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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How to Live with Purpose and Unshakable Self-Worth

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Craig Siegel and I are joined by the incredible Alethea Crimmins, a pre-K teacher and motivational speaker who turned years of adversity into a mission of empowerment and purpose. In this conversation, Alethea shares her approach to breaking through self-imposed limitations, embracing faith, and owning your worth unapologetically. We discuss how to set non-negotiable standards for your life, navigate negativity, and create your own table where abundance thrives. With her energy and wisdom, Alethea inspires us all to shine brighter without dimming anyone else’s light.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Your energy is unbelievable. We're so pumped to have you on this episode. One of the things that you say all the time, which I love, is be great in their face. What do you mean by that? So in my life, a lot of people wanted me to fail. A lot of people did not think that I would ever make it. Like they wanted me to mess up. Like they would sit

0:23.1

and wait for my downfall. And instead of me blocking you and getting mad and stressing myself

0:34.8

out and worried about what other people thought, I was just going to be great.

0:40.1

And I was going to do it in your faith so that you can see that, yes, I am great.

0:44.9

Yes, I can do it.

0:46.5

Yes, I will succeed.

0:49.0

And I don't need anybody else's permission to do that.

0:53.6

All I need is me. So I'm going to be great. And I'm going to do that. All I need is me.

0:55.2

So I'm going to be great and I'm going to do it in your face for all of my haters because

1:01.3

you motivate me to be better.

1:03.8

Because when you have haters, you know that you're doing something right.

1:09.0

That is so true.

1:15.1

Because there's a certain amount of faith that people don't realize.

1:22.4

A lot of people identify faith as when the evidence isn't there that I'm going to get there. But it's true faith. When the evidence that's there is contrary. It's against us. And it takes true faith more

1:32.1

than if the evidence isn't there. It takes true faith when the haters are in your face. And those

1:36.9

haters sometimes could be family and friends telling you, what are you doing, girl? Are you crazy?

1:43.8

That'll never work. And it happens all the time. So

1:46.8

what I've learned about faith itself and understanding there's something bigger than me and

1:51.0

Obnition All Powerful Source that loves me more than my mom, I know that when the evidence is

1:56.6

contrary and it's holding me back and it's against me and attacking me and hating me,

2:01.8

I still have faith that I'm going to get to where I want to be or better because I know

2:05.7

what I want and I know what's inside of me and I'm not listening to the circumstances and

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