t think your way out of overthinking. You act your way out. You retire broken soundtracks. You replace them with new ones. You repeat those so often they become as automatic as the old ones. Those are all actions.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“What do I want to be true?”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“I’m the one who is going to retire my broken soundtracks, replace them with new ones, and then repeat those so often they become as automatic as the old ones.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“If you have a new soundtrack you’ve fallen in love with, fortify it with effort so that if the pocket jury gets loud someday, you’ll have all the evidence you need.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Effort. Each bit of that evidence was born from effort.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Momentum is always messy.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Aim for a positivity ratio of at least 3 to 1. This means that for every heart-wrenching negative emotional experience you endure, you experience at least three heartfelt positive emotional experiences that uplift you.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“If I saw something that worked out, I needed to recognize it and then say, “Everything is always working out for me.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“That’s what’s so annoying about the pocket jury—there’s no statute of limitations. It will pull out evidence from ten years deep if that’s what will knock you off track the fastest.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“You Find the Things You’re Looking For”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Everything is always working out for me.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“I wanted to argue with his assessment, but I’m doing this new thing where if I ask someone for advice, I listen to what they have to say.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“I think about my bedtime brain like a rock tumbler. Each night I have the chance to throw a few ideas in before I turn off the light. They’ll bounce around for seven hours and sometimes—not all the time, but sometimes—I’ll wake up with an even better idea in the morning.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“refreshing to know that I have ‘left myself things to do tomorrow’ instead of failing to get it all done.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“The dial will go up. In those moments, we’ll use our turn-down techniques from chapter 3, but the whole process will be a lot easier if you set the dial where you want it to be before even leaving the house.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“the only person standing in my way is me, and I quit doing that yesterday.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Self-care starts with self-talk.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Tell the truth in advance.’ The affirmations are true.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Am I focusing on the problem or the solution?”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Round and round I went, getting angrier with each listen. Do you know what I was doing in that moment? Focusing all my time, creativity, and productivity on the problem instead of the solution. I was overfeeding the problem and starving the solution.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“It’s only negative if you stay there. What you want to focus on is the solution.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Saying that the traffic ruined your day might seem minor, but what you’re really saying is “I gave the traffic the power to determine the quality of my day.”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

“Where do I want to win this week? What soundtracks will help? What actions can I take?”
― Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking