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Welcome to the Game Change Your Life. I'm Dave Anderson. In this topic, let's talk about

face and fix these four excuses. Now, there are certainly more than four. We could go on for a long series,

the 400, but many of them are rooted in these four, and in the interest of time, let's focus on

these. They're very common, they're very devastating to living the game change your life.

In fact, excuses, really, I've called them this before, and I'll say it again, they are the

DNA of underachievers. I mean, it's something all underachievers have in common. It makes you weak. It makes you ordinary. Makes you undesirable. I mean, no one wants to be around you. It kind of puts you out of control. You never feel like you have a grip on things. You need to be rescued, which is totally unlike the game changer. in my book, Unstoppable, I point this out. I talk about four types of performance groups,

Undertakers, Care, rescued, which is totally unlike the game changer. In my book, Unstoppable, I point this out.

I talk about four types of performance groups, undertakers, caretakers, playmakers,

game changers, and I see the key difference, many differences, but the key difference.

Is the game changer more consistently, now think about the word consistently, probably because

they're making fewer excuses, more consistently brings effort, energy, enthusiasm, excellence, passion, attitude, focus, and integrity.

Well, listen, how much of that can you bring if you're making excuses?

I mean, your effort is going to be scattered if you're making excuses because you're no longer even focusing on what you can control.

So your effort has now gone into excuses rather than progress. Energy, excuses are a huge waste

of energy. Enthusiasm? Do you have an enthusiasm for excuses? It seems like some people do.

But if you're making them, how enthusiastic can you feel about yourself and what you're becoming and what you're

getting and what you're doing? Not very much. Excellence? You'll never live a life of excellence

until you learn to renounce excuses. Passion excuses. Drain your passion. Now, some people have

a passion for excuses, but that's not what I'm talking about, that they drain your passion. You love

what you're doing less. Attitude. Number one, excuses are a sign of a weekend. for excuses, but that's not what I'm talking about, but they drain your passion. You love what

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