Andy’s Blog
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Your Own Personal Mission Statement
by Andy AndrewsIf you’ve been on this planet long enough to work for a business or buy something from a business, you’re aware that just about all of them have one thing in common… They have a mission statement.While many of them are bland or miss the mark, there’s a...
The Best Response Ever!
Here is a topic for your family to wrap a conversation around at tonight’s dinner table. Perhaps your employees or co-workers need some GREAT discussion material for the water-cooler! When we live and work in the public space, criticism is inevitable. In my years of...
Good Morning Again…from Orange Beach!
This photograph is what the sky looked like at the beach this morning. It was about 6:15, the water was beautiful, but it was an odd sunrise. At least I’d never seen one like it. Was that a straight cloud coming out of the bigger one. Yep. What the heck? As the...
Remembering George H. W. Bush — And Our Funniest Moment Together
Yes, he was 94. Still, I am sad about the passing of President George H.W. Bush. What a great and honorable life he lived. And what a smile—in success and failure, despite the death of a child, and living an increasingly public life even after his presidency...this...
The Answer is Probably “No.”
Every year, about this time, I field a handful of inquiries from a head football coach or his staff. Often, someone else talked to them about me months earlier and for whatever reason at the time, no one reached out. Now, however, if the season is not going as they...
Yes, We DO Get Along!
I don’t remember the airline or where the flight was headed. But I will never forget the woman seated next to me. During the course of our brief conversation, I mentioned that my family lives in Orange Beach, Alabama. Her eyebrows furrowed as she received that fairly...
Ten Years Later
Yes, the official release date is June 12, but to be assured of obtaining a copy, you can pre-order here right now. “But wait,” you say, “haven’t I read this book before?” My sly, cagey answer would be, “No. No, you haven’t. At least, not this book.”...
A Day Of Remembering
To some, I suppose, today is an extra “day off” on the calendar or a starting point for the summer. For you and I, however, it is a day of memorial, a day to remember those who gave everything—their last full measure—in order that we in America might live as we do....
The Worst Day of Your Life?
Last night, I couldn’t sleep. This is not an especially unusual situation for me. Sometimes I’ll sleep for an hour, wake up, and that’s it. Other times, I can’t get to sleep at all. Not that it occurs often, but when it does, my wide-awake-full-ness usually has...