On this week’s episode, I answer two questions in response to our previous episode, which discussed utilizing attention deficit disorder as an asset. If you like yourself, and so do others, then what’s the difference between ADD and a God-given personality with strengths and weaknesses? Not much. Learn to be positive with how you are. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. You may think Seabiscuit was the greatest horse of all time, but he would be horrible if you needed him to plow your fiel...
Jul 30, 2016•26 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on reigniting your passion when obligation gets in the way. We’ve all been in a situation where we were doing something we thought we were passionate about, but the results are not what we think they ought to be. When I feel like I’m doing something out of obligation, I first ask myself, “Who am I obligated to?” If the passion is not there enough to carry the activity in and of itself, I think of the people relying on me for something and remi...
Jul 23, 2016•21 min
On this week’s episode, I answer listener questions on how to encourage and teach protection to a church congregation, and the top three things that influenced my life. People tend to think, “Trouble’s not going to happen here or happen with me.” Unfortunately, sometimes church people say, “I’m not worried, God is taking care of us.” Well, God gave you a brain, too. You might have heard the old story about the guy on his roof during a flood. A boat came to save him and he said, “Nope, I’m fine. ...
Jul 16, 2016•26 min
On this week’s episode, I answer two listener questions on how to lead a more balanced life, and what to do if you don’t believe in yourself. We feel more balanced in life when we’re learning and moving forward in what we’re becoming. I learned dramatically more and gained more wisdom when I started looking for something and reading with a highlighter in my hand. The primary reason for reading with a highlighter is to find something worth highlighting. When you’re actively looking for something,...
Jul 09, 2016•28 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on how to deal with resentment from a husband. A struggling marriage overrides the good things that have happened. It affects the income, work and family relationships, and the household the kids are growing up in. You’ve heard of “fight or flight”—well, guys get into fights over feeling disrespected. When a man is disrespected, his first instinct is to want to hit something. So when dealing with his wife, flight is the only answer to him and ...
Jul 02, 2016•39 min
On this week’s episode, learn why honoring your current job (even if you’re planning to leave) can create a wave of opportunity. What you’re aiming at determines your destination. I would be careful in how you express what you’re doing in your own mind. As an entrepreneur and someone who wants to do more, there’s some stuff that we have to leave behind. Leaving behind a job so you can build your own business doesn’t mean you should denigrate the job. It’s important to be very sensitive as you mo...
Jun 25, 2016•21 min
On this week’s episode, I talk about how you can help your children learn how to treat people with respect-—which will serve them well when they get into the business world. If you want change to occur in your child or your world in general, two things have to happen: Answer for them the question of “What’s in it for me?” and prove what’s in it for them beyond a reasonable doubt. You want to connect with your child and have them explain what they want. If your child has an entrepreneurial mindse...
Jun 18, 2016•24 min
On this week’s episode, I’m answering a listener question on how I stay focused at accomplishing tasks while dealing with Attention Deficit Disorder. There are so many people who move slowly, and when they see somebody that’s energetic, they think something is wrong with them. It’s crazy how many famous people, inventors, and leaders have ADD. I think ADD is a benefit for entertainers or speakers because it makes you act faster. Adults with ADD have generally learned how to deal with it and lear...
Jun 13, 2016•26 min
On this week’s episode, I’m answering a listener question on the value I found from reading the same book, three times a day, for 10 months. Somebody got Robert Smith started on the book The Greatest Salesman in the World in high school or early college. The story is about a wealthy person and a young boy who heard he was the greatest salesman in the world. The boy went to the man and asked how he could be like him. The man gave him 10 scrolls and instructs him to read each scroll three times a ...
Jun 04, 2016•22 min
On this week’s episode, I’m answering a listener question on how to ask exceptional questions to facilitate great conversations. If you can figure out how other people make subconscious choices, you will stand out. You are competing. I don’t care if you have an hourly job—you’re an entrepreneur. If you don’t think you’re an entrepreneur, then you’re closer to getting fired than you should be. The competition that really makes a difference is not the obvious kind that’s sitting right in front of ...
