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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Building a Championship Mindset

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode was recorded at the LFG Society in San Francisco, where I had an engaging conversation with Kofi Nartey about the championship mindset. We talk about the valuable lessons from sports and their application in business and life. Kofi narrates his transition from an athlete to a real estate professional, highlighting the importance of using one's natural talents and experiences effectively. Our discussion also touches on the power of a positive attitude, the advantages of collaborative creativity, and the vital role of community in achieving and sustaining success. A rich blend of stories and insights awaits, offering subtle yet powerful guidance for personal and professional growth.

Transcript

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So we were talking about championship mindset and I've been blessed to be around billionaires,

0:04.7

millionaires and entrepreneurs, celebrities, the athletes and entertainers. But it's the athletes to me.

0:11.4

You know, I was an average division three college football player and that's probably an

0:15.0

exaggeration but it was the mindset that I learned from being an athlete that helped me with

0:21.7

everything else in life when I fumbled everything else in life.

0:24.0

When I fumbled the ball in life, when things weren't going my way,

0:28.7

what was it that you learned from sports

0:31.6

that has given you that championship mindset that you're

0:34.7

utilizing off the field that a lot of athletes don't utilize off the field.

0:38.1

Yeah, they like strong. Yeah, it starts even going my high school sports. You know, I played sports in high school. My very first sport was soccer. So my dad is from Ghana, from West Africa. That's what my name is from, my family's from, and so soccer was my first sport.

0:55.1

But I tried this to do American football and then played that in high school and got a scholarship

0:59.0

to Berkeley, no bears.

1:02.0

And each step of the way, each stage, you see the people who have the greatest amount of

1:09.2

skills, but also marry that with the mindset and the work ethic, who's succeed.

1:15.0

So some people are born with certain gifts.

1:17.0

Like, I would say, none of us were born to do exactly what we're doing.

1:21.0

We might have physical attributes and physical traits that help us do what we're doing.

1:24.1

We only have 10 minutes, I'm going to talk a little about that.

1:25.6

Please. I want to share. We have physical attributes that help us do what we do, but if we can figure out how to take the

1:32.4

gifts and the tools,

1:33.4

and we learned along the way and apply it to what we're doing,

1:36.6

that's where we win.

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