Having an open mind is important when considering ideas, opinions, feedback, or suggestions. But equally important, especially if you want to live the game changer life, is knowing when to have a closed mind - becoming more discretionary about where you invest your precious time, energy, and resources. In this episode, Dave shares areas where you should close your mind to, so you can assess and address anything that is holding you back from becoming unstoppable.

Brighten the room.

Some people grow old, but they don't grow up - still making the same mistakes and possessing the same mindsets and habits that held them back years ago. You can't become your best until you're learning from the past, and to help you become your best, Dave shares 10 lessons he would teach to his younger self. If you've learned these lessons already, use this as a reinforcement, or to share those lessons with others so you can nudge them closer to living the game changer life.

Don't quit

Excellence is about doing something a certain way, with a certain intent, every single time, and it's one of the 8 key traits game changers bring consistently to all they do. Because excellence is often misunderstood, this episode clarifies how the game changer defines excellence and gives steps for developing it, so that you can bring more of it day in and day out, and help others do so as well.

Be an unconditional performer

Getting to game changer status doesn't happen overnight. Change, over time, is what enables us to move from lower performance levels up to game changer; but, without a proper understanding of change, you'll be left feeling frustrated or worn out as you try to change things like: how you think, your personal philosophy, your daily activities, and more. Use Dave's 6 simple truths about change to make the necessary adjustments you need to get up to that next performance level, or stay there longer.

Three truths about tests.

Living the game changer life does not mean that you need to renounce relationships and become isolated or friendless on your path to high achievement. Game changers are all about bringing others with them on the journey, and impacting them in a positive way. This episode covers 7 things you need to "be" in order to have healthy game changer relationships with anyone, anywhere.

Red-Zone Rant: Don't make it about you.