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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Real Cost of Staying in the Wrong Circles

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Rhonda Kich, the powerhouse founder of EquityFirst and a trusted voice in financial literacy. We talk about the lessons that shaped my newest book, the role toxicity played in my past, and the hard reset that came after losing everything. I share how my wife’s push for accountability changed my path, the balance between being fed and being bled, and the frameworks I use to mentor others through growth. Rhonda and I also explore the realities of outgrowing relationships, building aligned teams, and raising kids with clarity, consistency, and values that support long-term happiness.

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0:00.0

Thanks for getting up for me today and showing up like you normally do.

0:04.8

But are you ready to get started?

0:07.1

Yeah, let's rock and roll.

0:08.3

I always take inventory of my skills, knowledge, and desire and would be happy to help align

0:12.7

that for those business owners, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes, whoever is out there

0:16.8

that may need some guidance, some help to not pay the dummy tax that I've paid over the last 35

0:22.6

years. We call it the cheap, right? It's like the cheap model. So first of all, I see behind you,

0:28.8

I just want to dive into this, your pre-order of your new book. I know when I spoke to Nick,

0:34.3

I don't know if it's been released or if it is pre-order, but we've talked about your

0:39.4

book in the past on my show. Tell us a little bit about what we should expect with your new book.

0:45.5

Yeah, so we're launching at Super Bowl. I did an early long-tail pre-order of don't do business with

0:51.1

Dix, how to remove toxicity from your life, people, places, things,

0:55.4

events, situations, and circumstances that are interfering with your potential.

1:00.1

And it's one of the greatest lessons that I've learned that we must align the values of the

1:04.5

people that we spend time with personally and professionally.

1:08.7

And to simply put it, one of the differences of this book

1:11.9

compared to connected to goodness, which by the way, for your community, which is in the millions,

1:17.6

I promise that anyone that wants connected to goodness, I will send for free. I will sign it.

1:23.9

I will pay for shipping and pay for connected to goodness. Just email me,

1:28.3

David at demelter.com. But what I learned about connected to goodness is that people don't

1:32.8

stop at the airport for books named connected to goodness or compassionate capitalism

1:37.7

or unstoppable creating the life you love. But they will stop at the airport for books named

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