In the Loop with Andy Andrews

On this week’s episode, Andy explains why you must change your beliefs about yourself (and how to do so) if you want to achieve better results in your life.

Opportunities are drawn to people in motion.

• One of the first things Suzanne did was to seek counsel.
• She sought it from sources that she trusted instead of just asking everyone.
• She determined the steps that needed to be taken, and then she took those steps.

When seeking counsel, it’s important not to ask everyone.

• You must seek wisdom from wise people.
• How do you determine who is wise? By examining the fruit on the tree. What kind of results is this person you’re thinking of asking for counsel getting?
• The purpose of analysis is to come to a conclusion, not to continue analyzing.

If you’re ever going to move beyond where you are, you must force yourself to think beyond what you already know.

• It’s important to determine a result and then form a process that will lead you to that result.
• It’s impossible to perform past what you believe. Our beliefs can be an extremely limiting factor.
• Our actions and results are tied to our beliefs.
• Beliefs come from critical thinking, prayer life, and your changes in perception.

Questions for Listeners

• Do you have a question for Andy? Call in and your question might be featured on the show!

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

On this week’s episode, Andy discusses why he feels that he has finally “arrived” in the field of professional coaching.

Andy is now the official Mental Coach of…the Orange Beach Sharks.

• This is his son’s 13-14-year-old baseball team.

• He talks to the team before every practice and game.

At the beginning of the season, he talked about umpires with the team.

• The first thing they needed to know about umpires is that they’re kind of like TSA at the airport. You will not win an argument with them.

• You can, however, tick them off.

• Umpires are like brothers. If you tick them off, they won’t give you the benefit of the doubt on close calls.

Here’s the plan he gave the team:

• Other teams are going to go out on the field and say nothing to the umpires, unless they decide to complain.

• Andy told them to never, ever argue a call or roll their eyes.

• He told the team to talk to the umpires. Say hi and ask them how they’re doing. Ask them where they’re from.

This lesson with the team is a lesson that applies to life as well.

• If you treat people with kindness, things will generally work out better for you.

• You never know who knows the people who may in the position to give you a job or an opportunity one day.

Questions for Listeners

· Do you have a question for Andy? Call in and your question might be featured on the show!

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

On this week’s episode, Andy tackles the listener question…is college necessary?

Casey wants to become a speaker and asked if it’s possible to do so without going to college.

• You have to figure out what value you bring to other people.
• What can you bring to the table that will change someone’s life?
• You have to go beyond simple “You Can Do It” speaking.
• Encouragement is good, but it takes more than that to create lasting value.

There is a huge resistance in corporate America to motivational speakers.

• If the audience thinks they’re about to see a “motivational” speaker, you’ll lose half of them before you say a word.
• Proof is better than motivation or encouragement.

There was a time when if you did not have a degree, you would not be getting a job in certain fields.

• Obviously, that’s still the case in some areas, like medicine.
• Generally, it isn’t the case. Most people couldn’t care less if you have a piece of paper.
• All they want to know is: can you do this? And will they like being around you?
• It’s what do you know, as opposed to what do they say you know.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with going to college. It can be a great thing.

• But it is not a necessity.
• If you have to go into debt in order to go to college, always remember that it is not a requirement for success.
• College is not bad; putting limits on people or yourself is.

Questions for Listeners

· Do you have a question for Andy? Call in and your question might be featured on the show!

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

On this week’s episode, Andy answers two listener questions about preparing for life transitions.

Donna celebrated her 70th birthday shortly after hearing Andy speak about how to prepare for the next crisis in our lives. The next day, she went zip lining and got caught in the middle of one of the zip lines. Now in a crisis, she did not panic and calmly waited for the crew to come get her.

• Life can be lived like a second baseman.
• You don’t know what’s going to happen from one play to the next.
• But you do have some indications of what might happen.
• You do have to be prepared for whatever happens according to the circumstances.
• Before every pitch, you have to ask yourself, “If the ball comes to me, what am I going to do with it?”
• If you can think ahead a little bit, life becomes easier. You don’t make as many bad choices and mistakes.

The same was true for Donna.

• She had already decided that God was in control.
• She knew how to respond when things went wrong.

