ATG 295 | Find an Hour, Start Selling: How I Trick Myself Into Beating Procrastination

All It Takes Is A Goal

All It Takes Is A Goal
ATG 295 | Find an Hour, Start Selling: How I Trick Myself Into Beating Procrastination
Aug 17, 2026 Episode 295
Jon Acuff

 Procrastination loves vagueness. "I'll get to that eventually" means nothing gets done. In this episode, I'm sharing the exact system I use to steal back an hour from my own procrastination, starting with your phone's screen time settings and treating your apps like a restaurant menu. You'll learn why making a list of everything you're procrastinating on actually makes things worse, and why I had to become a phenomenal salesman just to get myself to write. I'll walk you through the four techniques I used today to sell myself on finishing a chapter, including scheduling appointments with myself, using countdown timers, wearing noise canceling headphones as a focus cue, and why writing in a notebook instead of a laptop kills distraction dead. Instagram didn't steal my hours. They sold them to me. It's time to out sell them right back.


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