The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters – The Perfect Inspirational Gift Hardcover – August 29, 2010

Book in geat shape.

Great read; encouragement for one’s impact on the world. Coffee table-type book. Great as a gift for those who need to understand their impact on the world.

Most of us live our lives daily at work or play but Andy Andrew has shown us that what we do and how we do it is the difference between good or not so good. But even the not so good matters today, tomorrow and forever. His proof is a school teacher who won a war even though he possessed a limited military education.

Excellent read for teens - elders. Life is good.

Perfect gift for friend

An inspirational gift that a deceased teacher, Rick Piercy of Apple Valley, used to give all graduating seniors at his high school. Makes a great gift for readers of any age.

I want to say up front, some people are going to be disappointed by this book, because they are going to measure it by volume, not by content. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT by Andy Andrews can be read cover to cover in fifteen minutes, but I have read 1,000 page tomes that did not contain a fraction of the message and meaning of this tiny book.If you have seen Andy's DVD, The Seven Decisions, this is the same message Andy presents regarding the butterfly effect, specifically where he talks about the actions of Col. Chamberlin and Norman Borlaug. These are both incredible stories everyone should hear. I have used both of these stories to close training meetings and they are always met with tremendous emotion.I want to take just a moment to place my own little spin on the butterfly effect. Things happen for a reason. God has a Divine plan that is beyond our comprehension. Have you ever known exactly where you were going but for some reason took a wrong turn? You've made this same journey 1,000 times but for some reason today, you weren't paying attention and turned left instead of right. What were you thinking?Some people might slough this off as nothing, but I don't believe that. What if you had turned right as you always do? Perhaps by turning left, you avoided an accident and in that accident a young girl might have been injured or killed. Whose to say that young girl might have one day given birth to the person who someday cures cancer? By making a wrong turn, that tragedy was avoided.Now Andy's message here is much more deliberate and is more centered on the importance of every action we take, or don't, but the concept is the same. Actions matter. Actions make a difference and sometimes a much greater difference than we will ever be aware of. The 2 minute conversation you have the annoying neighbor kid may be of greater importance than the speech you give in front of a room full of people.Actions matter. If you want to under that concept better, read this little book.

This is an excellent inspirational book. It's a short book, but worth the read.