Andy Andrews
Andy Andrews
Andy Andrewsis an American author of self-help/advice books and a corporate speaker, known for his 2002 bestselling book The Traveler's Gift. He has written over 20 books and sold more than 3.5 million copies around the world. His books have been translated into over 20 languages. Andrews regularly speaks for corporations, organizations, athletic teams, and the U.S. military. Three of his books, The Noticer, The Traveler’s Gift, and "How Do You Kill 11 Million People?" appeared on The New York...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 May 1959
CountryUnited States of America
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People who other people value get job offers, they get opportunities, and they get encouragement all because they are valued.
The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that, at the moment, don't seem like a big deal.
When you put emphasis on compromise rather than on principle, you end up with 2/3 of the principles being implemented.
We think in our society today that the way people change is that they have to have a deep desire to change or that the way they change is they have to hit rock bottom. But neither of those things is true.
We're not trying to raise good kids. We're trying to raise kids who become great adults. That's a very different thing. We all know parents who had kids that when they turned 18 left the house and went nuts.
I had always been able to make people laugh in school, so I really developed that and worked on it and I got pretty good at it and it turned into a career.
I was not called to be a preacher. I am a speaker who is a Christian. I'm not a Christian speaker.
I understand that what I am to do is to be a bridge between the people who would never set foot in a church in their entire lives and people who would like to get them there. So I write books that Christians can give to their non-Christian friends that they will actually read.
It's a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.
I am not a "Christian author." I am an author who is a Christian. While my books reflect my faith, they are not intended as teaching tools for a Christian audience per se. My books are stories created around principles that work for everyone and they work every time.