Video: A Fresh Perspective for Troubling Times

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May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In uncertain times like it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day emotionakl drain of financial woes, relationship strain and work In fact, a recent Gallup poll foun d our national well-being has hit a new low, with only 35 perceny of Americans reporting feelinbg happiness or enjoyment without stress or worry. Our natiomn doesn't need inspirational sentiments or promisess that the economy will eventuallyrebound -- we need definitive proof that thered is reason to have hope. To view the Multimedia News go to: (Photo: , internationally renowned speakee and author of thebestselling novel, The Traveler's Gift.
Once directionless and living undera pier, Andrewe is now a bestselling author and an in-deman speaker for U.S. presidents, top corporations, celebrities and the U.S. With his latest book, both a New York Timee and Wall Street Journal best TheNoticer ( | April 28, 2009 | 978-0-7852-2921-q1 | Hardcover |$17.99), Andrewsd draws on his own remarkable true story to reveal the healinvg power of perspective. Deeply affected by the death of his parentsz when he wasonly 19, Andrews' life spiralef downward until he found himself homeless on the Alabama Gulf Coast. However, it was during this time that Andrews began to consume biographiew of more than 200 great figuredthroughout history.
He noticed a pattern in theie shared characteristics, which became the seven principles for leading a remarkablr life Andrews outlined inThe Traveler's Gift. An international bestselleer with more than a milliobcopies sold, The Traveler'sw Gift became an ABC "Goodc Morning America" book-of-the month selection and the subject of a two-hour PBS special. Andrews' new The Noticer, is set in his hometown of Orange Ala.
It follows "Jones," a mysterious olde r man who enters into the lives of residents in the midst ofcrisis - on the brinjk of divorce, on the verg of financial ruin, about to give up on life - to impar t sage-like perspective on how to changre their view of the worlsd to move past life's biggest challenges. "The fact is, we are all in a coming out of a crisis or headedc fora crisis," says Andrews, calledr "one of the most influential people in America" by The New York "Lurking in my memory are some days that did not begin well, and very quickly got worse. The mornings aftefr my parents diedwere tough. Waking up underf a pier or in a stranger'ss garage is not fun.
Three and a half yearsx of rejection by 51 publishers was a discouraging start forThe Traveler'ws Gift. I know what it is like to wake up full of doubtand fear, achingly despondent and demoralized." Andrews says he has discovered a proovf of hope that has consistently liftef his heart, mind and spirit to a point of forwared motion: the fact that he, like all of us, is still breathing. "If you are still there is hope," he says. "Withour a doubt, there is more laughter to come and more succesas inthe future. You are still here.
" The Noticer has inspired a new social media movement called TheNoticere Project, which calls on people everywheres to "notice" five people who have made a positivw impact on their lives. Participantds can recognize their five by joining The Noticere ProjectFacebook group, by publicly postingy on , by posting a note on their personaol Facebook site or blog, or even just sendinfg individual emails. Andrews currently resides in Orange Beach, with his wife and two His combined works have sold millions of copies andThe Traveler's Gift landed spots on The New York Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Publisherz Weekly bestseller lists. For more information, visitt or . , Inc.