Jon Acuff

Jon Acuff is an American author of five books including Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck.,^[1] Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job,^[2] and Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters.^[3] Acuff also runs the blog StuffChristiansLike.net, which has over 3 million readers.^[4][5]

Career

In 2010 Acuff "closed the gap between his day job and his dream job" when he was hired by Dave Ramsey as a full-time speaker and author.^[6] The first book he wrote for Dave Ramsey’s company was titled Gazelles, Baby Steps & 37 Other Things Dave Ramsey Taught Me About Debt.^[7]

In September 2013, Acuff abruptly resigned from Dave Ramsey's company. He called his time working for Ramsey "the three greatest years of our professional life." ^[8]

Personal life

Acuff resides in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife, Jenny, and two children. In November 2009, he used his blog to raise $60,000 to build a kindergarten in Vietnam^[9] and he is currently working with Thistle Farms, a social enterprise in Nashville, Tennessee, that helps women who have survived prostitution, trafficking, and addiction.^[10]

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