ITL077 : The Key to Thinking at the Highest Level
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2013
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Andy uses a listener question to illustrate how to move your life to the next level by changing the way you think.
John, a listener who grew up with an alcoholic father and rough childhood but has turned things around and created a great life for his family, wrote in with a question.
· He feels as though he could inspire people to reach their potential and succeed, but he doesn’t want his ability to provide for his family to suffer in order to chase after his dream of helping others.
· How can he help others while also continuing to provide for his family?
John is ready to move to the next level.
· You can look at people at different levels of life and deconstruct what steps they have taken to get there.
For John to be successful in moving to the next level, he needs to do these things:
· He needs to get to the point where he’s duplicating his efforts and understands that he can teach other people how to do what he has done.
· There is a type of thinking that has yielded choices that have created actions that have yielded results that have made John what he is.
· John, what were you thinking that has led to the results you are currently enjoying?
· How can you teach that way of thinking to others?
There is no such thing as a neutral choice.
· Everything you do is the result of a choice you have made.
· You are either choosing to do nothing or choosing to do something.
· The way we think determines who we are. However, you are allowed to choose the way you think.
Questions for Listeners
· What would you like to hear Andy discuss on future episodes?
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 perspective with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. |
| 0:12.2 | Now here's your host, Andy Trob. |
| 0:15.3 | Andy Andrews, great to be with you again, my friend. |
| 0:18.1 | Hey, AT. |
| 0:19.3 | Glad to be here. |
| 0:20.7 | So we have at the end of every show, we share our email address, which is in the loop at Andy Andrews.com, and also our phone number, 1-800-726, Andy, extension 5. And so we're going to have a couple episodes for some feedback. We get a lot of feedback from people. We read everyone. I replied almost all of them, even if they're not on the show. |
| 0:38.7 | And this one was really powerful. And so I'm going to share it with you. Okay. Okay. |
| 0:43.8 | So this is to you. It says, Andy, your work has made a huge difference in my life. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge. |
| 0:51.8 | I grew up with an alcoholic, violent father who removed me from high school |
| 0:56.2 | and my home at 17. I lived in my car, couldn't go back to school without his permission, and so I went to work. |
| 1:04.4 | I spent a lot of time in jails and in the company of some rough people. As I slowly began to make |
| 1:10.0 | good choices, my life grew better and better. |
| 1:13.3 | I have a wonderful wife and kids, have patched things up with my dad, teach children in my church |
| 1:19.5 | every Sunday, and make between one and $200,000 a year as a foreman on a power line construction |
| 1:25.7 | crew. All of this is a result of good choices. |
| 1:30.6 | Andy, I'm facing a very big decision again. I feel as though I could inspire people to pull |
| 1:36.4 | themselves up by their bootstraps, learn more about their own potential, and succeed. I've started |
| 1:43.1 | writing a book about my experience, but I feel as though I'm |
| 1:46.4 | skipping steps in the process. Can you help me with this process? I'm a great provider for my family, |
| 1:52.8 | and I don't want that to suffer as a result of pursuing my calling. However, I want to pour myself |
| 1:57.5 | into the effort of helping others. Any suggestions? |
| 2:05.9 | Thanks again for being someone a guy like me can relate to. |
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