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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Unleashing the Blue-Collar Dream | Lee Haight

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In this insightful conversation, David Meltzer and Lee Haight, CEO of RCA, share their experiences and lessons from the roofing and solar industry. They explore the power of witnessing success, the specific challenges of the roofing and solar industry, and the importance of patience and learning from failures. Discussing their upcoming Blue Collar American Dream event, they highlight the significance of elevating the status of blue-collar entrepreneurs and the crucial role of mental health. The pair also dive into the lessons learned in construction and real estate, underscoring the critical importance of cost, labor, timing, and risk tolerance. With a discussion around the potential of a reality TV show that switches the roles of bankers and blue-collar workers, this episode is a powerful exploration of blue-collar entrepreneurship, the American dream, and empowering others to change the world.

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0:00.0

This is the playbook.

0:05.6

Welcome to the playbook here at the win in Las Vegas, the blue wire studios,

0:10.8

my great partners and I'm David Meltzer with a man that you have to love.

0:17.2

Even though his name is Lee. Hey, got a lot of haters, but I'm a lover, guys.

0:21.4

That's where he's easy to love. Thank you. Lee. He's the CEO of R R C A,

0:27.8

which is the roofing in Skydiamonds University, King and Captain. Welcome, my friend.

0:33.5

Hey, man. Thanks for having me, brother. Well, I had to have you because at your

0:37.1

core, and I always look at people's skills, their knowledge of who and what and their desire,

0:44.1

where and why you're successful is your skills, knowledge and desire are aligned with my

0:49.2

mission to empower others, to empower others to be happy, but not just to be happy.

0:54.6

In the same way, I'm trying to make people happy by making a lot of money,

1:00.2

helping a lot of people. And most importantly, for you and I, as we do more and more together,

1:05.0

it's always so much fun. How did you get there to have such a mission as a roofer,

1:11.6

basically, a sales guy selling solar and roofing? Yeah, but it all started when my dad was in

1:17.9

the car business. I looked up to the GM's in the car lot. You know, these are the white

1:22.0

collar guys, the salesmen. So like, I'd get in trouble as a kid. My dad would make me read the book

1:27.0

by augment Mandino, the greatest salesman in the world. So basically, some tough times in our

1:33.2

family happened. My dad actually got booted and he had to make a rebound and he got into the

1:38.1

roofing industry. And basically, he rebuilt his life and him and his brother built a really

1:43.1

successful roofing company. So growing up, I actually was 14 years old. I can remember going out

1:49.2

there in the truck with the sales guys just to want to be one of the guys, you know, just in the

1:53.2

way I could get a little respect would be to get them a lead. You go out there and knock it at

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