Welcome to the Game Changer Life. I'm Dave Anderson. In this episode, I want to talk about

10 dumb tendencies you must give up to go up. Ten dumb tendencies you must give up to go up. Ten dumb tendencies you must give up to go up.

You look up the word dumb. It says lacking intelligence or good judgment. Somebody questioned me on

this title. They said, don't you want to soften it up a bit? Do you really want to have the word dumb in your title?

It's like, we're 70 plus episodes into this podcast.

I don't think it's time to start getting soft or softening things up or being more sensitive.

It is what it is.

And the fact is there are some really dumb things we can do, some really poor judgment we can exercise on a daily basis. And they start as tendencies,

but they can become habits that are going to take you out of your zone, that are going to make

it far more difficult to bring the eight traits we talk about, more effort, energy, enthusiasm,

excellence, passion, attitude, focus, and integrity on a consistent basis, if you're

falling for these tendencies, if you're getting into the trap, getting off track, or taking

the bait. You look up the word tendency, it talks about an inclination towards a particular

behavior. So see, bad habits start as inclinations. And it starts as an inclination toward a

particular behavior. And you do it often enough. And it starts to become a habit. Then it becomes a

lifestyle. Then it becomes a legacy, something just dumb that you're known for. And it just stops you

from living the game change your life. And if you've read my book Unstoppable, you know we talk about

the four different groups of performance, of performers, of mindsets, and anything that you do,

undertakers, caretakers, playmakers, game changers. And the fact is the lower groups just fall

for these tendencies a lot more often. The game changer's not perfect, but they're not falling for

these tendencies as often. And when they do take the bait, they don't stay with them as long. And I

want that to be those who are listening. Let's take the bait in these areas less often. Let's stay

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