Mastering Time Management | The Skinny Confidential Podcast

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast episode from “The Skinny Confidential,” share my journey from pinnacle success to bankruptcy and the climb back. I discuss the core principles of gratitude, empathy, forgiveness, and accountability that guided me through this transformative journey. I address some potential pitfalls that young entrepreneurs may face as they start making money, and highlight the importance of transparency about struggles, not just successes. I delve into the importance of perseverance, hard work, and choosing the right circle of influence for achieving success. Lastly, I provide insights into my strategies for productivity and accessibility and discuss the vital roles of radical humility and collaboration on the road to success.

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0:00.0	This is the labor.
0:06.0	Okay, so take us back to right before you lost everything.
0:11.0	Okay.
0:12.0	Tell me about what the year before you lost everything was looking like.
0:16.0	It was really two years before.
0:18.0	Okay.
0:19.0	And the first warning that I got that I was going to lose everything,
0:22.0	because everything for me was ego-based.
0:24.0	For the first time in my life, when I built my home in Rancho Santa Fe,
0:28.0	I wasn't happy.
0:29.0	Every other time, even broke in Akron, Ohio, I was a super happy kid.
0:33.0	I wanted to be rich only to buy my mom a house in a car,
0:36.0	because the only time there was any unhappiness in my life,
0:39.0	it was my mom was crying because the car broke down,
0:41.0	and she didn't have enough money.
0:43.0	But I was a super happy kid.
0:44.0	I called myself a top-demist.
0:46.0	That's how happy I was.
0:47.0	But when I built that home in Rancho Santa Fe,
0:49.0	I woke up in the morning.
0:51.0	For the first time looked at the ceiling.
0:53.0	I didn't have a job.
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