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Andy Andersen

Thank you for taking the time to visit my website.  I hope these few pages convey to you the passion in my heart for improving lives.  If I can help you make a difference in the lives of those you touch, it improves the world around you, and makes you feel better about yourself .. a "win-win" for all.  Life is too short to approach the limited time we have on this earth in any other way.

I have yet to meet a person who did not want more joy in their lives. Let me help you and those around you become a "joy-giver" by making a difference. It is my wish that someday I meet you and your organization, and at the end of our time together we all end up with richer lives.

As you explore my website, I offer these thought provoking questions from the movie "The Bucket List":

Photo by Danielle Walker “Do you have any joy in your life …
and is your life bringing joy to others?”

Living Well Cover
Andy Andersen's book
Living Well
Making a Difference

is now available in paperback.

Click here for details!
Why the starfish? Let me share a story that was my motivation for the book cover.

Imagine a person walking down the beach on a hot, sunny, summer afternoon.  He sees a starfish lying on the beach and knows it will eventually die from the heat, and dry up on the beach. So the man bends down and tosses it back in the ocean. He continues his walk and finds a few others that will soon perish and saves their lives. Another man, out for his daily jog, runs by, and asks the starfish rescuer what he is doing.  He replies, "I'm throwing this starfish back in the ocean so it doesn't die."

The jogger says, "What difference does it make? There are literally thousands of them scattered on the beaches of the world."

Our strolling starfish rescuer responds by picking up a single starfish and commenting, "It makes a difference to this one," before tossing it back into the waves.


Who are the starfish in your life?  Will you make a difference for them?

From Living Well Making a Difference, page 148
Starfish
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