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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Dr. Eric George: Renowned Hand Surgeon and Founder & CEO of ERG Enterprises | #ThePlaybook 244

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Eric George, renowned hand surgeon and Founder & CEO of ERG Enterprises, Omega Hospital and The Hand Center of Louisiana, shares some of the best strategies he’s learned to help anyone thrive in the “people business”, and talks about how his experience with bureaucracies inspired him to make a change in healthcare. Dr. George and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, discuss how their desire to help others has impacted their respective entrepreneurship journeys, as well as how to put your faith in the right people and the right ideas. The pair also provide their thoughts on a leader’s best practices for building trust within a team. FREE TRAINING Friday at 11 am PT/ 2 pm ET! Text 949 298 2905 or email [email protected], or visit https://dmeltzer.com/training to register! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On this episode of the Playbook, I have Dr. Eric George, renowned hand surgeon,

0:06.4

and founder and CEO of ERG Enterprises, a mega hospital, and the hand center of Louisiana Louisiana and we are going to talk about the

0:15.3

healing together process and more importantly the we mindset. Join me for all of

0:21.8

this and more on The Playbook.

0:24.6

This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

0:29.7

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and

0:34.0

professional playbook to success in what made them champions on the field and in the

0:39.4

board room. I'm your host David Melzer.

0:43.0

This Dave Melzer with entrepreneurs of the playbook and I have Dr. Eric George, world famous

0:47.1

doctor but also a medical entrepreneur and I wanted to have him on here for one reason.

0:51.4

That's because he's an entrepreneur he owns hotels in New Orleans and I love New Orleans

0:54.4

so that's not why I'm having him on here he's truly an entrepreneur and I you know you teach

0:59.6

at Tulane med school first of all so I saw that and I'm like okay I already

1:03.0

I'm actually love this guy he's from Louisiana and New Orleans so you know he has a

1:07.3

big heart your career is different than most doctors most doctors don't have the personality or energy that you have.

1:15.0

I was telling you, I roomed with doctors. Extraordinary academics normally. My brother was a doctor and he told me one great piece of advice.

1:22.0

David, if you're going to go to college,

1:23.8

don't be well trained.

1:25.0

He felt as if he was a well-trained person,

1:28.3

but not well-educated.

1:29.9

Looking at your journey, you are well- at your expertise, but you also are well educated, and somehow a big personality got fit in there.

1:39.0

I'm going to talk a little bit about that personality, because it's rare for someone to be such an

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