Jon Acuff - Your New Playlist: The Students Guide to Tapping Into the Superpower of Mindset

I wish I knew then what I know now.

If youre an adult, youve said that a few times.

If youre a student, adults are jealous of you.

Why?

Because when you hit your 30s, 40s, or 50s, you learn things that would have made the school and college years so much better. Only you didnt know them then, and you dont have access to a time machine, so youre left with that sentence: I wish I knew then what I know now.

But if youre a student, you do have access to a time machine. Youre holding one in your hands right now.

Inside these pages is the fastest, funnest way to tap into the superpower of mindset.

Inside these pages are easy tools you can use to change the story you tell yourself about yourself.

Inside these pages is everything you need to create new thoughts that push you forward instead of holding you back.

I helped your parents do that when I wrote a book called Soundtracks . They read it, started listening to new soundtracks (my word for repetitive thoughts), and then asked me, Will you write a version for my kid?

The answer was, Yes, but not alone.

Im 46 years old. I havent been a student for 30 years. Thats a long time, and even though Ive written seven other books, I knew this one had to be different. So I asked my two daughters to help me write it.

McRae is 16 years old and is a junior in high school.

L.E. (short for Laura Elizabeth and pronounced like Ellie) is a freshman in college.

We did a collab on this project. (See, even that last sentence sounded like a dad trying to be cool.) They wrote it. I edited it. And the result is a short, powerful book that your parents wish someone had handed them when they were your age.

When youre an adult and discover that you have the power to write new soundtracks for your life, you often first have to retire broken soundtracks youve carried for years, maybe even decades.

As a student, you dont have to do that. Your life is fresh and unencumbered by the baggage we adults pick up along the way. Not only do you have less to unlearn, but youre also squarely in the learning portion of your life. From algebra to driving, students are primed to learn new things and develop new skills.

The best news is that truth tends to grow like compound interest. Saving money when youre a student has a different impact on your life than it does when you save money in your forties. A single new soundtrack believed when youre 14 or 18 can change the entire arc of your life in the same way that saving $1,000 early on can.

Its time to build some new thoughts that turn into new actions and new results.

Its time to discover how your thought life shapes your real life.

Its time to create your new playlist.

Are you ready?

Me too.