The Game Changer Life

Many people - often without realizing it - have chosen to make complaining a central part of their life and a huge part of their vocabulary. While there will be things in life that warrant some level of dissatisfaction, the problem with chronic whining and complaining is that doing so will hold you back from living the game changer life. Use this episode from Dave to help change your perspective, complain less, and bring more of the 8 game changer traits to your life daily.

The words we say matter, and have immense power to impact our life and the lives of others. Having the wrong words and thoughts going in your head can drain enthusiasm, energy, and more. Focusing on the right words however, can lift, elevate, inspire, and create hope. In this episode Dave shares commonly heard phrases you can trade-in for something more powerful and positive that will change your thinking, your behaviors, your results, and your life.

Consistency is a key separator between the average, good, great, and best performers in any endeavor. Many people often don't need to do anything new in order to get to higher levels of performance, but rather just need to do more of the right and effective things more consistently. The great news is that consistency can be developed, and in this episode Dave provides some structured steps to follow that will help you become more consistent and deliver game changer performance more often in all that you do.

In this episode Dave welcomes special guest David Gillum, General Manager of America's #1 volume Mazda dealership, Galpin Mazda in Los Angeles, California. Together they discuss what it takes to build an unstoppable culture, and how doing so enabled Galpin Mazda to secure its spot as the number one Mazda dealer in the United States.

Life is far more fulfilling when you're surrounded by great people - by great teammates - and it's better for others when YOU are that teammate. In this episode Dave shares 7 traits to help make you a better teammate. No matter what type of team you're on (sports team, military unit, business team, or more) these traits will help you to become more valuable so that you can help make the team more valuable as well.

Zone busters are things that break your focus, distract you, and cause you to stop doing the productive activities that take you to the game changer life. The more often we take the bait and fall into the traps these zone busters leave, the less effective we are; and, to help you become more aware of their impact, Dave highlights 9 zone busters in this episode. Use these examples to help yourself and others recognize their presence and avoid their traps so that you become unstoppable.

Real commitment is about paying a price, consistently over time, to achieve a goal. Many people often say they're committed (to becoming the best, to making it their best year ever, and more), but are they really? In this episode Dave shares 7 signs of commitment for you to use in determining whether you're truly committed to, or just simply interested in, working towards your most important goals.

Developing the positive power of gratitude is key to taking yourself to game changer status, and in this episode, Dave shares 6 ways you can establish an attitude of gratitude. Use them to develop the state of mind to become happier, live more fulfilled, and bring the 8 key game changer traits more consistently to your life so that you become unstoppable. It's also a highly recommended share with those who've lost sight of all they have to be grateful for, and need a healthier perspective.

Excuses are the DNA of underachievers. They take us out of our zone and divert our energy and focus away from the things we can control, towards things that we can't do anything about. In this episode, Dave shares four common excuses that we all hear and sometimes say ourselves, which have the power to hold us back from living the game changer life. Listen to this episode to acknowledge them, fix them, and give them up so that you can go up - and help others do so as well.

The failure to reconcile after doing or saying something that potentially injured a personal, customer, or work relationship, is a great source of tension and stress for both parties. In this episode, Dave shares four steps to help you reconcile, make things right, stay in your zone, and get back on track to living the game changer life with more positive energy, passion, and enthusiasm.

Achieving a goal, no matter how big or small it may be, leaves you feeling great. Missing a goal however, can leave you feeling frustrated. Whether you already have your goals planned out or you're just getting started, this episode and the 7 goal-setting steps that Dave provides will help make you - and the others you share it with - unstoppable in pursuit of achieving them.

In this episode, Dave welcomes strength and conditioning coach Lyonel Anderson, and together they discuss how the things you want most (in business and in life) always require a price. Getting to your goals is not a one-time-lump-sum payment, and there will be things you need to give up in order to go up; but, game changers know that the prize is worth the price. Listen to this episode to fuel you on your journey to achieving your goals and reaching your fullest potential.

Many people often wait around for something to happen, or to do something that they like, before they can become enthusiastic; but, living like this will cause you to be unenthusiastic for a majority of the time With a change in mindset however, you can create your own enthusiasm, and in this episode Dave shares 3 enthusiasm "makers" and 2 enthusiasm "breakers" to help bring you one step closer to living the game changer life.

Entitlement is the feeling that you are owed something that you actually are not. It's a mindset that drains the life out of an organization and its culture. In this episode, Dave shares symptoms of entitlement and remedies to help you prevent its rise in society from taking over your own mindset, and your organization's culture as well.

Mental toughness is a separator between the average and the unstoppable. It makes you more desirable, resilient, and persistent; makes people want to give you more responsibility; and makes people want you on their team because they know that something good is going to happen because you're involved. In this episode, Dave shares the key to building mental toughness, so that you can positively impact your performance and be a game changer on your team.