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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Kelley Earnhardt Miller: Co-owner and General Manager of JR Motorsports | #ThePlaybook 243

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Co-owner and General Manager of JR Motorsports and author of the new book Drive: 9 Lessons to Win in Business and in Life, shares her insight on: [3:06] - How she’s learned to balance her emotions, despite some challenges facing her racing team during the pandemic [5:45] - Why it is essential to find the right balance between care of yourself and lending your help to others [14:09] - The most important lessons she’s learned (and taught) about work/life balance while spending time at home with her children [15:58] - How her father, Dale Earnhardt Sr., taught her the right way to manage and maintain both business and personal relationships in a family business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On this episode of the playbook, I have Kelly Earnhart, co-owner and VP of JR Motorsports,

0:06.7

also the author of the new book Drive, Nine Lessons to Win in business and life.

0:13.7

Kelly and I discuss this time of uncertainty

0:16.7

and how it's taught her how to work differently,

0:19.6

manage time, and prioritize family. Join me for all of this and prioritize family.

0:22.8

Join me for all of this and more on the playbook.

0:26.0

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook,

0:28.2

where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

0:31.2

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional

0:36.0

playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

0:42.1

I'm your host David Melzer.

0:44.0

This is Dave Melzer with Entrepreneurs The Playbook and I have Racing Royalty.

0:49.0

That's right, Kelly Earnhardt Miller. She is the co-owner and general manager of Junior Motorsports and

0:56.7

author of a book that is so timely and so important for everyone to get. It's called

1:02.2

Drive The Nine Lessons. so important for everyone to get. It's called Drive, the nine lessons to win in business

1:06.1

and in life. This is the time to win in business and life, Kelly. People are in a compressed

1:12.3

time. You're in the motorsports world, you were a driver, you're a co-owner,

1:16.9

there's nothing that compresses uncertainty and change more than sitting because our lives are at stake.

1:25.0

And it's almost like I'm sitting here in my closet

1:28.0

like I feel like I'm an actual race driver

1:30.0

where the issues that a driver has, you know, really life or death, speed of decisions, like all these important things.

1:38.0

Number one, what inspired you to write the book? Because obviously you started writing it before these times. Yeah, absolutely. So thanks for having

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