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The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Rob Barker, General Manager of Peloton Commercial, shares his thoughts on how virtualization has impacted the health and fitness industry since the beginning of the pandemic, as well as why he believes that his entire life helped prepare him to deal with the rapid changes. Barker and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, chat about a variety of topics including why entrepreneurs should aspire to have the mindset of a “rational optimist” and how putting happiness before success leads to more success. Barker also shares the three tools that he uses most often in order to inspire those around him. 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 Rob Barker, CEO, pre-core, and general manager
0:05.8	of Peloton Commercial, and we're going to set sail with whatever winds blow.
0:11.4	And we are going to show you how, no matter what happens, you can end up better than
0:17.5	you anticipated.
0:18.5	Join me for all this and more on The Playbook.
0:22.2	This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook.
0:24.2	For each week, I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs
0:29.6	to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success, and what made them champions
0:35.3	on the field and in the boardroom.
0:38.2	I'm your host, David Meltzer.
0:40.2	I have the brand new CEO of pre-core, but more importantly, the general manager of Peloton
0:46.2	Commercial, Rob Barker, welcome to the playbook.
0:49.2	It's a pleasure to be here, I'm looking forward to spend some time with you, it's great.
0:54.3	You know, this is a very recent acquisition pre-core to Peloton.
0:59.3	And who would have ever thought that the pandemic would end up being and bringing blessings to
1:06.4	some of this world?
1:08.3	And I'm sure, just like me being in the sports world, that, you know, March of last year
1:13.1	hits, and, you know, there's probably some explicit words that came through, at least
1:18.4	your mind, if not your mouth, about what we were going to do.
1:22.3	So I'd love to take you back to the beginning of COVID and get your mindset when you found
1:29.3	out that pretty much almost every gym in the world was going to be closed.
1:34.0	Yeah, it's great places to start, it seems like you're asking me to think back five years
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