The Game Changer Life

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...

Enthusiasm is one of the eight key traits that game changers possess and consistently bring to all that they do everyday. 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 enthusia...

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 impa...

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 e...

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...

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 playmak...

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.

Caretakers in any organization, or on any team, are baseliners. They do just enough to get by, just enough to get paid, and just enough to not get fired. While their performance is certainly a step up from that of the undertaker, doing just what you're supposed to (as the caretaker does) will hold you back from living the game changer life. In this episode, Dave provides some characteristics of ca...

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!

Many organizations, and people for that matter, fail to sustain their success because of complacency. All too often, someone who becomes good eventually starts to: stay in their comfort zone, stop risking or changing, stop following the processes that made them successful, and more. In this episode, Dave shares three key temptations that successful people are prone to fall into. Whether you're alr...

If you want more opportunities, influence, trust, responsibility, and more, then you need to start owning it! The lack of ownership and acceptance of responsibility is what often prevents playmakers from becoming game changers. In this episode, Dave provides eight non-negotiable traits of game changers that you have the ability to own and consistently deliver daily to help you live the game change...

Becoming a game changer isn't just about being great at whatever it is that you do; an important aspect of living the game changer life, is living a life that is in balance. In this episode Dave gives four primary sectors of life where you should work to become more balanced in, and shares some dangers of what can happen if you stay out of balance for too long in one of those areas.

Everyone has a philosophy. It's what influences the way you see things, the way you make decisions, the way you respond to people, and more. The question isn't whether or not you have a philosophy. More importantly, what is your philosophy and where is it taking you? In this episode, Dave shares some elements of his own philosophy to help you develop, define, or tweak your own philosophy so that y...

In life there are countless opportunities for us to become bitter: losing the game, being rejected, being disrespected, someone else getting the credit, and more. In this episode, Dave discusses how "taking the bait" and choosing to live with bitterness prevents you from living the game changer life, and offers strategies to build a mindset and attitude where you stay in your zone and avoid taking...

In this bonus release episode, Dave shares "don'ts" and "do's" with graduates to help them narrow their focus and build a game changer mindset for the next step in their journey. Inspire a recent or soon-to-be graduate with this message. Long-ago graduates may also want to review these principles to audit how they're living them out in their own lives.

People are either energy makers or energy leaks; they bring it or drain it, elevate or devastate, inspire or expire. In this episode Dave talks about how to bring the energy to whatever you do, so that you can maximize and sustain performance. In addition, he discusses how energy differs from drive, and how Game Changers bring both drive and energy to what they do every day.

In this episode Dave welcomes special guest, Shawn Meaike, president and founder of Family First Life Insurance. Shawn's energy and passion for both business and life have set the tone for his organization, and in this episode Dave and Shawn discuss the success principles (hint: a ton of hard work) that helped grow his organization from its first full year in 2014 to finishing 2016 at $80+ million...

Are you willing to fight for what you want most in life, or do you give up at the first, second or tenth setback? Are you willing to do whatever it takes to achieve your dreams when things don't go your way? In this episode Dave shares the unstoppable mental approach that earned Yogi Ferrell a spot as Point Guard for the Dallas Mavericks, and how you can develop the focus, and unstoppable relentle...

Your "WHY" is what moves you. It's your purpose, your reasons for doing what you do, and what causes you to get up in the morning. In this episode, Dave talks about how your WHY has the immense power to propel you towards your dreams and aspirations, and shares insight for how your WHY can add more value to yourself and allow you to raise the value of life for others.