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 in our Agora Hills, California studio.

And the topic I want to share with you today is the truth about your teammates.

Now, whether we're talking about teammates in the workplace or teammates on a team, if you play for a team,

within that context, in short, here's the truth. You don't have to like everybody on your team. In fact, there's a good chance you may not, but you do need to love them.

Now, when I say the word love them in that context, I'm not talking the warm and fuzzy type. I'm talking about wanting the best for them and having their best interests at heart, knowing that if they

do better, even if you don't like them, you don't want to maybe hang out with them, but if they

do a really good job, and if they're on track, it's probably going to make your job easier

and the team more successful overall. It's being able to subordinate your differences, whatever they may be, for the good of the

team. And so what does that really look like? I mean, I think it takes some pressure off,

knowing that you don't have to like them. Even in your extended family, you probably have some

people. Maybe somebody's coming to mind. You don't necessarily like them, but you do need to love them.

And honestly, if the chips were down, you'd be there for them, right? And so I think we have to have the

right perspective of the people we work with. I think very often we focus too much on what

makes us different, what we don't like,

and it hurts the team overall. It also hurts your own mindset, your own momentum and morale,

and probably your ability to perform really well. So what does that really look like when you're

talking about loving your people in this way and that you want the best for them, you expect the best

from them, and you want them to be successful. Well, first of all, I think love engages. I think

it's about asking more questions. Some of us talk too much. And we need to remember that

relationships are about being a dialogue, not a monologue.

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