ITL040 : Why We Give

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Andy and A.T. discuss a letter sent in by a podcast listener about the power of giving.   A.T. reads a letter from an In the Loop listener. ·      The listener describes why he gives away so many copies of The Traveler’s Gift. ·      He began giving the book away while in the midst of a year and a half of unemployment.   “Giving is an unbelievable action that continues to produce returns that are unexpected in nature.” ·      The listener’s time of unemployment was mitigated by the preparation he had undertaken, not knowing whether a time like that would ever come. ·      Maybe it would have lasted even longer had he not been prepared. ·      He understood the power of giving away not just a book, but a kind of thinking.   This listener knew that during this difficult time in his life he couldn’t think like everyone else. ·      If you’re doing what everyone else is doing, you’re doing something wrong…because not everyone is making it. ·      If you want an above average life, you have to think outside of the average and what you see going on around you. ·      The listener who wrote the letter probably had people telling him he didn’t need to be giving away books while he was unemployed and low on income. ·      There is a lot of pressure from society to be normal. It takes a different way of thinking to overcome that pressure.   Living outside of the average will allow you to build a legacy for your family that will live on beyond your years. ·      By setting an example of hard work and a different kind of thinking, your children will grow up with an understanding of those things   Questions for Listeners   ·          What have you learned from the power of giving? o   Phone: 1-800-726-ANDY o   E-Mail: [email protected] o   Facebook.com/AndyAndrews o   Twitter.com/AndyAndrews

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