Why You Must Become Who You Are Meant To Be

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with James Maslow and special guest Tai Emery, a former electrician turned Muay Thai fighter and global combat sports personality. We talk about what it takes to pursue an unconventional path, from working male-dominated job sites to fighting for a living. Tai shares how adversity, discipline, and survival instincts shaped her mindset, while we connect those lessons to entrepreneurship, branding, and personal growth. We also break down timing and risk tolerance, and how making consistent decisions under pressure builds confidence. It’s a conversation about resilience, self-belief, and doing what you must to become who you’re meant to be.

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0:00.0	Good evening, good afternoon, good morning, depending on where you are.
0:03.9	This is the Celebrity Entrepreneur Show with the incredible James Maslow, who's supposed to be in Dubai.
0:11.5	And I gather that he's at home in Nashville.
0:14.4	Is that correct?
0:15.9	Oh, not even close.
0:17.3	You've got the evening time in Vegas.
0:19.0	I have the afternoon here in Australia.
0:21.0	I'm on Gold Coast. And our guest here has the morning time in Dubai. So we got the whole world
0:26.6	covered day. We got the whole world in our hands. That's for sure. And we are blessed to have.
0:32.5	I'll bring her right on as it is all times for everyone. The amazing Ty Emery, and she is a motivational future.
0:42.9	That's my girl.
0:44.1	She kills it.
0:45.8	And she's truly a fighter.
0:47.6	She looks like a model, and she is one, by the way.
0:50.9	But she's inside as the heart of a lion and bare knuckle fighting champion,
0:57.1	power slap, all types of different boxing.
1:00.7	But she's also a former electrical engineer turned global celebrity and fighter.
1:07.6	Welcome, of course, the amazing Ty Amory.
1:10.2	Thanks for having me on, guys. It's so cool. Like, of course, the amazing Ty Amory. Thanks for having me on guys. It's so cool.
1:14.5	What an impressive resume you got there. Yeah, very, very eclectic. That's what I love about it,
1:20.7	like all three of us. So nobody knows what we did. Did you know, Ty, by the way, just to get
1:25.9	started. James, you may know this.
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