ITL089 : The Crazy Story Behind The Butterfly Effect
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2013
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, Andy announces a new host for In The Loop, and the events leading to the publishing of The Butterfly Effect.
Be sure to visit check out Andy Traub's latest eBook The Early to Rise Experience and visit AndyTraub.com for more information.
In the middle of the night during a hurricane, Andy received a phone call from General Foglesong in Afghanistan.
- He wanted Andy to find proof that every life matters and could make a difference to the world.
- The Air Force's suicide rate was higher than the general population's suicide rate.
Andy's interest in the Butterfly Effect, also known as the sensitive dependance upon initial conditions, led him to reverse engineer the life of Norman Borlaug, who is credited with saving the lives of over 2 billion people.
- Andy found that Norman's life was steered in its direction due to others' actions in the preceding years.
After hearing Andy tell the Butterfly Effect story live, Zig Ziglar told him that he should make part of his speech into a book.
- When the book was initially turned down by Thomas Nelson, the online publishing company Simple Truths picked it up.
- Over the course of the next 18 months, the book was picked up by two more publishers and became a success.
Never look at the "No's" as a final answer. There is always a "yes."
- Even while things are not going your way, keep a smile on your face and don't get frustrated.
- You don't know where things are going, and you need to keep doing what you think needs to be done.
Questions for Listeners
• Do you have a question for Andy? Call in and your question might be featured on the show!
• Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY
• E-Mail: InTheLoop@AndyAndrews.com
• Facebook.com/AndyAndrews
• 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. |
| 0:11.7 | Now, here's your host. |
| 0:14.3 | Hi, everyone, and welcome once again to In the Loop with Andy Andrews. |
| 0:19.3 | I am Andy Andrews, and if you are a long-time listener to this show |
| 0:24.9 | or even a short-time listener to this show, you know that I don't usually begin these shows. |
| 0:31.1 | You usually hear the voice of AT, Andy Trobb. Well, congratulations are in order for AT. Today, we have given him a hug, and he has gotten |
| 0:45.2 | too busy. We're so excited, actually. I'm going to introduce a new host here in just a minute, |
| 0:51.3 | but we're so excited for AT because he has put out a book of his own. |
| 0:58.1 | And this book is going nuts. And if you haven't gotten it, it's called the Early to Rise experience. |
| 1:06.7 | If you listen to our show for any number of months, you know that Andy Trob and I got into numerous conversations about getting up early and what happens when you get up early. |
| 1:20.2 | Well, he has put together this awesome e-book, the early to rise experience. |
| 1:25.8 | And he did this several months ago. It's on Amazon. If you haven't got it, you need to get it. And he did this several months ago. |
| 1:28.1 | It's on Amazon. |
| 1:29.1 | If you haven't got it, you need to get it. |
| 1:31.3 | And a couple of weeks ago, Andy called me and he said, hey, listen to Dave Ramsey and listen at exactly this time. |
| 1:40.3 | So Polly, the boys and I were gathered around the speaker phone. And Andy and his wife |
| 1:47.9 | called Dave Ramsey and exclaimed that they were debt free. And it is because of this book. This |
| 1:56.3 | book is going crazy. And he has had some just some awesome things and some incredible opportunities |
| 2:03.5 | coming to his life and so we are bidding goodbye to Andy here on the show but in our personal |
| 2:12.1 | lives I am still keeping off with Andy I'll let you know from time to time what is going |
| 2:16.4 | on with him but I urge you to keep up with him too I'll let you know from time to time what is going on with him, but I urge |
| 2:17.5 | you to keep up with him too. |
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