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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How to Optimize Your Life With Rob Dyrdek

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode takes us back to a 2021 conversation featuring Rob Dyrdek, entrepreneur and CEO of Dyrdek Machine. We explore Rob's journey from being a "complete mess" in 2013 to mastering the art of happiness and business. Rob shares how a pivotal business opportunity led to a profound realization about his personal and professional life. He emphasizes the importance of building systems, both for his company and personal life, and how this process led him to understand the rhythm of existence. We discuss the concept of "qualitative awareness," understanding the factors that impact our emotions, and the power of breaking down even the grandest goals into achievable steps. Rob's approach to gamifying discipline and finding simplicity on the far side of complexity offers valuable lessons for anyone looking to optimize their life for success and fulfillment.

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0:00.0

On this episode of the playbook, I have Rob Deere Deck, former pro skateboarder and founder of Deere Deck Machine.

0:07.0

Rob and I are going to discuss optimizing your life, and also he's going to show you how he is the greatest student of the

0:15.2

calendar ever created. Join me for all this and more on the playbook.

0:20.6

This is entrepreneurs the playbook where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

0:26.3

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success.

0:32.8

I am so excited because it's very rare.

0:35.8

I get to meet another ferocious Buddha.

0:39.4

And I know that's a blend that I stole from the psycho bunny.

0:41.9

I'm like the great oxymorons that exist.

0:44.6

Both of us, Buckeyes, from Ohio,

0:47.3

from afar, we've both been fans of each other,

0:50.0

which is a surprise to me, but Rob Deardek,

0:52.3

he's an incredible entrepreneur, actor, producer,

0:56.3

philanthropist, of course, a podcaster, build with Rob, TV show, personality, reality show, personality.

1:05.0

But what you really are to me is a scientist.

1:08.0

It's very rare that people can blend two things,

1:11.0

and it's the truth with humankind and the legacy that we can create

1:16.4

when we understand these different pragmatic blends with spiritual blends and come up with one formula of what I call happiness.

1:23.8

And so I wanted to have you on the playbook

1:26.1

because I want this playbook to be,

1:28.0

we'll promote whatever you want, everybody can watch Build With Rob,

1:30.7

they can watch your TV shows and, you know a part of this but I really would love for you to start

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