Learning to Love the Hard Parts

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I’m joined by James Maslow and professional skateboarder turned entrepreneur Greg Lutzka. Greg shares how chasing his dream meant leaving home, facing burnout, and rebuilding his love for the sport that defined his life. From the highs of becoming a two-time X Games champion to the lows of homesickness and self-doubt, he explains how consistency, mentorship, and staying open to new opportunities shaped both his career and his mindset. We also talk about turning passion into business, the importance of financial literacy, and what it really means to learn to love what you don’t like.

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0:00.0	I'm super excited because our guest today is a guy who I think parallels your success in
0:07.1	career as a celebrity, but also as an entrepreneur, real estate guy.
0:11.8	He has his own TV show on fuel.
0:15.3	He is constantly expanding his knowledge, even though he dropped out of high school
0:19.1	to be a professional skateboarder champion, two-time X-game champion and world champion, he understands like you,
0:28.3	being on the road, what it's like to learn to love what you don't like or love about what you
0:32.8	love. And that's really a parallel between you two and me.
0:36.9	It should be a bumper sticker.
0:38.9	We got lots of them on this show.
0:40.9	But let's bring them right on because I want to get right into the deep-seated,
0:44.7	unbelievable desires of Greg Lutzka, the champion skateboarder entrepreneur,
0:50.4	and more importantly, my friend.
0:52.5	What's up, brother?
0:53.7	Hey, how you doing?
0:55.1	I'm doing great.
0:56.3	I just had our TV show, by the way.
0:59.7	We just did season 7 of two-minute drill.
1:02.3	James was invited, but not obligated as he's on tour in Arkansas.
1:05.9	It'd be hard to be in Orange County.
1:07.4	But Greg's been on a lot of our shows,
1:09.4	and I get to learn more and more about the
1:11.7	acumen skills and capabilities that you have. But I had the same experience, James.
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