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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How You Are Interfering With Your Own Success

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Anita Karadalian to talk about faith, frequency, and the power of meaning. I share why kids may not listen but always watch, how losing over $100 million reshaped my perspective, and why gratitude is a skill rooted in finding the light, love, and lesson in every setback. We discuss my five daily practices to elevate awareness, the importance of sleep and non negotiables, and how self image shapes achievement. I also explain why asking for help and receiving it is an act of faith, and how fulfillment comes from alignment, not external success.

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0:00.0

David, just thank you so much for being on.

0:02.9

Oh, what a pleasure it is to be here.

0:04.7

And yes, I'm a 58-year-old mom's boy.

0:09.2

And I'm proud to say I never listened to my mom, but I watched her.

0:14.3

And that was all I needed to be.

0:17.1

And my siblings, five of them to be exact, to be extremely successful,

0:23.7

to watch a single mom who worked two jobs, raised six kids, packed our dinner in a paper bag in between being a second

0:29.1

grade teacher and filling up turnstiles at convenience stores just so we can eat. So although

0:34.1

I'm not proud to tell you I've never listened to my mom, I watched her.

0:39.5

And if anyone wants to take a parenting lesson, just remember your kids will not listen to you,

0:44.8

but they're watching.

0:46.7

Absolutely.

0:47.5

I think that's funny enough.

0:49.6

I find that I'm not parent yet, but I've noticed that a lot of people think it's what you tell your kid,

0:57.8

and it's really, it comes down to what you actually show them.

1:03.4

Yeah, for sure.

1:04.6

And I think, too, you know, like funny, I've a 26, 24, 21, and my baby oops is 15.

1:14.4

And at times, they all roll their eyes at me the same way that I rolled my eyes at my parents and my mom particularly. And I always say thank you when my

1:22.0

kids roll their eyes at me. And they're like, what are you talking about? I said, well, you

1:25.7

acknowledged what I said, and you planted that

1:29.8

seed under a tree that I may never sit under. So although I didn't listen at the time, and the

1:36.5

reason is, just remember this about human nature, nobody, including me, nobody likes feedback in the

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