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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Be Kind To Your Future Self

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is the first time I shared a personal story about a time that I was kind to my future self. 20 years later I received a gift and it left me in tears. Text me at (949) 298-2905 and tell me about a time you were kind to your future self and how it benefited you later on and how that made you feel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So I told him the story about being kind to your future self and how the gifts will keep on coming,

0:07.7

but you can't put a time. I said this all happens 20 some years ago and look how I feel. This is entrepreneurs the

0:16.7

playbook. Being kind to your future self to me is truly a lifestyle.

0:23.8

It's not only recognizing being kind,

0:28.4

but it's taking it a step farther

0:30.7

when you take kindness to this dent of I'm being kind to my future self by

0:35.2

being kind in this situation. It's a deeper kindness to me. It's a visionary that I'm doing this kindness because I

0:46.7

trust the universe in faith and it happens to me all the time and I've trained some of

0:51.5

the younger guys at worked with like,

0:53.0

dude, that guy's a manipulator, that guy's taking advantage of you,

0:56.0

you're being used, why did you take all that, why?

0:59.0

I'm being kind of my future self.

1:01.0

So many times, you know, 10 years, even 20 years later.

1:07.8

I'll share a story about being kind of my future self

1:10.9

to illustrate it.

1:13.0

When I was. kind of my future self to illustrate it.

1:17.0

When I was younger, I was very generous. Now, I was generous for the wrong reasons, admittedly.

1:19.6

I gave money to make myself feel good or elevate my stature, right?

1:23.5

I always make the joke about Larry David.

1:25.6

You know, if I knew I could give money anonymously

1:27.6

and they'd still know it was me, I would have given the money.

1:30.8

Right, I love that. I had a friend who was just a friend, not a close close friend, but a friend,

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