Change The Game
266 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsChange The Game is a conversation for men and women that want to squeeze all they can from life. Those that see life as a game we get to play. One that is about your body, your soul, your relationships, and how you make money.
As your host, Dr. Buffington will share his 26 plus years as a chiropractor and entrepreneur. The painful lessons he has paid for as a man, a husband, and a father (divorce, a son’s addiction, and financial loss) and the tools, tactics, and insights which lead him here today. All to inspire, guide, and lead you to be more, do more.
Life is a team sport!
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E166 | Off Balance
October 01, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBSometimes when we just feel off, all we need is a little push forward to balance out again. Like the initial push of the pedal when riding a bike, we slowly get ourselves moving in the direction we want to go and then build momentum as we continue to move forward. A push anywhere throughout your life can be all you need, be it spiritual, exercise, family, really anything can help. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E165 | What Does Scarcity & Abundance Have in Common?
September 28, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 14 MBIt is easy to get lost in the chaos of abundance when your plans actually produce the results that you wanted. When things are just constantly going right and you get caught up in the excitement you can quickly lose focus. You can slip right into thinking about the few things that didn’t go well and what you could have done differently. Once your mind goes there, your actions follow. Where in your business or life have you lost focus? Questions or comments? email me at michael@drmichaelbuf...
E164 | A Simple Strategy That Can Radically Change Your Life
September 24, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MBIt’s gotta be me. We can only control ourselves and how we react to things. We don’t need to wait on others to come to us or to trigger a change, we can do it ourselves. It always comes down to us - it has to be me. Where in your life are you waiting on someone else? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E163 | Full Range Leadership
September 21, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 13.9 MBFull range leadership means having the ability to be super intense, soft, empathetic, have perspective, discipline, as well as being relatable to others who operate completely differently. It’s important to bring the same intensity to holding others to a standard as it is to supporting them when the situation calls for it. Others need to know that you can go from one extreme to another all with the intention of wanting the best for them. Questions or comments? email me at michael@drmichael...
E162 | Processes Create Results; Results Do Not Create Processes
September 17, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBWhen everything is going well and rolling along smoothly, everyone thinks they don’t need a process. Once things go south and you don’t have a process to fall back on, the problems can just compound and get worse. It’s easy to think the results produce the process, but having a process in place can guarantee the results you want. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E161 | As a Chiropractor I Hate to Admit This
September 14, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBWe can all get dragged to a spot where work becomes mundane and we lose the spark that keeps up alight. It’s so important to reflect on and hold on to the early days of your business when the excitement and determination were extremely high. When was the last time you had that level of confidence and certainty? If you can link that time in the past to a current action, it will make you extremely powerful. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E160 | How to HIIT Your Targets
September 10, 2020 08:30 - 8 minutes - 12.2 MBWorking a weekly review into your prep for the next week can keep you from making the same mistakes over and over again. If you don’t prepare for the week ahead you never stay on top of things when life and circumstances get in the way. Don’t show up on Monday thinking you’ll prepare that day because you have already lost all the time before that on Monday to get ahead and hit the ground running. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E159 | Pregame for Progress
September 07, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBProfessional athletes put in countless hours on their craft and then on top of that before every single event, they pregame, to prevent injury, to get their body right, to get their mind right, to be ready to perform at the highest level. You should be no different in what you do. You have a pregame if you know it or not. What does your pregame look like right now? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E158 | Potty Count or Body Count, You Decide
September 03, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 13.8 MBWhere do we get distracted from the message we are trying to send? If we are constantly focusing on others and what they are doing, and saying, we can become distracted and lose ourselves and what we stand for. What is an action you can take, today, to remove the distraction? While you are evaluating other’s messages, take a moment to think about what your message is that others are seeing? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E157 | I'm Thinking About Doing This
August 31, 2020 08:30 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MB“I’m thinking about doing this” is a trap. Thinking is absolutely required but it must lead to action. Without action you have nothing but a bunch of wasted thoughts. Think - Decide - Act. Even if you try something new or different and it doesn’t work out, you have learned something and can then apply that to future decisions and actions. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E156 | What's in the Backpack
August 27, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MBWe all have items that hold serious meaning to us that we encounter or use on a regular basis, for me it’s a backpack, for you it may be something completely different. This backpack and I have been through a lot together and seen good times and bad times as well as everything in between. It doesn’t only hold items, it also holds memories and emotions. Think back on a time with that item and who you were and how you have changed since. Questions or comments? email me at michael@drmichaelbu...
