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Return to Sawyerton Springs Is Back!
Return to Sawyerton Springs is back in a new hardcover edition. Andy Andrews shares why he wrote his funniest book, and a 30-day read-aloud challenge for your family.
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Return to Sawyerton Springs Is Back!
Return to Sawyerton Springs is back in a new hardcover edition. Andy Andrews shares why he wrote his funniest book, and a 30-day read-aloud challenge for your family.Read article
How to Get Rid of Anxiety Once and for All
Palms sweating, mind racing—fear can feel enormous, right up until you stop and actually look at it. Andy Andrews breaks down where your worry really goes (most of it never happens) and three shifts that loosen fear's grip so you can move forward.Read article
The Real Problem With AI in Schools Isn’t Cheating
The conversation about AI in schools is almost always about cheating. That's not the biggest problem. This one didn't start with a chatbot. It started on a three-hour car ride to Grandma's house — back when children sat in the backseat with nothing to do but listen to the adults talk about life. Then we handed them headphones.Read article
How to Gain Confidence: 7 Strategies for Increasing Your Belief in Yourself
Everyone struggles with self-belief at some point—it's a muscle you never stop lifting. Andy Andrews shares three keys to stronger confidence and four things to do the moment your belief begins to waver, hard-won from his own years of rejection before The Traveler's Gift.Read article
Have You Been Socially Adjusted? Would You Like To Be?
We’ve never been more connected—yet many people feel more isolated than ever. As technology reshapes how we think, interact, and spend our time, a quiet shift is beginning to take place. More and more people are stepping back, searching for something deeper than constant connection—and rediscovering what it truly means to be present.Read articleA World of Vanishing Miracles?
When every image can be faked, the miraculous starts to feel like a feature. Andy Andrews reflects on how we've lost our sense of wonder—and why getting it back matters.Read articleBill Belichick Delivers A Lesson For Our Children
Bill Belichick missed the Hall of Fame by one vote despite six Super Bowls. The lesson every parent should teach their children: how you treat people determines your future.Read article
Why I’m Skipping The Super Bowl
This is in no way a rant designed to urge you not to watch the Super Bowl. Frankly, I won't know (or care) whether you do or don't. Personally however, after having watched at least some of every Super Bowl for the past forty years–and actually attending one–I will not be tuning in to this […]Read articleLet’s Talk College Football!
Are you a parent? Perhaps you are the owner of your own business or the leader of a major corporation. Do you want your family or your business to be the very best? Assuming your answer is yes, here are a few more questions that can clarify your own direction as you choose what kind of leader you will be.Read article
Please…An Important Message from Andy
Am I wrong to assume that you believe, as I do, that America is in big trouble? And how crazy is it that we have witnessed an extremely slow rise and fall to end up here?Read articleFor Your 4th of July…a Priority
Andy Andrews remembers Fourth of July nights listening to his grandparents’ war stories, and urges us to learn from the Greatest Generation while we still can.Read articleThe Rarest Achievement in Sports
During the last 125 years, over 5 million men have played college football. More than 25,000 of them have gone on to the pros. However, only ten have accomplished what might be the rarest achievement in the history of sport: winning the Heisman Trophy and being enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Read article
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About Andy Andrews
Hailed by a New York Times reporter as “someone who has quietly become one of the most influential people in America,” Andy Andrews is a best-selling novelist, speaker, and consultant for the world’s largest corporations and organizations. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Noticer, How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, and the modern classic, The Traveler’s Gift.