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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Navigating Fatherhood & Being a More Mindful Parent | Conversation with Larry Hagner

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

David converses with host Larry Hagner on a variety of topics. They begin by discussing the film "Jerry Maguire" and its connection to David's career. Transitioning into personal narratives, David shares a poignant story about his father leaving him at a young age, highlighting the profound effect it had on his life. He reflects on his journey as a parent, emphasizing the critical roles of humility and self-reflection. David also generously offers free resources to aid listeners on their individual paths to mindful parenting.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the flavor.

0:05.4

David, what's going on, man? Welcome to Dad Edge.

0:08.3

No place. I'd rather be no better topic than my favorite occupation.

0:14.2

And when I say occupation, I mean that which occupies my mind, my body, my soul.

0:19.2

And that's being a dad. Yeah, man. I love it, dude.

0:22.6

I do have one quick question for you, though.

0:24.7

Before we get started, it's kind of a fun question.

0:26.3

So obviously the movie, Jerry McGuire was based on you, correct?

0:31.1

It was based on the firm. Yeah.

0:32.9

That I sports agency that I was CEO of, there's an amalgamation of stories.

0:38.8

But Cameron Crowe followed the Steinberg around to get the gist of being a

0:43.8

change agent of having a higher character.

0:46.1

But yes, it was based off of the Steinberg Sports Entertainment.

0:49.5

Okay. So I'm dying to know this.

0:51.3

So I've known my wife since 1996.

0:53.2

That was one of the first movies that we saw together when we were dating.

0:56.2

So the part showed me the money.

0:57.9

Is that true? And anyway, it is true to illustrate the scarcity of,

1:05.0

you know, how athletes at that time thought and how to be engineer.

1:09.8

See, the real message that Cameron got by following Lee around and learning

1:15.1

about our firm was every single athlete had to have a charitable

1:18.4

purpose or cause.

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