Staying Grounded When No One’s Looking

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I share why purpose-driven leadership goes far beyond titles or strategies. It’s about creating cultures built on humility, clarity, and daily renewal. I talk about how transformation comes not from pressure or ego but from recalibrating your energy and leading through service. You’ll hear how gratitude, forgiveness, and joy can fuel long-term resilience, and why comparison is one of the greatest threats to your calling. From overcoming burnout to blessing your critics, I explore how to stay focused on what you’re given instead of reacting to what’s missing. Great leadership isn’t about being impressive. It’s about being impactful even when no one is watching.

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0:00.0	We will be training today on purpose-driven leaders.
0:04.2	And it's one thing to have a definite as a purpose.
0:06.0	It's other to utilize it as a leader to help inspire other people with their purpose.
0:12.0	Because purpose, as you know, must be greater than a pain or else we will quit.
0:16.7	The only thing that stops us from getting to where we want to be or better is the lack of commitment,
0:22.7	the quitting, the quitters, which are 98% of the drifters.
0:27.0	98% of the people lack commitment.
0:29.7	They lack purpose and therefore cannot be a purpose driven leader.
0:33.8	But within the construct of that leadership, and once again, I don't know if you heard me because I was muted.
0:39.2	I will be happy to provide you today's exercises guide, the training guide, these lessons for you.
0:46.7	Just email me, David at demelzer.com.
0:51.6	We are in Denver today.
0:53.2	So if you're in Denver, come and join us at the Aspire
0:55.5	tour with Kevin O'Leary, Goggins, Tim Story, myself, and many, many more, and a VIP dinner
1:01.8	here at the Gaylord Hotel in Denver, and then we'll be in Chicago, and then we'll be in Rhode Island.
1:09.9	And so I want to welcome everybody to join us.
1:13.0	Just email me, David at demelter.com.
1:16.8	Let's get moving and grooving on this purpose-driven leadership training.
1:20.6	In today's rapidly evolving world, leadership is no longer just about managing people or driving results. It's about inspiring
1:34.3	others through the clarity, the harmony, the conviction, and the purpose. Purpose-driven leadership
1:40.8	is the difference between temporary momentum, the extra milers, going the extra
1:47.3	mile every once in a while, just to use that as an excuse to justify why they are not where
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