ITL037 : The Story Behind the Seven Decisions
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2012
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Andy answers an interesting listener question about the seven decisions from his first novel, The Traveler’s Gift.
Andy answers a listener question: “How did you come about identifying the seven decisions from The Traveler’s Gift? I’ve never come across a book that encapsulates those ideas the way yours did.”
· The first chapter of The Noticer actually tells a lot about how Andy found the seven decisions.
· An old man named Jones got him to start reading biographies. Andy was instantly hooked after reading about Winston Churchill.
· Eventually, he read more than 200 biographies from the library. He began to ask himself, “How did these amazing people turn out this way? Were they born like that, or was it something they did?”
· Andy eventually identified seven things these people did that made them great. These became the seven decisions in The Traveler’s Gift.
Andy began to realize that if you asked these great people if they knew they were doing these seven things, they might know that they embodied three or four of them, but there would at least be a few of which they were unaware.
· He began to ask himself, “What happens to somebody who knows about all seven and actively pursues them?”
· Eventually, Andy came to realize that these seven “things” weren’t just “things”—they were principles, which are at work whether you are aware of them or not
· The crazy thing is that 30 years later, Andy is still discovering new things about these principles
· The power of the principles, however, lies in how you apply them to your life
Questions for Listeners
· Which of the seven decisions has affected your life the most? In what ways?
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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. |
| 0:15.3 | Hello friends and welcome back to End the Loop with Andy Andrews. I am your host, Andy Trob, |
| 0:20.1 | and we have always promised to change your life forever, but only if you apply the principles that we talk about here on the show. And today we're going to actually address a listener question, and when I heard it, I was just, we've got to play this. I've got to hear Andy's answer. so andy welcome back great to have you again my friend |
| 0:38.3 | i am excited to be here this is going to be a good one today well i want to jump right into it i want it to |
| 0:44.4 | be like the most action-packed 15 minutes ever uh and for those who have not read uh you know |
| 0:51.1 | travelers gift or uh applying seven i I mean, there's always different things |
| 0:55.7 | you've got out there, but they all revolve around these seven principles. And someone called |
| 0:59.7 | them with a question that I think, it's just a question on so many people's minds. And I can't |
| 1:03.9 | believe after episode, it's episode 37, no one's ever asked it in this way. But so here we go, |
| 1:09.9 | and I'm excited to hear your answer. |
| 1:11.5 | Oh, Andy. |
| 1:12.3 | My name is Rushki Adis from Santa Clarita, California. |
| 1:17.0 | And I must tell you, I had the privilege of meeting you years ago at an INA event |
| 1:21.9 | and just finished listening to the Travelers' Gift. |
| 1:28.3 | An amazing, moving event, I must say. |
| 1:32.8 | And I say event because it wasn't just reading or having a story read to me. |
| 1:37.4 | I want to find out, my question to you is, how did you come about identifying and synthesizing those seven decisions? |
| 1:47.0 | I've heard bits and pieces of those seven over 20 plus years of reading professional development books. |
| 1:54.0 | But I've never come across any one book that encapsulated them all as the traveler's gift does how did you come about |
| 2:04.1 | that how did you what inspired you how did you put it all together I thank you |
| 2:10.6 | and I bless you with you and your ministry God bless thank you for life awesome |
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