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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Advantages of Growing Up With Nothing

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

You can make it your story or you can make it your excuse. When you overcome adversity, you get extra respect from others when you share your story, when you breakthrough the struggle, you can inspire others with your story. Don't be a victim, inspire others with your story. Tweet me your takeaway from today’s episode @davidmeltzer Email Me! [email protected] Sign up for my Free Weekly Training https://free.dmeltzer.com/friday-training-1 Text Me! (949) 298-2905 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're not a victim. It's your story. Oh, he grew up with nothing like me. And he did it.

0:06.8

This is the flavor. You're almost on an adventure. I was with Matt Higgins. He's the head of RSV

0:10.9

Ventures, chairman of the Dolphins yesterday. And he has a GED. And he went in to talk to the

0:16.8

kids yesterday and they're like, oh, Richie Rich, you know, the helicopter, right? And he's,

0:21.9

he just shocked him and said, nope, I was like, you took me three years. I got my GED. I dropped out.

0:28.7

All of a sudden, you're in respect. All these things, you're not a victim. If you don't have

0:34.7

two parents, you're not a victim. If you don't have any money, you're not a victim. If you have one

0:40.6

leg or you're, you're not a victim. It's your story. And the coolest thing about the story,

0:46.4

when you have challenges and you're over to, you're able to persevere over those challenges,

0:51.6

you get extra respect, extra respect. Oh, he grew up with nothing like me and he did it.

0:58.8

You are able, when you break through to start bragging about, I didn't have any parents.

1:04.5

I was abused as a child at nine, right? I say things publicly so that people that are like me

1:11.0

are inspired and say, I didn't hold them back. He's not a victim. What am I doing here?

1:16.0

So whether you have one parent, two parents, I know people with two parents and they're better off

1:21.2

with no parents. So you got to find somebody that inspires you and can help you in a willing

1:27.5

to. What about that kid that grows up with everything? That's even a bigger challenge, man. It's like

1:33.3

now everybody expects you to be successful and yet you still have the same challenges. You

1:38.0

still got to go to school. You still got to learn your shit. You still got to compete, right? But

1:42.2

you don't, you're not forced. Who's going to fly faster? The kid that's pushed off the cliff

1:47.2

or the one that just has the look off the cliff. That's how an eagle learns to fly, man. Imagine

1:52.3

being an eagle. This is true. Eagle learns to fly. Why? Baby eagle sits there in warm mommy's belly,

1:59.8

sucking off of her, feeding her. That's how it's fed. It just sits there in the nest.

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