The Hardest Lesson About Success

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I break down the habits, mindset shifts, and uncomfortable decisions that lead to lasting growth. I talk about the importance of narrowing your focus, protecting your energy, and making peace with the fact that not everyone will grow with you. I explain why feeling like a fraud is often a sign you're on the right track, and how burnout happens when you try to serve everyone but yourself. From setting non-negotiables to releasing what no longer fits, I share what it really takes to stay aligned with your purpose. Greatness doesn’t come from doing everything;it comes from doing the right things consistently.

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0:00.0	in a world where success is often defined by the external.
0:05.5	All the measurements of circumstance of time,
0:09.5	value, and emotion that changes with the energy
0:13.0	that it is consisting of.
0:17.0	Such as things like money and titles or accolades,
0:20.2	it's easy to lose sight of the true path,
0:23.8	the trajectory, the divine directness to our potential, to our greatness.
0:29.7	The journey to greatness is not about being everything to everyone, or pleasing everyone for that matter.
0:35.8	It's about being true to one person, one person that
0:40.2	matters yourself, being intentional about what you're focused in on with your actions,
0:46.6	words, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings, and continually, consistently every day, persistently,
0:53.2	without quit, pursuing your own truth, your own potential.
0:58.3	I will share these lessons today and make them available to you. Just email me,
1:03.2	David at demelter.com, if you like the guides and exercises of pursuing potential with truth
1:09.4	and detention training.
1:17.5	These lessons shared here will challenge you to rethink, to shift your paradigm of what you're striving for, allowing you to focus in on how you can align what you do, say,
1:23.7	think, feel, and believe with the environment, the circumstances, and the mindset,
1:29.0	hard set, and handset of your application of why, your purpose. This training guy, which I'm
1:36.5	happy to send you at David at Demelter.com, will guide you through the principles that shaped
1:41.9	your greatness, true greatness, true potential, focusing in on
1:47.8	the strength and moving the weaknesses to where they are strength and letting go by identifying
1:53.6	the interfering emotions that hold you back, the limiting beliefs, the meaning you give your
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