Act Like the Champion You Are

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Tim Storey, a globally known inspirational voice who has helped millions across 78 countries, from business leaders and entertainers to everyday families, find momentum through adversity. We talk about acting like the champion you already are, shaped by gratitude, discipline, and choosing the right people. I share how my mother’s standards formed my mindset, why success and failure both arrive slowly then all at once, and how time becomes a competitive advantage. Together we cover non negotiables, presence, mastering a skill, and building teams that elevate rather than drain, with practical stories from sports, business, and life.

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0:00.0	Well, you're looking good.
0:01.1	Feel great.
0:02.1	And tell them what All-Star game you went to because there's so much going on in sports right now. Yeah, it's really funny because I do a meetup in every city that I go to. So 200 cities. I just put it out there if anybody needs any help. I donate an hour of my time answering questions, making introductions to whoever I know that can help. and so many people showed up to the meetup,
0:21.8	and they're like, yeah, I couldn't figure I know that can help. And so many people showed up to the
0:21.2	meetup and they're like, yeah, I couldn't figure out what's going on in Atlanta as the MLB All-Star
0:27.0	game. And so I do a lot of work with the executives at MLB. And to be able to be a part of that
0:33.5	has been a great honor, but a great business opportunity for not only myself, but our entire
0:39.9	neighborhood of people. So one of the things we're going to talk about today is that we both
0:44.4	believe that everybody has inside of them something unique. They have their unique greatness.
0:53.4	And the interesting thing about that is most of the time
0:56.8	it's never understood and it's never utilized because it kind of stays covered. So we're going to
1:07.0	be talking about act like the champion you are so at what age in your life did you
1:14.8	start to realize that i think there might be a little bit of champion inside of me you know at first
1:23.4	it was the genetic side because of my mom.
1:28.5	Because I want to get choked up.
1:30.7	My mom was my champion.
1:32.2	Because my mom had this ability to instill the desire that you must be what you can be.
1:41.6	Yeah.
1:42.5	You know, and she was an over-exaggerator because she was so complimentary. I really believed until pretty much I got to high school that I was super handsome. You know, she would be like, you're gorgeous. You're so smart. You're so amazing. That's all my mom fed into me. Yes. Right? Because she always said it was the good voices that make good choices. So good. Right. And bad voices will cause you to me. Yes. Right? Because she always said it was the good voices that make good choices.
2:01.7	So good.
2:02.6	Right?
2:02.9	And bad voices will cause you to make bad choices.
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