Special Election Episode: Finding Common Ground

Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast

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🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Disagreement is inevitable, but division is a choice. In this episode I discuss how even while navigating yet another heated election season, there is a path through the turmoil. We can bridge our differences and make a real impact without falling into the traps of division and fear.

Here's what we cover in this episode:

(0:00) - Intro
(0:43) - Today's political climate
(2:12) - The way forward
(5:15) - The optimal environment for problem-solving
(8:00) The choice we have

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to a special pre-election edition of the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast.
0:08.9	I'm Andy, and as we come to the end of what is perhaps the most contentious election season,
0:14.8	certainly in recent memory, I want to say a few words to all of you normal people.
0:20.8	Those of us who get up every day and go to work, go to school, drop our kids off at school, pay our bills, pay our taxes, interact with, and actually do business with people who don't look like us, talk exactly like us, or even vote like we do.
0:36.6	This is for all of you Republicans, Democrats, independents, who love your country,
0:41.3	you love your party, but you, like me, are weary of all the middle school playground
0:47.3	rhetoric and antics.
0:49.3	You're weary of the name calling, the endless, the sky is falling, the text, the mailers. This is for all of you who
0:56.7	are sad or maybe even mad about how all of this has impacted your relationships, maybe even
1:02.3	family relationships. And my message to all of you who fall into those categories is this.
1:08.6	There's way more of us than there is of them. They're just louder.
1:13.7	And our problem is, actually our superpower is we don't give the world anything to talk about,
1:19.2	report about, complain about, because we're busy. We're busy minding our own business,
1:24.6	taking care of business, taking care of our families. And while we may not get a lot of attention, we determine the direction of our nation.
1:32.5	And that's a good thing.
1:33.8	Because the nation can't go anywhere without us.
1:37.3	We are, we, the people.
1:39.5	The normal, hardworking, healthy, want to get along with each other people. So if that's you,
1:47.7	fear not. We're going to be fine. And I'll tell you why in a moment, but first a comment or two
1:53.2	about fear. The reason politicians leverage fear is because it works, but it works because we let it
2:00.0	work. So don't let it. The sky is not falling.
2:04.6	The end is not near. We're still going to have a country regardless of which candidate wins and which
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