#139: Bring Toughness to the Table

The Game Changer Life

Dave Anderson

Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.9 • 550 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Toughness itself is not a talent you're born with. It is a state that can be developed, allowing you to leverage your talent and skills, and maximize your knowledge. In this episode Dave explores toughness: where it comes from, how it shows up, and most importantly, how your toughness - specifically mental toughness - impacts team members and those around you positively or negatively.

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0:00.0	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
0:22.3	aspects of your life. This is the Game Change Your Life podcast with Dave Anderson.
0:28.3	Welcome to the Game Change Your Life. I'm Dave Anderson. In this episode, I want to talk about
0:32.1	bring toughness to the table. Bring toughness to the table. You know, toughness is not technically, by definition,
0:42.4	a talent, because a talent refers to an ability, and toughness is really a state that leverages your
0:48.6	ability. But my goodness, while it may not technically be a talent, it can sure feel like one,
0:53.8	it can sure leverage your one, it can sure leverage
0:54.6	your talent, leverage your skills, maximize your knowledge and experience. And what I also want to
1:00.6	talk about in this episode is how your personal toughness, speaking specifically of mentally,
1:06.8	okay, can just impact team members in such a positive way, or your lack of it can diminish them
1:14.7	in a meaningful way. This is why I'm talking about bringing toughness to the table. The toughness is a
1:21.0	force multiplier as it leverages your own talents and knowledge and skills and that of your teammates, those you
1:29.0	work most closely with.
1:31.0	But it also is a force divider that when you don't have it, when you show softness, when
1:37.0	you show weakness by not persisting, by giving up too soon, by making excuses, whatever,
1:42.7	by easily being offended. Not only does it divide your
1:47.2	own focus and strengths and talents and make them far less effective, but it also does the same to
1:52.4	the team. So there is a lot at stake for you and me to become more mentally tough and to bring
1:57.5	that toughness to the table day in and day out with whatever we do. It doesn't matter
2:01.8	if you play athletics. It doesn't matter if you're in the workplace. Toughness either shows up or
2:06.6	softness shows up. And we can't be one of those people where toughness only shows up every once in a while
2:12.0	when we really want it when our backs against the wall when time is running out. We've got to be
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