Why “Too Soon” Is a Burden

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Justine Reiss to share my journey from early financial success to losing over $100 million and rebuilding with a new perspective on faith, values, and purpose. We talk about why sports has always been a backdrop for something bigger, and how learning to love what you don’t like about what you love can change everything. I break down the role of gratitude, forgiveness, and accountability in shaping mindset, along with the power of consistent daily practices. We also get into timing, why too soon can be a burden, and how experience becomes your greatest advantage as you grow.

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0:00.0	I'm really excited to have reintroduced myself to David Meltzer, and you are here, and welcome,
0:08.2	and thank you for being here.
0:10.3	Thank you for having me and giving me a platform to share, hopefully, some wisdom and faith
0:17.4	to shorten the distance or resistance that people have in their lives.
0:22.3	Why did shorten it? Well, before we get into why shortening the distance to resistance
0:26.8	became such a big piece of what you are speaking on and inspiring around, can you just
0:32.3	give us the brief, wonderful background of yours through sports and everything that you've done to bring you to where
0:39.8	you are now, if that could be synopsized, I'd rather hear you tell that story.
0:45.5	Sure.
0:46.6	You know, I'm a kid who grew up with a single mom with six kids who wanted to be rich to buy
0:51.1	his mom a house in a car.
0:53.3	Went to law school. I graduated and made my first million dollars nine months out of law school.
0:58.8	My first exit was in 1995 for $3.4 billion.
1:03.9	I then learned about venture capital and technology on the Sand Hill Road.
1:08.7	And by 1999, I was married to my dream girl, living in my dream
1:13.4	house, and CEO of Samsung's very first data phone division, which back then they called
1:19.7	convergence devices. I met a guy named Lee Steinberg as I was far over my skis being CEO
1:26.9	of Samsung's first data phone division and the growth that we were incurring. And I was far over my skis being CEO of Samsung's first data phone division and the growth
1:29.8	that we were incurring.
1:31.0	And I was really just a young sales guy, not really a CEO.
1:35.3	And Lee wanted to find someone with a great venture capital and technology background.
1:41.8	Lee Steinberg was the most notable sports agency in the world at the time.
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