You're listening to The Game Changer Life with Dave Anderson, the show about how to thrive, take charge of your mindset, and be unstoppable in business and all

aspects of your life. This is the Game Change Your Life podcast with Dave Anderson.

Welcome to Game Change Your Life. I'm Dave Anderson, and it's time for our Friday.

Two-minute warning edition posted on Fridays to give you, you, something to think about, watch for, or do.

To finish your week strong, maximize the weekend.

I will also include an occasional red zone rant, but not today.

I want to talk today about beat the prosperity trap.

Beat the prosperity trap.

You know, we all want to be prosperous, but then when we get there, we don't realize that sometimes prosperity is a minefield. As human beings, we all slide. And when we slide, we don't tend to slide forward. We slide backward. And once we get to prosperity, it can invite complacency. It can weaken disciplines. It can drain urgency and intensity. Prosperity can

cause us to undervalue our time. It can even turn us into know-it-alls, make us cocky, arrogant,

been there done that type of people. Prosperity is what we seek. But you've got to be prepared to

survive success when you get it. And that starts with the right mindset. What I suggest,

if you want to know how to beat the prosperity trap, you've got to make each day a masterpiece.

You've got to bring it every day, make every day count more. So go back and listen to the make

each day a masterpiece episode. I just posted it in the last episode. It'll talk about getting more

from every day. It's hard to slide back when you're focused on the principles there. So think

about this. Are things going well now? Okay. What might you already have gotten away from that

you need to get back to before it's too late? Are things not going well now? Get back to the

fundamentals. Strengthen your foundation so now? Get back to the fundamentals,

strengthen your foundation, so you can get back up to prosperity and then keep doing the right

thing so you stay there this time. Your biggest vulnerability, my friend, is the same as mine.

It's the one we're unaware of and prosperity is one of those vulnerabilities that will get the

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