The Game Changer Life

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...

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.

What does living the game changer life really look like? What is the unstoppable mindset really all about? In this episode Dave answers these questions and more to help paint a portrait for you to see what living the game changer life is truly all about. Identify where you are in relation to the key points shared, and make adjustments to get or stay on track towards living the game changer life.

Reach out.

Attitude, passion, and enthusiasm are 3 of the unstoppable 8 game changer traits. These 3 traits alone have a significant impact in every area of your life, and the great news is you have control over your levels of each of these daily. In this episode, Dave shares 8 key thoughts on attitude, passion, and enthusiasm - going APE - and how you can get your attitude right, stoke your passion, and ign...

Red-Zone Rant: The truth about trolls.

Part of living the game changer life is having robust relationships with people in all aspects of your life: if you're in the workplace, if you're on a team, with your family, and with your friends. Game changers understand what it takes to develop robust relationships with people, and this episode's 9 tips will help you not only bring your current relationships to a new level, but head into new r...

Red-Zone Rant: Use your turn signal!

In this episode, Dave welcomes special guest and three-time Big 10 basketball champion Max Bielfeldt to the LearnToLead studios. Together they discuss hunger in relation to goals, what constitutes a great teammate, remaining focused despite injuries and external conditions that may be outside of your control, and much more! Listen in to help ignite or refuel your hunger as you work towards the gam...

Be nice.

Loyalty, tenure, and seniority are commonly confused, but game changers understand that loyalty is performance. Tenure and seniority can become a license for laziness for team members not content to work as hard or as smart as they once did; and, without a proper understanding of loyalty, you could be holding yourself back from living the game changer life. This episode shares ways you can show lo...

Be humble.

In this episode Dave welcomes back special guest and basketball coach Phil Beckner, and together they take a look at how to draw out the best in others when it comes to coaching. In addition, they discuss how to get the most out of the coaching that you receive personally, so you can bring out the best in yourself. Apply their insight today to not only help yourself live the game changer life more...

Red-Zone Rant: Take care of yourself.

Many people think they're hard workers simply because they put in a lot of hours and are busy during the day; but, the truth about hard work is that if it isn't smart work, it's dumb work. Game changers understand the difference between hard and smart work, and in fact do both. This episode from Dave shares the truth about hard work so that you can end your days feeling energized, motivated, and a...

Red-Zone Rant: Rack your shopping cart!

Game changers are interested in not only getting better themselves, but also in helping lift and elevate others to a whole new level. They are masters in the art of encouragement, and understand its potential to create a miraculous moment in a situation, in someone's day, or in someone's life. This episode from Dave shares thoughts and steps on encouragement, and how this simple act that costs you...

Don't hold back

There's extreme power in now, and game changers don't just think about things, ponder things, discuss things, or procrastinate over things; they fully leverage the power in now. In this episode Dave discusses the power that now brings, and shares its importance in helping you live the game changer life. 

What's your excuse?

The late Jim Rohn was a game changing mentor and inspiration to leaders worldwide for decades, and in this episode Dave opens up the door for you to learn more about him and his game changing wisdom. Listen in for thoughts and quotes from Jim, and insight from Dave on how you can apply them to help yourself and others live more of the unstoppable game changer life.

Lighten up!

Game changers consistently bring higher levels of effort, energy, enthusiasm, excellence, passion, attitude, focus, and integrity to all they do. In this episode Dave shares areas where game changers, and aspiring game changers alike, focus on growing so that they can more consistently bring those 8 key traits and deliver unstoppable performance day in and day out in all they do.