ITL305: The Story Behind The Traveler's Gift: Part 1
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the story of The Traveler's Gift.
The Traveler's Gift wasn't successful right away.
- Fifty-one publishers rejected it over three and a half years.
- When the book was finally published, it didn't sell through its initial 10,000 copies.
- At one point, Andy lost an entire chapter and had to rewrite it from scratch.
It took Andy about a year to write the book.
- Andy knew the ending and main points before he started.
- Andy asked his friends which historical figures to include.
- He wanted to write something to leave behind for his kids if he died before they had a chance to know him.
Kenny Rogers was critical.
- Kenny encouraged Andy to use the 7 Decisions in his show.
- This helped Andy realize that he could talk about serious topics.
You can also hear more from Andy by subscribing to his new podcast, The Professional Noticer. Just go to AndyAndrews.com/podcast for details.
Do you have a question for Andy? Call in and your questions might be features on the show!
- Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone. Andy Andrews here. Yes, you have clicked on an episode of In the Loop. |
| 0:06.7 | I just want to make sure you also know about my new podcast, The Professional Noticer. |
| 0:13.4 | It's an insightful and pretty often hilarious podcast is built around common sense, wisdom, and laughter. |
| 0:22.7 | These three ingredients that I have harnessed to produce extraordinary results for my clients through the years. Now, of course, |
| 0:28.5 | my number one client is you. This is going to be the most fun and productive half hour of your |
| 0:34.8 | week, and I'd love to field a question from you. So write me. The email is |
| 0:39.6 | the professional noticer at andyandrews.com. And listen, if we use your question, the professional |
| 0:46.7 | noticer will send you your choice of the guided traveler experience, an eight-hour live |
| 0:52.1 | video seminar, or you could choose the 100-year parenting collection of |
| 0:56.4 | 53 videos each between 10 and 20 minutes. |
| 1:00.7 | Now, back to your original programming. |
| 1:05.9 | You're listening to In the Loop, a unique opportunity to see life from a different perspective with |
| 1:11.6 | New York Times bestselling author, Andy Andrews. Now here's your host, David Loy. |
| 1:18.1 | Hi and welcome to In The Loop with Andy Andrews. I'm your host, David Lloyd. Thanks for being |
| 1:22.5 | with us again this week. Andy, as always, thank you for being with us. How are you today? |
| 1:27.0 | I'm doing good. How are you today? I'm doing good. |
| 1:27.8 | How are you, Dave? I'm great. And today is, this is exciting. This is an exciting episode. |
| 1:33.3 | I know so many folks, Andy, are aware of you and a part of in the loop because of one book. |
| 1:43.3 | The Travelers Gift, and we are actually celebrating, |
| 1:46.4 | would you believe that this is the 15th anniversary of the release of the Travelers Gift? |
| 1:52.8 | Can you believe that? |
| 1:54.1 | Wow. |
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