Andy's Blog
The Key to Effective Leadership: How to Become Someone Worth Following
I’ve long said that I believe we’re all leaders. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are, what you do, or what you don’t do—you make decisions that influence other people, and that’s the only qualification for being a leader. Of course, that’s not all it takes to...
How to Create Your Own Life: My 3 Step Process
“The life I want to live feels impossible for me to reach.” I hear statements like this all the time. So many people feel stuck in life—working the same job, struggling with the same monthly budget, and dreading Monday mornings. They hear success stories about other...
How to Identify Life Principles Worth Living By
Go to any website or bookstore these days and you’ll likely be bombarded with a thousand different pieces of “proven” advice for making money or unlocking your heart’s desire or living the life of your dreams. We’ve never had more resources for solving problems, and...
How to Make Tough Decisions: A Process That Works…Featuring 3 Key Questions to Ask Yourself
Decisions—they sound simple until you’re faced with a crucial one. Then, you remember that making them is one of the toughest things about life. You can feel the pressure building with each passing second. What if I choose the wrong thing? What if my decision hurts...
Why Hiring a Coach Is Critical to Your Success
Stop for a moment and think about your favorite sports teams. Picture the best moment you’ve had watching them play. Relive their biggest accomplishment during your fandom. It might be a championship victory. It might be a miraculous comeback. It might be a decisive...
How to Engage an Audience: My 3-Step Formula
You may not view yourself as someone who has an audience, but no matter what you do for a living, you probably do! If you ever find yourself in a situation where you have the attention of more than one person you are trying to influence, you have an audience. Are you...
What Do You Believe?
Note: Do you have a favorite sports team? Are you a coach? Do you know one? Be sure to read to the end to receive a free gift I put together specifically for readers of this post. 🙂 If you were the head coach, what would you say to a group of young men about...
How to Maximize Your Morning
Do you ever ask yourself how you could possibly fit everything you need to do into a single day? How about whether you’ll be able to fit all the things you want to do into the rest of your lifetime? I hear questions like these all the time. And when I do, I always...
How to Quit a Job with Grace
When someone asks, “What do you do?” how do almost all of us respond? I’m an accountant. I’m a teacher. I’m a salesman. Jobs are a large part of how we define who we are. They make up the chapters of our lives, alongside major life events like marriage, the birth of...