May 28, 2016•32 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener’s question on how to determine when, how, and how often to use your “best story.” We all hear, “Your worst times can become your best times.” Your worst times really can write the ticket for the rest of your life. My worst time is something I never would have chosen in a million years, and yet it was the time that the rest of my life—and my best story—was really built upon. Picking your best story has a lot to do with relatability, which is key for me ...
May 21, 2016•24 min
On this week’s episode, I’m addressing a listener question on how you can become impervious to insult and keep the attention of your audience. I realized by watching other comedians that some would have more problems with hecklers than others. Generally, hecklers keyed in on the performers who had a more arrogant attitude or a pushy demeanor. I’m not saying they were that way, but that was the perception of the audience. They were also more likely to put out a vibe where people wanted to challen...
May 14, 2016•31 min
On this week’s episode, I’m finishing the discussion of my career pivots and how I transitioned out of comedy into what I do today. I was on a bus with Kenny Rogers and we were talking about how we had grown up and sharing times in our lives. At some point I told him about the Seven Decisions, living under the pier, and Jones. He said, “You ought to start talking about that on stage,” and I’m like, “Where on stage? It’s not funny.” He told me I wasn’t a joke teller but a talker and a storyteller...
May 07, 2016•24 min
On this week’s episode, I’m continuing to talk about the events that have shaped my career and how I learned to be willing and ready to pivot. I wasn’t clear on my direction when I started—I had no clue this was in the cards for me. I was willing to endure some things I thought were useless or miserable and look for what I could learn from them. There are things that happened to me 40 years ago that I can now use as stories to help other people. I never thought that living under the pier would b...
Apr 30, 2016•35 min
On this week’s episode, I’m talking about how I got started in comedy and some of the events that have shaped my career in the first of a three-part series. Tune in to hear about: My first public performance in a Pizza Hut Opening for Muse as my first paid performance, and why they asked me not to come back How working on a cruise ship caused me to pivot my career, but taught me to perform at my best no matter what my job was Questions for Andy Would you like to run something by Andy? Contact us...
Apr 23, 2016•33 min
On this week’s episode, I’m discussing why everyone should think of themselves as an entrepreneur. We tend to live our lives and make our decisions on the surface, where we can see what everybody is doing. Knowing “why” will get you to what I call “the bottom of the pool.” People only ask why when things go wrong. Nobody ever asks why when something is working. You can live your life as it is, accepting the slop on your plate, or you can eat that slop on your plate thinking in couple weeks you’l...
Apr 16, 2016•26 min
On this week’s episode, I’m discussing why we are all in sales—even if you don’t consider yourself to be in a traditional sales position. I am absolutely convinced that anybody who would like to make a living outside of a regular job structure, can. If they can manage to think of themselves as an entrepreneur, their lives will improve dramatically. People can be much more effective in every part of their lives by thinking and learning those entrepreneurial principles and thought processes, becau...
Apr 09, 2016•34 min
On this week’s episode, I’m talking about the importance of having a child start their own business and how it opens them up to communication as a teenager. I had a conversation the other day with Joe Bullard and his son Ty who run an auto dealership “empire.” Joe took over his dad’s Oldsmobile dealership, and now Ty has recently taken the reins. I asked Ty what the smartest thing his dad ever did was, and he said it was taking a step back from City Council and other things so that he could spen...
Apr 02, 2016•26 min
On this week’s episode, I talk about the importance of having a coach and how to increase your life results. I think cool people have an innate desire to get better. They want to learn more, increase their effectiveness, be worth more. They’re ambitious and want to make more money for their families so there’s less stress and more that they can give. They want to have influence so they can make their community better. For a long time, people have wanted me to coach them personally. I had to come...
