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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Richard Jaffe: Author, Poet, and Co-Owner of the Phoenix Suns | #ThePlaybook 159

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Richard Jaffe, author, poet, philanthropist, co-owner of the Phoenix Suns, and entrepreneur, discusses the pillars of business and happiness, as well as some of the biggest misnomers about success. Jaffe provides insights on how loving yourself first will allow everything else to flow, as well as some of the best advice from his book Turning Crisis Into Success. Jaffe and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, go over a variety of topics such as the benefits of becoming your own best friend, “skating to where the puck is going to be”, and how to maintain emotional stability when dealing with a crisis. Key Moments: [1:57] Success does not create happiness, happiness creates success. [5:37] How to keep your emotional stability crisis. [9:21] Asking for help in a crisis. [12:19] How to be successful in business: skate to where the puck will be. [16:28] 5 values Richard Jaffe lives by in business and in life. [21:38] Richard Jaffe's favorite happiness poem. 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 ultra successful entrepreneur Richard Jaffey

0:06.0

who has had three unbelievable successful companies like Safe Skin Corp,

0:11.4

safe Life Corp, and Nutri Foods International.

0:15.0

Also an incredible author, philanthropist, and the co-owner of the Phoenix Sons.

0:20.0

We are going to share some stories about the lessons we've learned from crisis

0:25.2

management including skate to where the puck is going to be. Join me for all of

0:30.0

this and more on the playbook. This is entrepreneurs the playbook

0:34.0

where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes

0:37.0

celebrities and entrepreneurs to talk about their

0:41.0

personal and professional playbook to success

0:43.9

and what made them champions on the field

0:46.9

and in the boardroom.

0:48.6

I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing,

0:51.8

David Melzer.

0:53.4

This is Dave Melter with Entrepreneurs The Playbook,

0:56.2

and I'm so excited to have a legend in San Diego, Richard Jaffey.

1:00.2

He is an author, poet, philanthropist, co-owner of the Phoenix Sun today and an extraordinary

1:06.9

entrepreneur with a huge exit I know in San Diego alone with safe skin.

1:12.2

But I'm really here to talk about we share these great values

1:16.2

gratitude being one but I think more than the great values that we share it's your

1:20.9

perspective of what's important in life and you wrote this book

1:24.2

turning crisis into success with your daughter because at first you were going to

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