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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Daymond John on Building a Life That Lasts

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Daymond John, the founder of FUBU and longtime Shark Tank investor, to talk about the values, priorities, and decisions that have shaped his life and career. From turning down a $1.5 billion opportunity to protect his time with family, to setting ambitious six-month goals that keep him focused, he shares how clarity on his “why” drives everything he does. We explore his approach to time management, his disciplined relationship with money, and why small, consistent investments can yield life-changing results. He also opens up about his passion for biohacking, longevity, and building success on his own terms.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to office hours. I'm David Meltzer here at the serious XM studios in the nicest podcast studio or even TV studio that I've been in here in the lobby of the win.

0:10.4

And we're blessed to do the executive spotlight today with one of my favorite people.

0:16.4

And we're blessed to have Damon John here. And of course, everybody knows what incredible entrepreneur, investor, marketer, salesperson he is.

0:25.4

But I'm not sure a lot of people get to see.

0:28.8

And I was blessed when I ran Lee Steinberg, the sports agency, who the good guys were.

0:33.1

One of the reasons I partnered with Warren Moon was from the day I met him, the very first time

0:38.7

he stopped me in a meeting and he said, hey man, can you just explain that to me? And it resonated like,

0:45.4

wow, this is one of my childhood heroes. And he is humble enough to say, I don't know. And

0:52.3

you show up for people when you don't have to. Of course,

0:56.5

you're paid tons of money like I am to do stuff and that's business. But I judge a man by when

1:02.5

no one's looking, my experience with him, Mark Cuban, who's one of your friends as well, one of the

1:07.7

things I love about Mark is I text him an invite. He immediately gets back to me. Uh-huh. Faster than the people who say they're busy. Beers and chips kind of guy, man. Yeah, that's it, man. Exactly. How important is that even today because I'm sure like you, you feel blessed every day to be in the position that you're in, coming from where you came from, how important is it still today just to be a good person?

1:31.2

I don't know. Is it important? I think it is. I mean, I want to leave a legacy for my kids.

1:37.6

You know, you know, Didion Epstein and Cosby's kids can't go into a room anymore and say who they are.

1:45.9

And I think that as any parent here, you know, you know that you work your whole life and you'll give you a life for your

1:50.8

children, but will you actually, you know, secure the ground that they'll walk on where it has nothing to do

1:56.6

with money, right? Because money comes and goes. Being a good person i just i just find that that i feel good

2:03.6

you know i can sleep at night with that um and i try to over deliver for people and so it because if i

2:10.4

have to make tough decisions i know that i i feel confident in what i did the right thing sometimes

2:16.8

i'll screw up sometimes maybe i didn't do the right thing.

2:19.4

And I'll live with that.

2:20.7

So, you know, I love being a good person.

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