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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How To Stop Getting In Your Own Way

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I share the lessons that shaped my life, from chasing money to losing everything and finally learning what actually matters. I talk about intuition, humility, identity, and the daily practices that helped me rebuild from the inside out. I also break down why lessons keep repeating until we learn them, how the people around us shape our future, and why knowing what you want, who can help, how to prioritize, and how to apply your why can turn nothingness into reality. This is about getting honest with yourself, changing the meaning of your past, and moving in your divine direction.

Transcript

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0:00.0

First lesson I love to teach is about lessons.

0:04.1

And lessons are interesting because life is about lessons, but we don't take the time to learn them.

0:12.5

Lessons will keep on coming until they learn them.

0:15.3

And if you have any daughters, you know the lessons keep on coming because they keep dating the same guy.

0:20.7

He just looks different and learn the same guy, he just looks

0:21.0

different and learn the same lessons again and again. But it's interesting because I get a

0:27.9

$1,200 reminder every single month about lessons. And it was because I was one of those kids,

0:35.1

maybe some of you are like this, that write down everything.

0:40.1

And so I have a whole bunch of bankers boxes in a storage unit in California that are full of

0:45.9

college, law school, business school, personal development, everyone from Jack Canfield to

0:52.8

Wayne Dyer, Bob Proctor, all of my great mentors.

0:57.1

And these boxes are full of everything I wrote down and completely worthless.

1:03.2

So that's one type of person.

1:04.9

The other type of person is a type of person that writes nothing down or captures nothing.

1:09.5

And then once again, both people have the same

1:12.4

thing to say to me at the end uh uh they just saved 1200 because they didn't write anything down

1:17.5

what i suggest if you want to get the most out of life and learn the most lessons is to capture

1:24.9

the lessons that resonate with you.

1:27.7

Now, what does that mean that resonates with you?

1:30.5

That you strongly feel something when you hear a lesson

1:35.5

and a story tied to that lesson.

1:37.8

In my opinion, that's what intuition is.

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