The Game Changer Life

We all do stupid things from time to time; it's part of the human condition. From time to time we also have to deal with people who continually do stupid things and let stupidity dominate their decisions, actions, and life. In this episode, Dave shares steps for you to deal intelligently with stupidity (whether it's people on your team, people who work for you, or someone you work for). Use this episode to help avoid being taken out of your zone and away from the game changer life by stupidity.

Some people spend a majority of their career and their lives looking back to the past, and in the process turn themselves into victims. There is nothing that will make you feel more like a victim and take you further away from the game changer life, than continuing to look back on things that have already happened that you can't do anything about. Use this episode to focus your power on the things you can control, on creating your best future, and on living a game changer life.

To get to where you want to go in business and in life, choosing to grow is a necessity. Without deliberately choosing to grow, you'll still go somewhere, but where you're headed may not be where you want to go - into a state of decline, into a plateau, or out the door. In this episode, Dave shares simple steps for intentionally and systematically growing yourself so that you can get above playmaker status, and live the game changer life.

Tough times are something that we all face, and something that we can learn to handle better. In this episode, Dave welcomes special guest and power forward with the Portland Trail Blazers, Meyers Leonard, to share with you some principles he's found useful in helping him to stay up in down times. Use his insight to help yourself power through your next tough time or to help others do so.

Failure comes with a number of subtle rewards and traps that we're prone to fall into, and in the process, take us away from living the game changer life and into a life of mediocrity and obscurity. In this episode Dave shares some of the ambushes that failure sets for us on a daily basis so that we can guide ourselves out of the trap, and help others avoid it as well.

In this episode, Dave welcomes coach Phil Beckner from the Boise State men's basketball program. Together they discuss the principles of an all-star work ethic through insight and examples from coach Beckner's experience in working with various current NBA stars.

In this episode, Dave discusses the third major rule of basketball coach Don Meyer (everybody picks up the trash), and how its literal and mental application plays a substantial role in helping you live the game changer life both personally and professionally.

Game changers don't rely on pep talks, pats on the back, and other sources of external motivation to stimulate their enthusiasm - their motivation comes from within. In this episode Dave shares 7 ways for you to stimulate the game changer enthusiasm and motivation required to make you unstoppable.

Most people do not miss their goals or fail to achieve their dreams through a lack of knowledge or not knowing what to do. Very often, they know what to do but instead choose to not do it, not do it well, or not do it consistently enough to make any impact. In this episode, Dave discusses how to close that gap so that you can become unstoppable in all that you do.

#19: The Caretaker Performer

In this episode, Dave interviews former Marquette and Indiana University Coach, Tom Crean, to discuss the steps Crean used to turn the worst team situation in the Indiana Hoosier's 100-plus year history into a championship season. If you want to learn how to play a poor hand well, don't miss this episode!

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