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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Navigating Rejection & Finding Confidence

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I'm joined by music legends Randy Jackson, Ja Rule, and Tony Brown. We discuss the challenges of the music industry, focusing on handling rejection, the significance of mentorship, and the power of self-belief. Randy shares his approach to transforming 'NOs' into opportunities, while Ja Rule emphasizes learning from others' paths and mistakes. Tony Brown highlights the fine line between confidence and arrogance in facing criticism. Their insights offer a unique look into the perseverance and mindset required for success in the competitive world of music.

Transcript

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0:18.1

One of the interesting things I look through your career though that most people have a huge struggle with is you've been successful in so many of the most competitive challenging industries that have one word in common with a high percentage of failure and that's you hear no a lot.

0:20.7

So you must have an extraordinary philosophy about handling no because I imagine you know

0:26.4

Besides me looking how I am and loving women you look good man

0:30.1

Exactly. I heard no I always say people have hey, hey, come on dude. People have

0:33.2

why I'm successful. I say, because I'm an expert of taking no.

0:35.5

Like I literally see no is, you know, I'm this much closer to a yes, right?

0:39.4

So O'stein said, pretend like you're 25 knows away from your yes you'll love getting no

0:44.4

how did you handle so many nose in your life love Joe Epstein listen that's the

0:49.2

truth right there to me if you feel something in your gut it's not a matter of if it's just a matter of when

0:56.0

so what most people do is they give up early you have to keep toe in line

1:01.4

keep toe in the line because keep toe in the line, because I truly believe God, the universe, everything, will allow that to happen when they really believe that's what you want.

1:09.0

Because I think people pray every day about all sorts of nonsense.

1:12.0

I want a new jacket, I want a new car, I need a new car. pray every day about all sorts of nonsense.

1:12.8

I want a new jacket, I want a new car, I need a new house,

1:15.5

I need more chicks, I need more dudes, I need more money,

1:18.2

whatever, whatever.

1:19.6

But is that really what you need, or is that just what you want? So a big thing for me in life is that an

1:28.1

old blues player that was playing with the great Klandscape Mount Brown said this to me me one of these days and it just was so

1:35.0

great for me to hear one of these days you're going to learn to want what you

1:38.7

need as opposed to need what you want. Thank you. So I say to people all the time, today you want chicken, tomorrow to be beef, tonight you may want

1:46.0

sushi, I don't know, pasta, pizza.

1:48.4

I mean that want thing, like I have this whole thing about buying houses, buying cars, buying whatever.

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