Mar 26, 2016•25 min
On this week’s episode, I finish up last week’s discussion on how to decide who to vote for in this year’s election. When we vote, we generally vote based on two things: Perceived integrity. Economics Integrity doesn’t really mean anything. Integrity means “capable.” What we should vote on is character. People say, “I want a moral person,” but morality can be defined as simply not doing anything wrong. You can lie in bed all day and be moral. Your kid can come home from school and say, “Everyone...
Mar 19, 2016•20 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on what people should be looking for in a presidential candidate. Have you ever known something but later found out you were wrong? Is it possible you know what’s best? The best is the truth. Things can be true in a certain context, but not the whole truth. When people find what is true to them, they stop searching and don’t go any farther. You can know the truth and not accomplish the best, but you will never accomplish the best without the t...
Mar 12, 2016•31 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on balancing between our work lives and family lives. Sometimes to get a balance in your life, you have to fall out of balance a little bit. You’re going to have to go over to the other side to get it balanced. Don’t be afraid to move swiftly and make things happen quickly. I see just as many families knocked out of balance by little league, basketball, and soccer as I do from Dad working. Answer the question, “What do we want to happen?” Defi...
Feb 27, 2016•33 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on beating depression and making the choice to be happy instead. I think a lot of people have been depressed, and a lot of time for good reason. Even though something is very real, how we deal with it beyond medication is also very effective and real. If you understand that you can make choices that will lead you down a path of disaster, you can also understand that choices can lead you to great places. Choices come from your thinking, and you...
Feb 20, 2016•34 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on why we push people to succeed when failing is what leads to learning. Success is your destination, but we should also create value from every part of the journey. My smart-aleck answer is that you push people to succeed because you don’t want to push them to fail. What we want to do is reach a destination defined by a successful conclusion to something. However, there is value in getting lost along the way. There is no weaker leader than so...
Feb 13, 2016•21 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on how I come to a decision when there are many different determining factors to consider. There are three questions that I ask to determine major decisions. Is this something that will be good for God? It cannot be in God’s will for me to do if it’s not good for God. Will this help people who are hurting? My mission in life is to help people live the lives that they would if they only knew how to do so. People who are not living the life they...
Feb 06, 2016•25 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on allowance, tithes, and savings. You should become a person who studies parenting whether you have kids or not because it has to do with employee/employer relations, sales, and almost every form of society. Parenting is the fulcrum that society tilts upon. If we want our children to achieve great things as an adult, we must be responsible, calm, and able to provide an understanding of how things work. We don’t give the boys money for anythin...
Jan 30, 2016•33 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on how to create a life by design based on the talents and gifts you’re given. This question has an obvious answer that I overlooked for a number of years. Talents and skills are two different things. Josh Groban’s vocal gifts are a God-given talent. My ability to juggle is a skill I developed. It’s important to know the difference. And before you polish your talents or hone your skills… FIRST look at where you want to go, THEN work with the t...
Jan 23, 2016•32 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question on finding the right fit when choosing a school for your kids. The 7th and 8th grade years are critical It’s when kids are really deciding what they believe and who they think is cool. There is not a more critical time to create a great relationship with your child. We homeschooled Austin in the 7th and 8th grade, and some people might say that homeschooling is not preparing someone for the real world. If you met Austin now, you might think th...
Jan 16, 2016•24 min
On this week’s episode, we’re switching things up and discussing a few of the “Andy Hacks” I use to save time and money. Tune in this week to hear about… The correct way to peel a banana. The story of cutting my own hair for the first time—and how and why I continue to do it for myself, the boys, and others. How Austin and Adam figured out how to peel pears with a power drill. How I created a pair of reading glasses when each eye has a different prescription. We would love to hear some of your l...
Jan 09, 2016•26 min
On this week’s episode, I answer a listener question about dating and when it’s time to give your children “the talk.” This week’s question is from a parent with two boys, so let me start by saying… I don’t think there’s anything more important in relationship-building than to tell those two boys how brothers act. Tell them your house is a laboratory they can use to become the kind of adults who can deal with all kinds of people after navigating through sibling disagreements. There’s going to be...
Jan 02, 2016•27 min
