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How to Be Grateful: 3 Simple Tips for Practicing Gratitude
We all know we should be grateful, yet very few people know how. Here are three simple ways to practice gratitude in daily life—even when things aren’t going your way.Read article
How to Influence Leaders: 2 Tips for Creating Positive Change
Andy Andrews was asked to help the 2005 USA Solheim Cup team after a rough first day—even though he plays golf less than five times a year. Here are the two things he leaned on, and how anyone can use them to influence leaders.Read articleMy Christmas List of Three…That You’ve Never Heard Done This Way!
Written as a letter to friends, Andy Andrews shares three unusual Christmas performances: Mark Lowry’s “Mary, Did You Know?” with Voctave, Gordon Mote’s “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” and The Isaacs singing “Labor of Love” in Bethlehem’s Shepherd’s Cave.Read article
The Key to Effective Leadership: How to Become Someone Worth Following
We’re all leaders, so we might as well be great ones. Andy Andrews explains why effective leadership starts with becoming someone worth following, and the three qualities that make people want to follow you.Read article
How to Create Your Own Life: My 3 Step Process
So many people feel stuck in life. Andy Andrews shares the 3-step process he’s used to get unstuck: identify where you want to go, align your life with your talents, and develop the skills that complement them.Read articleHow to Identify Life Principles Worth Living By
With so much “proven” advice out there, how do you know what’s worth living by? Andy Andrews shares the three characteristics that separate life principles from opinions, and a simple question to test each one.Read article
How to Make Tough Decisions: A Process That Works…Featuring 3 Key Questions to Ask Yourself
Decisions sound simple until you face a crucial one. Andy Andrews shares the three questions he uses to make tough decisions quickly and confidently, and why seeking wisdom is the one step you should never skip.Read article
Why Hiring a Coach Is Critical to Your Success
Society’s highest achievers almost always have coaches. Andy Andrews explains the three lies that keep people from hiring a coach, what to look for in one, and how to start even if you can’t afford a coach yet.Read article
How to Engage an Audience: My 3-Step Formula
Whether you’re a parent, a boss, or a speaker, you have an audience. Drawing on his years as a comedian, Andy Andrews shares a three-step formula for engaging any audience and keeping their attention.Read article
What Do You Believe?
Before Ole Miss faced undefeated #1 Alabama, Andy Andrews wrote a 3 a.m. letter to Coach Hugh Freeze’s team about the only question that really matters: what do you believe? Here’s the letter in its entirety, and the rest of the story.Read article
How to Maximize Your Morning
George Washington Carver started every day at 4 a.m., but Andy Andrews believes it’s what Carver did after rising that made the difference. Here’s how to maximize your morning, and two things you must know about waking up early.Read articleHow to Quit a Job with Grace
At some point, we all stop doing our jobs. Andy Andrews explains how to quit a job with grace: stay grateful, set a great example, and leave the door open on your way out, because your legacy depends on it.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.