In the Loop with Andy Andrews

ITL056 : Intention vs. Action

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Do your actions match your intentions? Find out on today’s episode of In the Loop!A.T. brings up a blog post Andy recently wrote called “An Important Announcement for Men Everywhere.”

  • The post is about why we need to remember that watching football (or anything on TV, really) is not what this time of the year is all about
  • Andy explains that he really does love watching the game of football, regardless of who is playing, and he can tend to get wrapped up in it
  • His boys love watching it with him, but he has noticed that if he isn’t there to watch a game, they don’t watch it on their own

    • Somewhere along the line, Andy began to understand that you put your time into what is most important to you.

    • When he listed the time that he spent reading about and watching football, he discovered that it was much more time than he was spending reading about things like being a better dad

      • What do we consider to be important in our lives?

      • Most people would say things like their wife, husband, kids, etc.
      • But does that answer match up with reality? If we look at how we spend our time throughout the day, will our actions reflect that belief?
      • Andy realized that his actions were not matching up with what he thought he considered to be important in his life

        • It doesn’t matter what we intend to do with our time.

        • Intentions have no power
        • Intending to do something is not the same as actually doing it
        • We tend to judge other people by their actions and ourselves by our intentions
        • There is a big difference, however, between “intentions” and “being intentional”
        • “Being intentional” means doing specific things with purpose

          • Because of this, Andy has been very specific about the games he watches with the boys over the past few years.

          • Doing things with the entire family is more important, long term, than not doing activities that include the entire family
          • Watching football games can be a great bonding experience in families where everyone is into it
          • What he’s finding more and more, however, is that there aren’t very many families where everyone is truly into it
          • If your whole family is into it and it’s a great bonding experience, by all means, go for it

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            Questions for Listeners

            • What activities does your entire family do together?

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