E155 | Music or Just Noise
August 24, 2020 08:30 - 8 minutes - 12 MBEveryone, including ourselves, makes a lot of noise. Everyone and everything is calling for your attention. It is up to us to figure out if it is noise or music. What noise in your life are you allowing that isn’t serving you? Don’t just think about where the noise is coming from, take a step to remove it. The more you eliminate, the more space you make for the things that matter to you. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E154 | Want Better Results
August 20, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBHow often do you listen vs blow something off? In your business, body, family, anywhere across your life. If you aren’t listening to your wife, your team, or your patients it is a recipe for disaster and you can do long lasting or permanent damage to those relationships. If you want better results just listen when others talk. Where in your life do you need to listen? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E153 | This Truth Can Set You Free
August 17, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 14 MBWe are getting what we want by what we are willing to do. What you have in front of you is exactly what has brought you to the point you are at right now by influencing your decisions. When you face that truth it can really set you free. You have to be what you want, not what others want. What are you willing to get where you want? It's all about creating the next best you. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E152 | No Accountability COSTS You Much More Than $$$
August 13, 2020 20:33 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBAccountability is the bumpers at the bowling alley, they just keep you out of the gutter and on the lane. If you think of any successful thing you have done, it has always come with a layer of accountability. When people slip in their accountability they tend to slip in getting what they want. You can hold yourself accountable anywhere in your life, not just in development or business. What is it costing you to not have accountability? Questions or comments? email me at michael@drmichaelbu...
E151 | The Achiever's Curse
August 10, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 17 MBTo be an achiever requires gratitude. If you don’t have a certain level of gratitude, how could you ever receive, earn, or be given more? Being an achiever becomes a curse when we keep the gratitude and forget the progress we’ve made and think we are just sitting stagnant. We constantly think we can and should be doing more. The progress is what brings us happiness. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E150 | “It Takes Time” Isn't the Whole Truth
August 06, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBJust spending time on refining yourself and advancing your skills is great but it often isn’t enough to really drive us; for that we need time under tension. Just saying “it takes time” as a way to relieve yourself of some amount of responsibility is a quick and easy way to end up stuck in a rut. Where are you avoiding the tension in your life? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E149 | TSA, Gatorade, and a Fight
August 03, 2020 08:30 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBWhether you think you are leaving a legacy or not, you are. We build our legacy every day if we know it or not. With every action or inaction we are leaving our mark on history. Where in your life are you unconsciously leaving a legacy? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E148 | How to Make $50k-$250k ROI at 6.25%
July 30, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBIf you spent 6.25% of each month, about an hour and a half each day, on bettering and advancing yourself, that level of ROI is well within reason. The real question is whether or not you are willing to actually spend the time needed to get there. It’s a simple, but not easy decision. What’s it going to be? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E147 | Possibilities Create Realities
July 27, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBWherever you sit and whatever you are doing, consider the possibilities in front of you. If you want to be somewhere better, consider what you have done, what has worked, and what hasn’t. Just having the possibility in front of you affects your actions and behaviors and can draw you towards where you want to be. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E146 | Cancel the ____ing Vacation!!
