ITL054 : Andy Finishes Your Sentences

In the Loop with Andy Andrews

Matt Lempert

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4.9 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2012

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This week, A.T. and Andy introduce a new segment called “Finish This Phrase,” where Andy takes listener-submitted phrases and finishes them on the spot.

Parents should always ________

Andy says, “Discipline their kids.”
If parents don’t discipline their kids now, life will discipline them later…and it probably won’t be pretty.

When you go to work ________

Andy says, “Go in a good mood, because no one wants to be around someone who is whining and complaining.”

Husbands should never ________

Andy says, “Put too much salad in their mouth at once.”
“Leave Band-Aids in the shower.”
“Honk the horn when his their wife is doing whatever she does inside.”

When your kids walk out the door to school, you should always tell them ______

Andy says, “Don’t forget to smile while you talk.”
This is huge and will give your kids so many more opportunities.
He also says, “Find someone who doesn’t have many friends and be a friend to them.”

If you want a different life _______

Andy says, “You have to think different.”
“Seek wisdom like a crazy person. Read.”

Before you go fishing, you should ________

Andy says, “Always make sure your rods are in the boat.”
“Always make sure your bait is in the boat.”
“Make sure there is gas in the boat.”
“Put drinks in the boat.”

When you get up early, you _______

Andy says, “Gather insights that would not happen at any other time of the day.”

If you don’t have goals _______

Andy says, “You’re playing basketball without the baskets.”

When you get discouraged ________

Andy says, “Do the things that you know to do.”
Your actions dictate your feelings. Do the things that make you feel better.

If you ever get a chance to ________

Andy says, “Go to a Gaither Homecoming concert, do it.”
No matter what kind of music you like, you will be blown away.
A.T. says, “Take time off from work and go on a field trip with your kids, do it every time.”

Questions for Listeners

•    Want to hear Andy finish more phrases? Submit your own!
      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.
0:15.1	Hello, everyone. I am your host, AT, and welcome again to In the Loop where Andy Andrews shares powerful
0:19.9	yet simple principles that
0:21.4	once applied will change your life forever. On today's show, we're going to do something we've
0:25.9	never done before, and I know you're going to enjoy it. So let's hope Andy enjoys it too.
0:30.5	Speaking of Mr. Andrews, welcome. That's quite an introduction there, brother. Well, we'll see.
0:36.3	This is called I made a game for us and it's great
0:40.0	because it totally relies on all these thousands of friends you got out there that have clicked
0:44.6	like on your facebook page or subscribe to the newsletter and all that kind of stuff bought your books
0:48.7	it's called finish the phrase finish this phrase with andy andrews and so these are all phrases people have given me, and we're going to take more of these via Facebook and Twitter, and you can email in the loop at Andyandrews.com. But just give Andy a phrase, and he'll finish it. Now wait, do I have to finish it quickly? Yeah, you're supposed to be quick-witted. This is a test. Oh, Lord. So I got to finish it quickly. Yeah, and I'm not editing either. So this is, we got it. This is, this is, think or swim. This was like, yeah, make, make Andy look like a dummy. Okay, go ahead. Let's do it. All right, so here we go.
1:28.4	There we go.
1:30.5	Parents should always.
1:32.9	Discipline their kids.
1:35.2	It's not very funny, but I'm thinking a lot about that right now because I'm writing.
1:41.3	And I feel like that if you don't discipline your kids, you open the door for life
1:47.4	to discipline them later. And it's not pretty when life disciplines a kid who should have
1:53.2	learned something and is now an adult. And now this kid has no idea why nobody will hire him.
1:59.8	That wasn't very funny, but, you know, may save you.
2:04.2	All right, here we go.
2:06.1	When you go to work.
2:08.7	Go in a good mood because nobody wants to be around somebody whining and complaining.
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