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The Playbook With David Meltzer

From Duke to the White House with Reggie Love

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is a special throwback to 2018, featuring an enlightening conversation with Reggie Love, former personal aide to Barack Obama. Reggie shares his unique experiences, from playing football and basketball at Duke University to his pivotal role in the White House. He discusses the lessons learned from both winning and losing teams, the resilience and humility cultivated through these experiences, and how they shaped his professional journey. Reggie also sheds light on the values and leadership traits exemplified by figures like Barack Obama and Coach K, offering insights into the importance of teamwork, mentorship, and the impact of surrounding oneself with extraordinary individuals.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Day Melter here and check this out. I sat down with Reggie Love, the former body man for Barack Obama to talk about how the former president helped change his relationship with his parents.

0:11.0

The lessons he learned playing on winning and losing teams and

0:16.8

the traits that set people like Barack Obama and Coach Kaye apart from the rest.

0:21.5

Stay tuned to hear all of that and more only on the playbook.

0:26.0

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

0:31.1

athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their

0:35.0

personal and professional playbook to success.

0:38.0

I'm really excited to be here with Reggie Love.

0:41.3

You are introduced to me through Zach Leonses.

0:45.0

It's a good friend. Yeah, he, but he mentioned your name.

0:48.0

And I said, oh my gosh, that's the guy I want to have on the playbook,

0:51.0

because I only knew tidbits of the story and

0:54.9

for those who don't know about you Reg. If you wouldn't just give a few minutes

0:59.4

and background your own brief soloquy of your successes of what you've done.

1:05.0

Well, well, first of all, first and foremost, thank you for having me today, Dave.

1:09.0

I appreciate you taking the time to be here and to spend the time with me.

1:13.0

Look, you know, I can't say that I've had a bunch of successes.

1:18.0

I think I've been on a bunch of very good teams.

1:21.0

And I think that's really sort of been part of what sort of kept me on a pretty decent

1:29.0

trajectory today, you know.

1:31.9

I was a football player growing up and got a scholarship to Duke, you know, in football,

1:38.8

we didn't win a bunch.

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