July 23, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 16.8 MBWe are all like planets, we all have our place but we are constantly in motion. This is true in our family life, business life and well-being. We need to be sure to put in the effort to connect to each other and ourselves, and keep our planets in the same solar system as often as we can. Where do you need to work on your connections with yourself or others? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E145 | 2 Strategies When You Don't Know What to Do
July 20, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBBeing busy doesn’t mean you are being productive. If you want more but are just doing the same things every day and getting nowhere, this message is for you. If you don’t have something to pull you forward, you’ll get stagnant. Decide what you want your life to look like in the future and let it drive you forward. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E144 | Who Cares If You Are Listening
July 16, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBNo one cares if you are listening, they care if you are taking action and what you are doing to take that action. We often hear the message from our inner voice and ignore it, we should be hearing it and then acting on it. If you don’t you have no one but yourself to blame for the outcome. Trust yourself. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E143 | Ever Feel Stuck
July 13, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MBIf you make no decisions about where you want to be in 1, 5, or even 10 years then you’ll never gain any ground on your goals. You don’t have to make a monumental change right from the beginning, you can start small and all those small changes add up quickly. If you aren’t acting on your plans for where you want to be, across any aspect of your life, what do you expect to change? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E142 | Top Down
July 09, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 17 MBEvery organization is operated from the top down. Everything starts at the top and works it’s way down. This is true in business and even home life. Never expect others to go where you won’t go. It all starts with you, as long as you own it and adjust as needed, you’ll have the impact on the world that you are aiming for. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E141 | Gifts Are Developed, Not Denied
July 06, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBEven if you feel that you were born with your gifts, or feel that you were blessed by God with them, they were not given to you perfectly. We get to and are called to constantly do work to develop our skills and bring them to the next level. Gifts are never denied by God, but we deny them as men. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E140 | When Social Media Attacks
July 02, 2020 08:30 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBIn today’s world it is very easy to sit behind a keyboard and sling insults and criticism at anyone. Rather than just fighting fire with fire, try to see things from their perspective and understand where they are coming from and try to turn the whole situation into something good. Sometimes the more positivity you pump out, the more negativity you’ll attract, just be prepared and try to recognize it. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E139 | The Sidewalk Has Footprints
June 29, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBWe often move on to the next project before completing what we are currently working on. It’s easier to jump to the next thing before letting the last thing set and finish. Is there an area in your life that you need to let set and strengthen? What are you willing to do right now to strengthen your weak points? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E138 | 38 Stitches in My Face
June 25, 2020 08:30 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBWe often don’t take the time to see things from other people’s point of view and can even lose ourselves in the process of predetermination. When was the last time you went to sit where your clients sit when they come into your office? Where in any aspect of your life should you sit down and try to see something from someone else’s perspective? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E137 | I'm a Hypocrite!
June 22, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MBSometimes we allow the small things blind us and rob us of our time, attention and effort for no reason at all. Where are you allowing something small to become the elephant in the room and derail you? We all do it, even me. What can you do about it today? Take action. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E136 | How to Invest for the Best Return
June 18, 2020 08:30 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBWe all have a set amount of energy to give out each day. So to get the best return on where we spend that energy we have to really think about what energy level we are running at in everything we do, and where, and who we are giving that energy. What energy level are you running at in your family life and in your business? Are there places you are giving too much or too little energy? Are you spending enough to get where you want to be? Questions or comments? email me at michael@drmichaelb...
E135 | Someone Is Dating My Wife
June 15, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBPeople will choose out with their actions most often, this is true in your personal and business life. To put it in context of someone dating your wife makes it a little easier to understand. If you aren’t planning a date night once a week, that opens the door for her to look for that attention elsewhere. Are you putting in the time and commitment needed with your patients to make them feel important and appreciated? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E134 | Training Like Mr. Miagi
June 11, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBWe all do things in pursuit of the future we want to build for ourselves that we find tedious, boring, and even useless. Oftentimes all those little pieces we pick up from all those little things we hated along the way, come together at some point in our journey to ensure we get to where we want to go. Are you constantly blowing off the simple things in your life because you think they don’t matter? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E133 | How Long Does It Take to Be the Best
June 08, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBKobe Bryant said that if the guys he saw, that were good, practiced 3 hours a week, he’d have to practice 6 or 9 hours to be twice or three times as good as them. Becoming the best takes time. You have to put in the time, there is no way around it. It comes down to knowing what you are after and being willing to put in the time to make it happen. This is true across every part of your life. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E132 | My Shower Is Leaking $$$
June 04, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBSomewhere along the way, during the construction of our house, someone missed a detail and now the shower is leaking money. Not my money but the builder’s money, or a subcontractor, or the drywall guy, or the painter. Somewhere along the line someone is losing money because of the details that were missed. Where in your life are you leaking money because you are not paying attention to the details? It's all about the details. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E131 | How to Know If You Are Winning
June 01, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MBThis method for knowing if you are winning has been tested out by massive Fortune 100 Companies, all the way down to a trainer at the gym. 90 days. Quarterly reports or evaluation. When you have something specific and measurable, you can come to that 90 day point and say either yes I did it (I won), or no I didn’t (I lost) and adjust going forward. Failure isn't fatal as long as you can see it and make changes accordingly. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E130 | It Pays to Win
May 28, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 14.3 MBSome of you may be winning right now in all aspects of your life, others might be losing in all, and some might have a balance of both. You don’t always win, but it pays to win. Where in your life are you winning? Better yet, where in your life are you losing and wanting to turn it into a win? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E129 | How Cross Training Can Hurt Your Practice?