Another bit of listener feedback from a woman named Susanne: She fulfilled her dream of becoming a doctor. Now, she believes God wants her to change direction, but she’s not sure what that direction is. What do you do when you feel restless like this?

• We definitely should be open to shifts in direction.
• Sometimes when we work so hard to get to a certain place, we think we’ve achieved everything we were supposed to achieve.
• But if we’re still here breathing, that means our purpose hasn’t been fulfilled yet.

We have to be very open to shifts in direction.

• However, God cannot guide a still object. You have to be in motion.
• God feeds the birds, but he doesn’t throw the worms in their mouth.
• If you feel you’re being pulled in a different direction, start going out and doing all the different things you can.

Questions for Listeners

· Do you have a question for Andy? Call in and your question might be featured on the show!

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

On this week’s episode, Andy talks about how to make your family your number one priority…and keep it that way.

If you want to maintain a good balance between work and your life that enables you to spend more time with your family, you must start with priorities.

• If you say your family is your number one priority, you have to step back, observe your actions, and then determine if your actions match your words.
• It’s easy to “think past” certain aspects of your life that you think are certain and absolute.
• You may THINK your family is your number one priority, but have you really assessed whether that’s true or not?

One thing that can mess your family up is if you don’t set expectations for how you will spend your time.

• You have to communicate your priorities and the exceptions to your priorities to your family.
• If you are having family time, let them know it is family time and that it’s the number one priority.
• If there are certain phone calls you know you may have to take, let your family know in advance.

When you’re with your family, you have to make the decision to intentionally engage with them.

• This is something that’s easy to overlook.
• You have to be intentional about the purpose of the time you spend with your family. Don’t just let it pass by.

Questions for Listeners

· Give us a call and tell us know how you have shifted your priorities and found ways to spend more time with your family.

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

On this week’s episode, Andy talks about his family’s favorite show on TV, and why it could be a great thing for YOUR family to watch.

Duck Dynasty has become the Andrews family’s new favorite TV show.

• It’s like a modern-day version of The Waltons.
• They end every show with the entire family around the dinner table saying a prayer together.

It’s a great show about family and business values.

• The people on the show offer great examples for mothers and fathers.
• They are also a great example of creating a business by coming up with a way to offer tremendous value to people.

It’s not just another “reality” show.

• The episodes aren’t all about fighting and bad language.
• They show how families can sometimes disagree without being so disagreeable.
• The show reflects how large of a role faith plays in their lives.

Questions for Listeners

· What would you like to hear Andy discuss on future episodes?

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

On this week’s episode, Andy answers a listener question: What are some different, tangible ways that we can help others take action?

One of the most important things we can do to help others take action is to tell the truth that is the truth.

· The truth stands alone, and the truth is the truth.

· Yet someone can tell the truth while not telling the truth.

· You must tell the truth that IS the truth.

You only know what you know, so you only do what you know to do.

· To know something different requires an outside source: a person, a book, etc.

· Most people think they are already taking action when they actually are not.

You lose perspective when you stop actively seeking growth.

· You can’t go to the gym for three months and stay fit for the rest of your life.

· If you read a book that changes your life, you can’t just stop after reading the book.

· It’s hard and inconvenient to keep pushing yourself, but it’s essential to growth.

The ultimate answer is that nothing will encourage someone to take action more than actually taking action.

· If you want someone to take action and read a book, start by reading the book yourself and showing them how much value it can offer them.

A great example of the value that comes with taking action is AT’s book, Early to Rise.

· To get your copy, click here.

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Andy uses a listener question to illustrate how to move your life to the next level by changing the way you think.

John, a listener who grew up with an alcoholic father and rough childhood but has turned things around and created a great life for his family, wrote in with a question.

· He feels as though he could inspire people to reach their potential and succeed, but he doesn’t want his ability to provide for his family to suffer in order to chase after his dream of helping others.

· How can he help others while also continuing to provide for his family?

John is ready to move to the next level.

· You can look at people at different levels of life and deconstruct what steps they have taken to get there.

For John to be successful in moving to the next level, he needs to do these things:

· He needs to get to the point where he’s duplicating his efforts and understands that he can teach other people how to do what he has done.

