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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Best Advice For Anyone Struggling in Business

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

An analogy I like to use to explain this is a blade of grass pushing through the soil to enjoy everything the sun has to offer. The fragile bit of grass is beneath tons of soil and stone. It doesn't know if it is getting nearer to the surface and the sun, it only knows the direction it must keep pushing. Not until the instant it breaks through the cold soil into the light does it know the effort will be rewarded. A blade of grass, of course, doesn't suffer from the doubt and second thoughts that make our path seem harder as we get closer to our objective. In fact, so many times when we are just about to succeed and grow free in the light is when we quit because the dirt is just too hard. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Here's the sadder part.

0:01.1

Now you're 45 years old and you're 100%

0:03.2

of the way there.

0:04.0

Everyone's like, oh my God, you're so lucky.

0:05.7

This is the flavor.

0:09.0

How old are you?

0:10.2

38.

0:10.7

38.

0:11.2

So even at 38, right?

0:12.8

This business of yours might take four years

0:15.2

to get to 25%.

0:16.8

Now you're 42.

0:18.2

And you're only 25% of the way there.

0:20.0

And it seems so frustrating.

0:21.5

And people are telling you, you got to change.

0:23.7

This isn't working.

0:24.8

In my opinion, that's not true.

0:26.3

Like if you're consistently and persistently pursuing

0:29.0

the potential of that business, well, what happens is,

0:32.0

if you stay on focus, on trajectory,

0:34.2

without letting the doubts, the fears, the resistance,

0:36.8

the shortages, the voids get in your way,

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