May 25, 2020 08:30 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBThe common thought is that, in an office, everyone has to be able to do everything to ensure things run smoothly. While everyone should have a basic level of understanding for all general tasks, it can actually be a hindrance to have them fully trained in everything. You wouldn’t ask your quarterback to play wide receiver, why would you do anything differently in your office? Reinforce strengths rather than polishing weaknesses. Questions or comments? email me at michael@drmichaelbuffingto...
E128 | Running Your Life and Business on Autopilot
May 21, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 12.4 MBRunning on autopilot can be a great way to solidify good routines, but you have to be careful when allowing some aspects of your business to run out of sight and out of mind. Where in your life are you just running on autopilot and not paying enough attention to what you are doing or what is happening around you? Are you willing to put in the effort to become more? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E127 | H.E.D.O. Technique for Business
May 18, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 16 MBHit Every Damn One is the chiropractic technique of checking every, individual vertebra all the way down the spine. It’s the equivalent of making an emotional decision, rather than a business decision. When you make an emotional decision about business, it only breeds trouble. Not knowing your numbers is operating your business from an emotional standpoint and it will catch up to you eventually. Seeing more people won't solve your issues. Questions or comments? email me at michael@drmichae...
E126 | The Best Time for Doing Is...
May 14, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MBThere are plenty of times in our lives that we’ll have the internal conversation of “I want to do this,” “I should do that,” “I could,” or “I would. The reality is, once we know what needs to be done, the best time to do it is right now. What, in your life, have you known has to get done? How about starting on that thing right now? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E125 | Global Pattern Interrupt
May 11, 2020 08:30 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MBA pattern interrupt is a technique of disrupting and shifting a thought or behavior. COVID-19 has done this to us all as a nation. If you have shifted something for the better during this unprecedented pattern interrupt, will you be trying to keep it coming out the other end of all the lock-downs? If you haven’t shifted anything, is there something you can shift to change your game? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E124 | Your Dog Sh_t in My Yard
May 07, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MBHow you do one thing is how you do everything. If you are unwilling to pick up after your dog, I can guarantee you have issues somewhere within your body, being, balance, and business. Where, across all aspects of your life, do you need to pick up your own sh_t? Ask yourself this, every day for a week and you’ll be amazed at the impact it can have. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E123 | The First Thing to Do When Solving a Problem
May 04, 2020 08:30 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MBOnce you have solidified that the problem is not imaginary, the first thing to do is to get clear on the facts about it. Once you have a good idea of what you want you can reverse engineer how to get there. From there you’ll have a great idea of what achieving the goal will look like from an action point of view and just what it’ll take to get there. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E122 | Winter Has Come but It Won't Last Forever
April 30, 2020 08:30 - 13 minutes - 18 MBStore up and prepare for a long winter,” or “players are made in the off season,” no matter how you want to say it, what you do now, pays dividends later. What do you want over the next ten years? Are the actions you are taking today pushing you in that direction or are you not even taking actions? What can you do today to drive you in the direction you want to move? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E121 | What Are You Willing to Do
April 27, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MBWhat are you willing to do to get what you want? You say you’ll do whatever it takes, but do you really mean it? Will you jump way outside your comfort zone? As long as you are clear on what exactly you are willing to do and what exactly you want, there is little to stop you from getting it. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E120 | Compliance Is Protection
April 23, 2020 08:30 - 12 minutes - 16.7 MBCompliance doesn’t have to mean you are weak and subservient, it can also mean you are cooperative and obedient. Rather than constantly fighting compliance, where do you think a bit more of it would actually protect and serve you in your life? Are you being resistant where you don’t need to be? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E119 | The IRS Agent and the Farmer
April 20, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MBMuch like a sly, old farmer talking to an IRS agent, we need to control our environment the best we can to give us the best chance to succeed. Right now with COVID-19 changing all our lives, controlling your environment is more important than ever and also more challenging than ever. Where do you want to change your environment so it breeds success for you? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E118 | Why Perspective Matters and How It Impacts Your Business
April 16, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBBeing able to see someone else’s perspective does not mean you have to give up on what you believe to be true, the belief system that you operate on, your standards, or your morals. Once you can see someone else’s perspective, it allows you to better show them yours and possibly even find common ground. In business and life, your inability to meet someone where they are, will hurt you and add stress. Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]
E117 | Control the Input
April 13, 2020 08:30 - 11 minutes - 15.3 MBThere is a lot of noise out in the world right now, especially to do with COVID-19. None of us can control the outcome of a given situation like the recent pandemic, but we can control our input to the situation and have an impact. Are you inputting the right things into your life to have an impact on it? Questions or comments? email me at [email protected]