Jon Acuff

About
Jon Acuff: New York Times Bestselling Author | Leadership Speaker | Expert on Goals, Overthinking and Change
Turn Good Intentions into Finished Work
Your team has goals. What keeps them from making progress? Often it’s overthinking, waiting for the perfect plan, or starting more than they finish.
Jon Acuff makes those habits easier to recognize and change. The author of Soundtracks, Finish, and All It Takes Is a Goal brings humour, relatable stories, and practical tools to audiences that want to adapt to change and follow through. The Sweeney Agency
Why Book Jon Acuff?
Jon takes challenges that can feel personal—self-doubt, perfectionism, and procrastination—and shows how they affect team performance. He gives people useful language for the thoughts that slow them down and simple ways to take action.
For organizations asking people to embrace change or meet ambitious goals, Jon delivers an upbeat keynote with a practical next step.
What Makes Jon Different?
- Humour and storytelling that make difficult habits easy to recognize
- A clear framework for changing patterns of overthinking
- Practical ideas audiences can apply to their work
- A message that connects individual habits to team results
- Programs focused on mindset, change, and finishing goals
Why Is Jon Right for Your Audience?
Jon is a strong fit for leadership meetings, company conferences, sales kickoffs, and teams navigating change. He is especially valuable when people know what they need to accomplish but need help getting past hesitation, distraction, or the pressure to do everything perfectly.
Book Jon when your audience needs to:
- Stop overthinking and start taking useful action
- Navigate change with greater curiosity and confidence
- Turn ambitious goals into consistent progress
- Reduce the drag of perfectionism and procrastination
- Build a shared language for more productive thinking
- Finish important work
Audience Takeaways
Attendees will leave:
- Able to spot recurring thoughts that hold them back
- Equipped to replace those thoughts with ones that support action
- More confident about taking the next step amid uncertainty
- Ready to make visible progress toward their goals
- Motivated to follow through on work that matters to their team
Keynote Programs
Soundtracks
Jon shows teams how to recognize repetitive thoughts that fuel overthinking, replace them with more useful ones, and reinforce new habits. Ideal for change, productivity, and performance events.
The AI Mindset
When AI changes faster than a team can plan for it, fear and overthinking can stall progress. Jon applies his Soundtracks framework to help audiences approach AI with curiosity and a mindset ready for change.
From Start to Finish
Jon explores why capable people leave goals incomplete and how to build the habits that help them finish. Ideal for sales teams, leadership conferences, and organizations focused on execution. The Sweeney Agency
Why Contact The Sweeney Agency Now?
Tell us what is slowing your team down and what you want them to accomplish after the event. We can help you choose Jon’s most relevant program, discuss the format, and confirm his availability and current fee.
Is Jon Right for Your Event?
Tell us about your audience, the goals in front of them, and the obstacles to making progress. We’ll help you assess Jon’s fit and plan the next step.
To check availability and fee of this speaker, call 1-866-727-7555 or email [email protected].
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Jon Acuff was brilliant and engaging. Our employees absolutely loved the talk. We didn't have any negative feedback and in our survey actually 100% of employees agreed it was value use of their time which was more than any speaker we had that week.
Microsoft
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