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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Abundance vs Scarcity | Success in SoCal Podcast

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Hello podcast listeners, today's episode is from the Success in SoCal Podcast with Mike DePaul. We covered a wide range of topics from living in abundance, lowering the bar, and what makes Southern California the best place in the world for business. Key Moments: [1:47] Growing up with a scarce mentality [4:48] The first of the three lessons of scarcity that I learned [7:09] The second lesson of scarcity I learned [7:53] The third lesson and the most catalytic event of my life [9:56] Mentoring people to live in abundance [12:08] Lowering the bar [14:59] We are here to learn lessons [ 16:55] What makes Southern California the best place to do business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

As much as it's rags-rags-to-rich's story, it's scarcity to abundance.

0:05.0

Even though I had a ton, super scarce, and I'll tell you why.

0:10.0

This is Entrepreneurs, the Playbook.

0:12.0

Dave, how you doing?

0:13.0

Oh, amazing.

0:14.0

Thanks, Mike, grabbing me on.

0:15.0

Oh, thank you so much for joining us.

0:17.0

I know, you know, it's a new podcast, so it's just awesome to, you know, get great guests.

0:22.0

We were talking before and I was telling you, you were one of the first people I thought about for this show because you really

0:28.7

represent what I think this show is all about it's doing business in Southern California and it's doing it the right way with an abundance

0:34.8

mentality. So man, we are totally excited to have you.

0:38.9

You know, I'm really excited. I get asked to do a lot of these and a lot of times when it's the first one sometimes is really young kids or you know new

0:46.2

newbies to the block and I always tell them hey you know what I'll do it but you know just don't

0:52.1

forget me when you're famous you're the exact

0:54.2

opposite it was an honor and a privilege to be although this is your first one

0:58.7

this isn't your first rodeo so I felt I'm creating a legacy by being the first one on here and it's a guaranteed legacy because you're involved so thank you

1:06.6

Are you saying I'm not a young kid? That's right I'm not a good goodness right? So so maybe share a little bit of your story because I love your story. It's kind of the rags to riches to rags to riches, to rags to riches. But the thing I'm even more interested in that that I love here in is kind of the not such a nice guy to

1:26.1

really nice guy transformation so maybe you know tell the folks a little bit about yourself

1:30.4

and your story yeah cool and I think you know nice is interesting because I was

1:33.9

really a kind person I think it's more as much as it's rags or riches

1:39.0

rags to riches story its scarcity to abundance even though I had a ton super scarce and I'll tell you why because I grew up in a

1:48.3

Scarce mentality I grew up with six kids in a single mom, five boys and a girl.

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