· There is a type of thinking that has yielded choices that have created actions that have yielded results that have made John what he is.

· John, what were you thinking that has led to the results you are currently enjoying?

· How can you teach that way of thinking to others?

There is no such thing as a neutral choice.

· Everything you do is the result of a choice you have made.

· You are either choosing to do nothing or choosing to do something.

· The way we think determines who we are. However, you are allowed to choose the way you think.

Questions for Listeners

· What would you like to hear Andy discuss on future episodes?

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

Andy uses a listener question to illustrate how to move your life to the next level by changing the way you think.

John, a listener who grew up with an alcoholic father and rough childhood but has turned things around and created a great life for his family, wrote in with a question.

· He feels as though he could inspire people to reach their potential and succeed, but he doesn’t want his ability to provide for his family to suffer in order to chase after his dream of helping others.

· How can he help others while also continuing to provide for his family?

John is ready to move to the next level.

· You can look at people at different levels of life and deconstruct what steps they have taken to get there.

For John to be successful in moving to the next level, he needs to do these things:

· He needs to get to the point where he’s duplicating his efforts and understands that he can teach other people how to do what he has done.

· There is a type of thinking that has yielded choices that have created actions that have yielded results that have made John what he is.

· John, what were you thinking that has led to the results you are currently enjoying?

· How can you teach that way of thinking to others?

There is no such thing as a neutral choice.

· Everything you do is the result of a choice you have made.

· You are either choosing to do nothing or choosing to do something.

· The way we think determines who we are. However, you are allowed to choose the way you think.

Questions for Listeners

· What would you like to hear Andy discuss on future episodes?

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

On this episode, Andy tackles the question—how do you find and keep truly great friends?

There are three things you need to do in order to have great friendships:

· You have to make an increasing effort to be a great friend.

· God’s grace—they have to be able to forgive you when you mess up, and you have to be able to forgive them.

· The biggest factor of all is the ability to narrow your focus and become intentional about what a friend actually is. That will enable you to seek and nurture that relationship. You have to know what a friend is in order to recognize a great one.

The people around you affect the person you become.

· Would you rather be around someone who is constantly negative?

· Or would you rather be around someone who is positive and keeps you moving forward with your life?

You have to be intentional with the way you budget the 24 hours you are given each day.

· Are your friendships creating value in your life, and enabling you to create value for others?

· Are they pushing you forward…or dragging you down?

Questions for Listeners

· What would you like to hear Andy discuss on future episodes?

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

Andy and AT bring special guest Julie Borlaug, granddaughter of Norman Borlaug (whom The Butterfly Effect and The Boy Who Changed the World is about), on the podcast to discuss the legacy of her grandfather’s life-changing work.

Norman Borlaug hybridized corn and wheat for arid climates, which ultimately saved the lives of over 2 billion people across the world from famine.

· Andy reverse engineered Norman Borlaug’s life in multiple books to show that everything we do matters.

· He absolutely changed the world.

· Julie now works for the Borlaug Institute at Texas A&M, which continues the work Norman Borlaug started.

Andy came up with The Butterfly Effect story when the military contacted him about the problem of suicide among soldiers.

· How do you prove to people that their life matters?

· He was researching George Washington Carver when he discovered Norman Borlaug.

Julie had the opportunity to work directly with Norman during the last six years of his life.

· Norman was adamant that we must believe in the young and inspire them and give them the resources to show them they can change the world.

· He made his breakthrough with wheat in his 30s after everyone told him what he was doing was not going to work. He was even fired and he quit a few times.

· He was working on a technique called shuttle breeding, and his stubbornness eventually paid off.

· Norman truly believed that it will be the young who will come up with the solutions to our greatest problems.

If you’re doing what everyone else is doing, you’re probably doing something wrong.

· Most people aren’t getting extraordinary results. So if you’re doing what everyone else is doing, you’re only contributing to the average.

· If you want extraordinary results for your life, your marriage, your children, your profession, you have to stop doing what everyone else is doing.

· Norman Borlaug’s least favorite word was “mediocrity.”

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Questions for Listeners

· What would you like to hear Andy discuss on future episodes?

o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY

o E-Mail: [email protected]

o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews

Twitter.com/AndyAndrews