The Game Changer Life

You can't progress towards the game changer life when you live in denial and fail to face reality about what's really holding you back. Self-deception, or failing to look at yourself for what you really are, leads to eventual self-destruction because you're on the wrong path but don't even recognize it. This episode shares four signs and fixes for self-deception to help you stay on track to the game changer life.

Redeem your time.

Sometimes you find yourself in a situation with others where there's an evident lack of positive energy, and no sense of hope or excitement. Whether it's during a meeting, at a gathering with friends, or even at the dinner table, you've got the choice to be a participant in the misery or to take the lead and shift the room's energy. Game changers take the latter option, and this episode shares four things you can do in these situations, to shift the room and leave it with a sense of positivity and hope.

Red-Zone Rant: The good news is it's YOUR fault! 

In this special coaching episode of The Game Changer Life, Dave addresses four key questions shared by listeners concerning improving results at work and home. These questions have wide applicability, and Dave's answers may be just what you need to move forward on your own game changing journey. Share your own game changer life-related questions with us on Twitter, on Facebook, or at ryanthekillercota@learntolead.com.

Growth isn't automatic.

At different points in our life, we can be inspired by others' stories of overcoming setbacks, traversing through adversity, and getting over hard times - using them to help strengthen ourself or to help others in their time of need. In this episode, Dave shares a true and personal story to help you in that regard, and prepare you and those you care about to be better able to live the game changer life in the face of despair. 

Don't ask for permission.

Beat the prosperity trap.

In today's society there is too much of a prevailing mindset that we have "throw away days" - that it is excusable to perform less than your best today, because there is always tomorrow. We each only have so many days, and the danger of this mindset is that it will leave you falling short of reaching the game changer life. In this episode Dave shares ways that you can make not only today, but everyday, a masterpiece. Get more out of each day and max it out with the help of this episode.

Red-Zone Rant: Reverse the decline of civility.

When you visualize a boxer training and hitting a bag, he or she is: in control, delivering the punches, being proactive, and setting the pace. The bag on the other hand is getting beat up, pushed around, and reacting rather than initiating. Sometimes in life we're more like the bag than the boxer, and in this episode Dave shares disciplines that will help you regain control and turn things around so you are more like the boxer - dictating the pace on your path to the game changer life.

Move on.

Rejection is a part of life. Whether it's for a date, a job, a promotion, a loan, or something else, the way you handle rejection has the power to elevate or devastate you. In this show Dave shares 7 ways that you can interpret and benefit from rejection, so that it fuels you towards your goals, keeps you in your zone, and leaves you stronger, wiser, and better.

Don't be a people pleaser.