How to Break Bad Habits That Hold You Back

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I break down how to stop fighting bad habits and start understanding them. We are not broken people, we are patterned people, and habits live inside loops of triggers, behaviors, and perceived rewards. I walk through how to map that loop, master the pause when fear and uncertainty hit, and replace low yielding behaviors with ones aligned to where you want to be or better. We talk about devotion over discipline, awareness over perfection, and why small non negotiable behaviors win the present. When you shorten the distance of resistance, you free energy, restore focus, and build momentum that compounds over time.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Entrepreneurs the Playbook. I'm David Meltzer, and we are blessed to have the railroader.
0:05.7	That's right. Double R. Radamus Ramirez is here, founder and CEO at Vala, where social media meets decentralized financing.
0:15.7	Radimus, welcome to the playbook.
0:18.3	Thanks, thanks. Thanks for having me. Really excited to be here and coming hot off to GoFund Yourself.
0:24.1	Erring the TV show is really good.
0:26.1	A lot of electric stuff happening there.
0:27.5	So just glad to be here.
0:29.1	Yeah, well, the popularity of understanding how to trade, learn, and engage all in one place,
0:35.4	you have a very intuitive platform.
0:38.3	So many people are at least curious about, which is trading.
0:42.0	And there's a new era of trading with non-accredited investors.
0:46.1	And you've always been a visionary.
0:47.9	You've been building the future companies since you were 14 in understanding with just Android keyboards what people
0:56.8	are looking for and with millions of downloads there. And in this innovation and digital
1:03.0	craftsmanship, you've now attacked an area of great curiosity, which is decentralized finance.
1:09.0	What are some of the nuances of VALA that allow people to utilize
1:15.5	a platform to not only trade, but to learn and engage all in one place? Yeah. I think the biggest
1:23.5	takeaway here is to understand that while there's a core feature that allows, you know,
1:29.5	users to trade, the way that we approach trading in the application is frictionless. So trading is
1:36.5	not essentially what you go there for. It's a byproduct of you interacting with the application,
1:41.7	your constituents, creators that you like. And it makes trading feel
1:46.2	natural. Right now, you know, before Robin Hood came along, right, he was like, who's your broker?
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