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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Reason Why You Should Never Quit With Jayson Waller: Founding CEO, PowerHome Solar & Host, True Underdog Podcast | #ThePlaybook #431

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Jayson Waller, Founding CEO of PowerHome Solar & Host of the True Underdog Podcast, shares his thoughts on: [1:24] - Why seeing his father pass up an opportunity to open his own business inspired Jayson to take a different path [4:13] - How persevering after nearly closing his business down turned into the most valuable lesson he’s learned [9:42] - Why understanding the difference between self-confidence and arrogance is key for any business leader [14:28] - His strategy for self-improvement and why he says there are three categories of people you meet in life 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 the incredible star of two-minute drill in office hours,

0:05.1

Power Home Solar CEO, and the host of the True Underdog podcast, Jason Waller, and we're going to

0:11.9

talk about AGB. That's right. How are we always getting better? Join me for all this and more on the

0:20.3

playbook. This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week, I bring you some of the greatest

0:25.9

athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional

0:31.5

playbook to success, and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

0:37.4

I'm your host, David Meltzer. I have family. Now, this is family, an incredible entrepreneur,

0:44.0

a true underdog, Jason Waller, founding CEO of Power Home Solar, and host of the True Underdog

0:51.7

podcast. Welcome to the playbook, my brother. How are you? I'm excited to be here with you,

0:58.4

baby. How you doing? Bam. It's like Batman and Robin. It's so bam, blah, bam, pop. Anyway,

1:04.9

I want to get to the nitty-gritty because you are one of my favorite entrepreneurs of all time.

1:08.9

I've waited until your brand was big enough so that you can truly take advantage of the frequency

1:15.0

and strength of your signal, that evolving brand that you have that goes beyond just being an

1:21.3

entrepreneur. It comes from a spirit of excellence as we were talking about your Barry Sanders fan.

1:26.4

I'm a Barry Sanders fan, but it really stems from a desire that I found in you when I first met

1:32.1

you. That desire is that you must be what you can be. All of the great people that come from

1:40.2

places like Detroit, Michigan, or come from Akron, Ohio, or Alabama, they have a desire that

1:48.7

they must be what they can be at. What age did you realize that you weren't going to listen to

1:53.3

other people that you must be what you can be? I think there were two pivotal times. I think one

1:58.7

was when I was 14 and my dad worked at AT&T in a corning plant building phone wire and they were

2:05.3

shutting the plant down in Arizona and he was having to move to North Carolina and his friend

2:10.4

opened a video store. Video power store was called Back Before Blockbuster. I mean, these were

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