Change Your Game: Empowering Young Leaders to Ditch Doubt, Find Their Voice, and Impact the World

By J. Chad Mitchell | Coming August 2025 | Amplify Publishing

You don't have to wait — you're a leader right now.

Change Your Game is the high-energy playbook for anyone 11-22 who’s ready to ditch doubt and do something that matters. Coach‐author Chad Mitchell has spent three decades on sidelines, in classrooms, and in the mountains showing young people one simple truth: leadership isn’t a title—it’s a choice you make today.

Why This Book Hits Different:

  • Not Your Parent’s Leadership Book. It's written for youth, by someone who works with youth and sees YOU as a leader. 
  • Built to Move, Not Just Motivate. Each principle comes with Key Points to lock in, Ponder prompts to personalize, and Do challenges that get you off the couch and into action.
  • Interactive by Design. QR codes for bonus videos, emoji check-ins, margin doodle zones, and blank space to trailblaze—because your leadership won’t look like anyone else’s.
  • Whole-Life Reach. Whether you’re captain of a team, running a club, fighting for a cause, or trying to lift a friend, you’ll learn how your small choices compound to create ripples of goodness.
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What You’ll Walk Away With

👟 Integrity Hacks

So your words, values, and actions fit—and people follow the real you.

🐺 Feed the White Wolf

Turn tiny daily habits into compounding strength that puts you in charge of your story.

🤝 Belonging Superpowers

Spot other’s strengths and build teams where no one sits out.

🔑 Peer-Power Playbook

To influence friends for the better (science says you have more impact than adults).

🎧 Listen Like a Legend

Practice empathetic listening that moves beyond “hearing” to understanding—building powerful connections.

🌞 Choose Team Sun

Trade shade for service: lead with optimism, kindness, and hope so your light ignites others to rise and lead too. 

“The most engaging personal development book you will ever pick up.”

Ryan Gottfredson
Leadership Professor & Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author of The Elevated Leader

I wish every young person would read Change Your Game. It’s wise without being preachy, practical without being boring and very, very honest.  If you’ve ever wondered how you can help build a better future for your children, give them this book.  It will show them how they can lead the way.”

Scott Remy
Father of three, former Head of Communications at Nestle USA and DineEquity (Applebee’s/IHOP)

“Change Your Game captures powerful, universal principles and delivers them through a simple but profound shift in perspective: life isn’t something that happens to you--it’s a game you choose to play. This book gives young people the mindset and tools to transform themselves with clarity, courage, and purpose--and in turn, transform the lives of others and the world around them. It’s total empowerment--and exactly what the rising generation needs right now.”

Elijah Stanfield
Co-creator and Illustrator of The Tuttle Twins

“There is a shortage of true leadership in today’s world. There are many who want power and prestige but evade the responsibility of leading themselves and others. This book is full of actionable ideas and relatable examples that will improve both current and future leader’s ability to serve those around them.”

Ty Draney
Coach and Educator, Star Valley High School, 13-time Wyoming Coach of the Year

“My son asked me to read Chad’s book. There were so many things that caught my attention. Wow!! This book will be something that I will continue to reference with all my children and the youth I get the opportunity to work with.”

Jen P.
Mother of former lacrosse player

Ready to Lead?

Open the book. Grab a pen. Scan a QR. Scribble your mantra. Then step into the hallway, the huddle, the group chat, the world—and change your game.

No permission required. Just start.

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