ITL295: The Three-Letter Question That Can Make All the Difference

In the Loop with Andy Andrews

Matt Lempert

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4.9 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Discussion line: In this episode, we answer a listener's question on becoming somebody who asks "Why?"

Andy's levels of achievement from The Little Things:

Z: Z's are the people who don't do, don't know, and don't accomplish anything.
D: D's know how to do
T: T's can not only do something but can also teach
L: L's can not only do and teach but can also lead others in doing something.
H: H's can not only do, lead, and teach, but they also know how a principle works.
W: W's are so high on the ladder that we miss them. They know why a principle works.

You can't get the full value of a principle until you understand why it works.

Our parents teach us not to ask "Why?"
We only ask "Why" when something is going wrong.
Understanding why a principle works can only happen while observing the principle working, so always ask "Why is this working so well?"

Something can be true but not the truth.

The truth is knowledge about something. The truth is the bottom line, the entirety of the thing.
When people have a problem, they keep looking until they find something true, but they rarely continue looking until they find the truth.

Personal growth doesn't end until you die.

The hill is always going to get steeper and you will always be climbing.

Tune in to hear how to become somebody who asks "Why?"

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0:00.0	You're listening to In the Loop, a unique opportunity to see life from a different perspective
0:06.5	with New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews.
0:10.4	Now here's your host, David Loy.
0:13.1	Hi, and welcome to In the Loop with Andy Andrews.
0:16.1	I'm your host, David Loy.
0:17.2	Thanks for being with us again this time.
0:19.0	And Andy, thank you, as always, for joining us.
0:21.1	How are you? I'm doing really great. I just wanted to make sure I was before I pause there a little
0:28.0	it. It sounded like I was trying to figure out what I was, but I think really great, really great.
0:32.9	That's great. That's great to hear. It's the end of August. School has started or is about to start.
0:38.5	All right. All right. I'm not doing great all of a sudden. Okay. Yeah, I'm aggravated at school
0:45.1	starting. So this is a sad thing for you. Yeah. Yeah, it is. You're not excited. I've seen a lot of
0:51.5	parents that are excited, but it doesn't sound like you're excited.
1:00.6	I'm not. I'm not. You know, in church, they say, okay, how many of you are excited about school starting? And then all the adults raise their hand, you know, and then they say, how many of you
1:05.8	are not excited? And all the kids and Andy raises their hands, you know? you know because I mean Austin and Adam are back in
1:13.8	school my playmates are gone I mean it's awful it's just awful I didn't like school when I was in it
1:23.0	and I don't like it now how about that I'm 58 years old. I'm 58 years old. I drive by schools and I still, sometimes I'll stop at a red light and I'll look over at school and I go, thank God I'm not in there. But you feel the pain that your boys are going through. Yeah. Do I sound like I have a bad attitude? I do have a bad attitude. It sounds like it. That's all right, though. That's... I don't want any letters from teachers either. Oh, Lady Jones and old lady this. And don't write me. Don't write me. And if you do, we just won't show them to you. Yeah, I'll throw it in a trash can.
2:02.3	And I won't even raise my hand and ask if I can get up to go throw it in the trash can either.
2:07.0	You're just going to do it out of spite.
2:09.3	I'm just going to do it.
2:10.6	Well, good luck to the boys as they kick off this school year.
2:15.3	Austin's a senior, right?
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