Today’s Peace of Wisdom Can Be Found When We Choose to Make Something New From Our Fallen Fragments
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Betcha Didn't Know
The Power of Nothing:
How Zero Changed Everything
with Andy Andrews
Zero didn’t just appear—it had to be invented, and for centuries, the idea of “nothing” was anything but simple. In this fascinating Betcha Didn’t Know, Andy Andrews explores the surprising journey of zero—from its origins in ancient India to the resistance it faced in medieval Europe, and on to its essential role in everything from sports and science to space travel and smartphones. Without zero, we’d have no way to measure absence, calculate losses, or even browse the internet. Turns out, nothing really is everything.
Discussion Questions:
#1: Zero wasn’t always part of our number system — and when it first appeared, it caused a lot of confusion and even fear! Why do you think people were so uncomfortable with the idea of “nothing”? Can you think of other ideas that were hard for people to accept at first but turned out to be world-changing?
#2: Without zero, we wouldn’t have things like computers, GPS, or even accurate calendars. Which of the modern uses for zero surprised you the most — and which one do you think we’d miss the most if zero had never been invented?
#3: Zero changed the way we think about math, science, and even the idea of “nothing.” What’s something in your life that might seem like “nothing,” but actually has a big impact? (It could be a small habit, a quiet moment, or even an idea.)
From the Contributor's Dock
Andy Andrews
AndyAndrews.com
Hailed by a New York Times reporter as “someone who has quietly become one of the most influential people in America,” Andy Andrews is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers including The Traveler’s Gift and The Noticer. He is also an in-demand speaker, coach, and consultant for the world’s largest organizations.
Both The Noticer and The Traveler’s Gift were featured selections of ABC’s Good Morning America and continue to appear on bestseller lists around the world. His books have been translated into over 40 languages.
Andy has spoken at the request of four different United States presidents, worked extensively with the Department of Defense, regularly addresses the world’s largest corporations. Zig Ziglar once said, “Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.”
In addition to his writing and speaking, Andy has established a personally delivered, cost effective, year-long curriculum for organizations, teams, and corporations. Using Creating Measurable Results™ as a platform, he teaches how “to compete in a way your competition doesn’t know a game is going on.” Creating Measurable Results™ has been documented to have helped some clients to double their results within a single year’s time.
Questions & Answers
Advice for Husband and Dad Drowning Financially?
with Dave Ramsey
Listen to Dave's Answer Here
Question: I am 40 years old. My wife and I have 3 children, all teenagers. We both work and our only debt is our cars and our house. But braces, clothes for the kids, sports, and upcoming vehicles for them leave me depressed and unsure that I will live til 50. My wife seems to blame me for the tightness of our budget, but I just can’t work any more hours than I do! Help. I am drowning.
You’re not doing a written plan. The tightness of your budget is a philosophical construct for you, not a tactical one.
You need to do a written plan, and you and your wife need to sit down and go…”We have limited resources and we’re going to have to put these items that are all valid in order of priority. And we’re going to attack the first one first, the second one next.”
The other thing we’re gonna have to do is we’re gonna have to learn a new word around your house, and that word is “no.” You don’t tell these teenagers no for nothing! They get everything they want, and then you worry about not being to pay for their braces. Yet they’re going and doing this and that…it might be you trading sports for their braces, or it might be you trading travel ball, which is stinking expensive! It’s okay to do that, but it’s not okay to not have your kids have braces and say you’re not gonna live life until you’re 50.
Melodramatic, right?
You need to do a written game plan and you and your wife start saying “no” to each other. So we can say yes to the right things.
What are the right things? You know — how are you going to get a car? Maybe little Bubba needs to learn how to mow some grass so he can get him a car. That’s how I got my first car!
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