Welcome to Nobody Told Me.

I'm Laura Owens.

And I'm Jan Black.

We're very honored to have bestselling author Andy Andrews with us on this episode. You may know Andy from

his many books like The Noticer and The Travelers Gift, Seven Decisions that Determine Personal

Success, but you may not know that Andy was homeless for two years following the deaths of both

of his parents when he was just 19. Andy is inspirational and motivational. He is very much in

demand as a speaker and as a consultant to many of the world's top corporations. He's known for

his ability to detect the little things that are the difference between winning and losing.

His latest book is called The Bottom of the Pool, Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries

to Achieve Extraordinary Results. Andy, thank you so much for joining us.

Hey, you guys, I'm so excited to be here. We are so excited to have you with us, and we mentioned

that you became homeless at the age of 19. How did that lead you to becoming the successful,

influential person you are today? Because that's not a typical path to success.

Yeah, you don't see that as a straight shot. Right. Right. It's weird because even when I talk

about it myself, when I say, you know, I was homeless, I think, you know, that wasn't even a word at that time.

This was not a term anybody was using.

Nobody talked about homeless people.

And so to myself, I just lived on the beach.

You know, I was sleeping under a pier and in and out of people's garages, which is not safe or smart.

But I did. And that's where that kind of started. And that's that homeless thing, because I didn't even

really kind of connect those dots until probably about 15 years ago. And the Noticer was based off of that.

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