Andy’s Blog
Andy’s Advice for Single Parents
In today’s video blog, Andy answers a reader question: What is your parenting advice for single parents? How do you replace a mother or father figure in a child’s life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDYWrPHozKk You can’t 100% replace the presence of another person,...
Who Gets the “Best” of You?
“Don’t talk to me early in the morning! I have always been this way. This is just the way I am.” Have you ever heard something to this effect? Perhaps these words came from your own mouth… If you’ve said this, I can only assume that you believe it to be...
How to Change Our Society’s Culture
Have you ever wondered whether it's possible to actually change the culture in which we live? On Tuesday, Andy appeared on TheBlaze TV and discussed this very issue, and the solution, with Glenn Beck. To read about it and watch the video, simply click below! Watch and...
How to Smile While Talking
In today’s video blog, Andy answers a reader question: How do you smile while you talk without feeling phony? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_UDFt0gm7E Smiling while you talk can do more for you than you would ever imagine. People will gravitate toward you. They...
How to Influence People to Take Charge of Life
In this video blog, Andy answers the question: What’s the best way to influence people to take charge of their life? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoU2rv-wbwY What are some ways you’ve influenced friends or family to start taking charge of their life? Let everyone...
The Jordan Effect
In football, there is a common expression designed to keep players focused on what they can control. They are coached to “compete from the snap to the whistle.” This, of course, means that each player is supposed to give 100% from the time each play starts (when ball...
How to Get Your Kids to Read
Q&A: How Do You Get Your Children Excited About Reading? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0t1cN0P3Z8 If you want to get your kids excited about reading, get them excited about a story. Focus on the exciting “story” element of what you want them to read, as opposed...
The Worst Rejections I Ever Received
People often ask what it was like to receive 51 rejection letters when I was trying to get my first novel, The Traveler’s Gift, published. Well, actually writing the book was the hardest part, but the rejection stage wasn’t all that pleasant, either! Rejection is...
A Key Quality of Great Leaders
In this video blog, Andy answers a reader question: What is the value of humility in leadership? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7TGc0n6RDk Notes: People relate better to those who aren’t blowing their own horn. People relate better to people who are giving and...