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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Two-Minute Rule That Changed Everything

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I unpack the relationship between timing, decision-making, and long-term results. I explain why there’s never just one solution to a problem and how reframing your relationship with time can shift everything. I share the simple two-minute rule I use to create 90% of my success, why daily consistency matters more than occasional effort, and how to train your mindset to make faster, more accurate choices. From the power of relativity to the trap of external validation, I break down the internal tools that lead to better outcomes. It all starts with how you see the problem—not how fast you fix it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, who has the first question?

0:02.0

Yes, sir. Andrew, right?

0:04.0

Right on.

0:06.0

How do you know what to pull the trigger?

0:08.0

Great question. So when we make decisions is so interesting because people think that every problem that creates a decision has a solution and there's a lapse of time between the time you see a problem,

0:21.6

make a decision and find the solution.

0:23.7

And that's really not true.

0:25.2

Every problem or everything that requires a decision, a choice, has multiple solutions.

0:31.8

And this is where you can intertwine your faith and understanding that I'm better off

0:37.0

determined upon the significance of the decision, making a quick decision.

0:42.4

And so, determinative upon being prepared to make that decision,

0:46.5

one of the criteria to determine whether I should make a quick decision or take my time

0:51.0

is actually timing and risk tolerance itself. If you don't know the timing and risk tolerance of a more major decision,

0:58.0

you shouldn't make the decision until you understand the timing and risk tolerance of it.

1:03.0

And to the end, when do I pull a trigger?

1:06.0

So I use timing and risk tolerance to determine if I should make that decision in which decision I should

1:13.6

make accordingly. One of the things about decisions, the why I say there's multiple solutions

1:18.7

in a decision that you make is that the instant that you make a decision or the instant you come

1:25.0

to an agreement, whether it's written implied verbal with consideration without, the minute you come to an agreement, whether it's written implied verbal with

1:28.6

consideration without, the minute you come to a decision, time, emotion, and value change.

1:35.3

So think about the significance that has in pulling the trigger. So if I've done the timing and

1:41.0

risk tolerance analysis of selling my house because as Eric and I were

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