The Game Changer Life

Red-Zone Rant: Clean your car.

In this episode Dave shares a touching, real life story of inspiration and perspective - with key lessons of gratitude and living in the moment to be learned - and offers you a chance to make a difference.  

Pull away from the pack.

The Golden Rule advises us: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. One of the dangers of becoming successful is thinking so much of yourself and your success that you begin to regard others differently, as inferior, or incidental, or there primarily for your benefit. Game changers are concerned with impacting others, as much as they are with advancing themselves, and this episode share...

Should you be doing it at all?

Giving is a big part of the game changer life: giving more back to your family, your team, to those you work with, to society, and more. If you look around today, there's a lot of people not fully living the game changer life because they're "takers" who never really give. This episode shares a few simple areas where you can give to others, make a lasting impact on their life, and as a result live...

Act, don't ask.

"I didn't have time," "I just couldn't find the time," and similar, are excuses that make you common, make you weak, and hold you back from reaching your unstoppable potential. No matter our circumstances, each of us has 24 hours in the day, and this episode shares simple steps to eliminate those excuses from your vocabulary and your life, so you can be a game changer and focus on doing - and sayi...

Red-Zone Rant: No one is a nobody.

Disappointments are a fact of life. The question isn't whether you'll experience them, but whether you'll use them to your advantage and get better because of them; or, be abused by them when they happen, and let them hijack your attention, focus, productivity, joy, and more. How we handle disappointments is key to living the game changer life, and this episode from Dave Anderson shares key steps...

Rejoice with those who rejoice.

So many people in life are in a scene they're unhappy with, whether it's at work, on a team they're part of, or at home. So often we take a passive approach and wait for the scene to change to our liking, instead of actively changing what we can control - ourselves. We spend a large part of our lives in the scenes we're part of, and if we want to change our scene and influence it in a positive way...

Red-Zone Rant: It doesn't take six!

Living the game changer life is more a matter of your personal decisions rather than external conditions. Decisions can be very empowering or disabling - depending on who or what you're saying "yes" or "no" to. Make the wrong decisions and you can create awful conditions for yourself in your career, your life, or in the lives of those you care about. If you want to spend less time with the wrong s...

Set the tone.

Living the game changer life and maintaining inner peace is not an either-or proposition. Game changers make an effort to be so well prepared and focused on what matters most, that despite whatever busyness, critics, or chaos that comes their way, they can be undeterred in their sense of calm, enthusiasm, and drive. This episode shares strategies to help you build and maintain a sense of calm reso...

Master yourself.

Excuses are common amongst underachievers, and when you're trying to live the game changer life, the effects caused by making them are devastating to your potential. Game changers are in the habit of owning it, and not making as many excuses when it comes to their performance and bringing more energy, effort, enthusiasm, excellence, passion, attitude, focus, and integrity to all they do. This epis...

Red-Zone Rant: Make excellence your standard.

One of the things about game changers is that they're not just in it for themselves. They don't just live the 8 key game changer traits daily to make themselves unstoppable, but do so to also impact others: teammates, family, friends, and others who count on them. No matter who it is you're trying to impact, the best way to maximize your influence is to develop the strength of your relationship wi...

Are you a player or competitor?

Dave Anderson's 10 ACCREDITED traits are designed to help you develop more killer instinct and mental toughness, and in this episode he introduces the first of these traits: Attitude. Use the 7 key aspects Dave shares to take an honest assessment of your daily attitude, and reflect on what you can improve so you can develop more killer instinct and mental toughness - and spend more of your days in...

Red-Zone Rant: Keep it classy - not tacky.

Momentum is a powerful force that can work for you or against you. When you have it, things can be easier; but, when you don't have it, everything's harder than it should be. Sometimes something good or bad will happen beyond your control that will affect your momentum, but for the most part YOU dictate your momentum by the decisions, actions, and changes you take on a daily basis. This episode fr...

Energize your routine.