ITL035 : 100% Listener Feedback – Why You Need Adversity
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2012
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Andy answers some amazing questions from listeners, including a 1st grade teacher and an anonymous listener with an insightful question about adversity.
Amanda, a 1st grade teacher, wanted to share how Andy’s books have affected her life positively
• She had the opportunity to incorporate The Boy Who Changed the World into a social studies lesson and her students loved it
• Andy says it’s not about what’s in the book; it’s about what you do with what’s in the book
• Surprisingly, The Boy Who Changed the World has been really popular with high school graduates
• Public schools, especially in small towns, are dying to have adults come in and read to the kids. It’s an awesome opportunity for you to make a difference in the lives of other people
An anonymous listener asks how to help a close friend gain perspective. Can a lack of adversity be a hindrance to gaining perspective?
• Yes, a lack of adversity can be a hindrance to perspective
• When things are going great with your finances, marriage, etc. people tend to not dig as deep for answers
• This is a perfect example of what we tell people about adversity—adversity is not necessarily a bad thing. It will shape you into something better
• Many people don’t understand the battle between “good” and “the best.” When things are good, we tend to not strive as hard and struggle and push past a certain point
• Finding your purpose is the best motivation to push past good and attain the best. Your purpose will ignite your passion
We all have periods when there is no adversity, hopefully. When Andy is in a comfortable place, he has to intentionally remind himself of the purpose he wants to fulfill.
• He asks himself, “What is it that I want to affect, that I want to create, that I’m after, that I want to help?”
• Then, he asks, “Who do I have to become to be the kind of person people will listen to? Who do I have to become to be the kind of person that my family needs me to be?”
• Asking those questions will give you a tremendous amount of responsibility and control over every aspect of your life
If you’re interested in reading what In the Loop host Andy Traub (A.T.) writes, check out his blog at TakePermission.com. Andy (Andrews) highly recommends his blog post “5 Things to Do When Leadership Leaves”.
Questions for Listeners
• Have you volunteered time to read to young children at school? We’d love to hear about your experience!
o Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY
o E-Mail: InTheLoop@AndyAndrews.com
o Facebook.com/AndyAndrews
o Twitter.com/AndyAndrews
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In the Loop with Andy Andrews, a unique opportunity to see life from a different |
| 0:07.4 | perspective with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. Now here's your host, Andy Trob. |
| 0:15.5 | Hey, it's great to be with you again, friends. And if you've ever listened before, you know that |
| 0:19.4 | In the Loop is where Andy Andrews shares powerful and simple principles that we help you apply to your lives to make them better. And on today's show, we're going to hear from one listener whose life has been changed in several ways because of Andy's books and another listener who asked about the role of adversity in developing your life. So Andy Andrews, great to be spending time with you |
| 0:37.8 | again, brother. |
| 0:38.8 | A.T. I'm glad to be here, man. Thank you so much for being with us or being with me or for me |
| 0:44.9 | being with you or whatever. It's a win-win situation, no matter how you spell it, my brother. |
| 0:50.3 | I'm excited. And just for those of you listening, just know that we had to stop talking so that we could record this. I said, Andy, we've been talking for, I don't know how long, and we've got to talk all day. So let's just like turn the recording on. |
| 1:05.6 | It doesn't count until we record. So anyway, yeah, it's generally good to be with you we're recording on a monday and |
| 1:12.9 | uh it's it's a great way to start my week so hey before we get to the uh viewer yeah what do we |
| 1:19.5 | call it viewer mail listener listener listener mail listener mail anyway um before we get to that i love to |
| 1:27.1 | that last blog that you did, by the way. |
| 1:30.0 | And I wanted you to let everybody know. |
| 1:32.7 | If you would like to read what AT writes, which is just awesome, how do they get on your blog, A.T.? |
| 1:40.5 | Well, my site is take permission.com. |
| 1:45.0 | And I think the one you were referring to is what to do when your leadership leaves. |
| 1:50.1 | A pastor in our church, our head pastor is taking a job at a big university and we're excited for them. |
| 1:55.6 | But, you know, it's always that question of what do you do when your leadership leaves? |
| 1:58.9 | And wouldn't you know, you fired off an email to me and that was i said honey andy emailed me and yeah i just i really thought that had such |
| 2:07.6 | great application to so many of us because there's so many times in our lives that we have |
| 2:13.0 | you know leadership moving to a different position or um you know, we have a void in our office, |
| 2:19.8 | our church, our team. |
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