Andy Andrews: ...that your thinking determines your destiny

Nobody Told Me!

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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We’re truly honored to have New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews with us on this episode. You may know Andy from his many books like The Noticer and The Traveler’s Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success. You may not know that Andy was homeless for two years following the deaths of both of his parents when he was 19. He is inspirational, motivational, and 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. In this episode, he talks about his book, The Bottom of the Pool: Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries to Achieve Extraordinary Results. His website is https://andyandrews.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:13.5	I'm Laura Owens.
0:14.6	And I'm Jan Black.
0:16.1	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.
0:35.8	Andy is inspirational and motivational. He is very much in
0:39.7	demand as a speaker and as a consultant to many of the world's top corporations. He's known for his
0:45.7	ability to detect the little things that are the difference between winning and losing. His
0:51.4	latest book is called The Bottom of the Pool, Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries
0:56.0	to Achieve Extraordinary Results. Andy, thank you so much for joining us.
1:00.6	Hey, you guys, I'm so excited to be here. We are so excited to have you with us, and we mentioned
1:06.3	that you became homeless at the age of 19. How did that lead you to becoming the successful, influential person you are today?
1:15.6	Because that's not a typical path to success.
1:18.4	Yeah, you don't see that as a straight shot.
1:21.0	Right, right.
1:22.9	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.
1:32.3	This was not a term anybody was using.
1:34.9	Nobody talked about homeless people.
1:37.2	And so to myself, I just lived on the beach.
1:41.2	You know, I was sleeping under a pier and in and out of people's garages, which is not safe or smart,
1:46.0	but I did. And that's where that kind of started. And that's that homeless thing, because I didn't
1:53.1	even really kind of connect those dots until probably about 15 years ago. And the noticer was based off of that. And before I even ask my question, I just have to tell you that I think more than any single book that I've ever read in my life, the Noticer was the most influential. And I've read that book over and over again and given copies to my parents and my friends. I think the book is fabulous. And I think it's even more inspiring knowing that it was based off of your life. How closely related was it? Oh, my gosh, yes. You've been
2:23.0	my dream guest to have on the show since before we started it. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
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