The Professional Noticer Podcast

Crushing Self-Destructive Behaviors and a Sly Reference to Animal House!
Knowing that the Quality of our Answers is determined by the Quality of our Questions… This week, Andy talks with a person who wants to be sure if he is asking the right "good questions!" Tune in to understand how the cycle of good questions leads to good answers and...

Back to School for Another Year!
This week, we’re also celebrating The Professional Noticer’s one-year anniversary! That’s right. It has been a whole year since the launch of the show. Can you believe it? And in the spirit of Back to School, we’re revisiting the year’s best school...

Can You Help Your Adult Child After Relapse?
This week, Andy answers a question from someone who recently read about a difference between kindness and niceness—basically that kindness comes from love and niceness comes from fear. He wants to know if Andy thinks there really is a difference. Andy also answers a...

Ever Dealt with a Pathological Liar?
This week, Andy answers a question from a mother with young boys who sometimes fight. It often leaves her in tears. Her husband says the fighting is normal and laughs, which makes her mad...Now everyone is mad! She wants to know if Andy can provide insight or...

Effectively Advertising with Client Gifts
This week, Andy answers a question about avoiding procrastination and developing the discipline it takes to complete overwhelming tasks. Andy also advises a person who is in charge of buying his company’s promotional items. Andy explains why clients and...

Identifying Self-limiting Beliefs
This week, Andy answers a question from someone who left their well-paying job of 20 years to take over his parent’s business and help them retire. He and his wife have replaced their previous incomes, but now feel stuck. He wants to know how to identify...

Can Our Divided Nation Get Back on Track?
This week, Andy provides some “bottom of the pool” thinking to a question about what can be done to reverse the trend of division in our country. Tune in to hear Andy explain why the current generation of teenagers and young adults lack the communication skills...

Bad Boss? How to Keep from Being Pushed into a Corner!
This week, Andy answers a question about how to stay motivated while looking for people who need help and still have the energy to meet their needs. Andy also offers advice to a long-time, very successful medical professional. Her new boss tells her that she’s...

Grandparent: Feel Helpless About Your Family Generations in Chaos?
This week, Andy answers a question from a grandmother who is concerned about protecting her grandchildren from the lifestyle of their mother—who entered into a relationship with another woman years ago. The grandparents cared for the kids for several years as the...

Is Your Reputation Under Attack?
This week, Andy tackles a situation involving a person being undermined by another executive at work. The other executive has even been caught spending company money inappropriately, but continues to seek refuge with HR and previous executives—claiming that she’s...

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.