The Playbook With David Meltzer

People always ask me how I manage my time or how I find the time for all the activity in my life and I always tell them to be a student of their calendar. There are three things you need to study on your calendar, not just look at, but study. 1. Study the things you have planned for the day. Look to create efficiencies with your habits. For example, I have a 5/20 Rule, where I try to schedule five...

On this episode of #ThePlaybook , Kenny Rueter, CEO and Co-founder of Kajabi, sits down to discuss: [1:50] - How putting building a homemade toy for his kids led to the idea for Kajabi [4:47] - The challenges the company has faced while scaling its remote workforce [8:34] - Why he wants to “spoon-feed” success to his customers [11:30] - His predictions for the future of education and why it will b...

There are three phases to scaling a business: Phase 1: Learning Stage During the learning stage, introduce your values to new members of the team. It is vital that all employees are aligned with the values of your business. Help your team connect to what inspires them, and they are more likely to live by your business’s values. Phase 2: Execution In the execution stage, employees learn to maintain...

People always make the excuse that they don't know anyone that can help them break into their industry of choice, but how many of them are consistently asking, "Do you know anyone that can help me?" Most people have over 1,00 people in their network, so by simply asking one person a day if they know anyone that can help you, you can expand your network by over 30,000 people a month. If you want me...

On this episode of #ThePlaybook , Craig Siegel, Mindset Coach, Podcast Host, and Founder of Cultivate Lasting Symphony (CLS), shares his thoughts on: [1:21] - How identifying your passion will help you to drive forward towards your goals [3:27] - Why studying neuro-linguistic programming after deciding to leave his job on Wall Street has changed his life [7:52] - How he works to learn from the min...

One of my favorite quotes is from the poet David White, "Vulnerability is not a weakness, a passing in the position or something we can arrange to do without vulnerability is not choice. Vulnerability is the underlying, ever present, and abiding under current of all natural state." In order to be vulnerable, we must illuminate our mistakes. Being vulnerable means that you are honest and accountabl...

There are two simple ways to get what you want in life or business: 1. You can ask for it. 2. You can attract it. ASK: A piece of information or content with a specifically designed “ask” built in for the target market that will inspire them to take action. Ask people for help or ask people if they know somebody who can help. When you ask people if they know somebody that can help, you have expone...

Raise your awareness, the more you raise your awareness, the faster you will be able to get back to center, or your highest frequency. One way that you can start raising your awareness is by spending a minimum of a minute day when you first wake up to find your highest frequency. You only get one action in a day, everything that happens after that is a reaction to that initial action. Throughout t...

Fear and anxiety will motivate you, but it will drain you. It will get you started, but in reality it is slowing you down. Use the focus that fear and anxiety give you, and transition it into inspiration. Imagine that you are running a race, using fear and anxiety is just like adding weights to a backpack. I may be slower than you, but if I am inspired, it is only a matter a time before I am laps...

Leslie Zann, Founder of Leslie Zann Consulting, speaker, and author of the new book Outrageous Achievement , provides some of her best insights on why people tend to have big dreams but don’t have the fortitude to act on them. Zann and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, chat about a range of topics including what she learned about winning and losing from her grandfather who coached in the NFL, h...

The best advice I can give to any 20, 30, 40, 50-year-old is radical humility. Be radically humble, the more you learn, the more you learn that you don't know. Ask for help. If you are asking just one person a day, "do you know anyone that can help me?" you will see exponential results. Back then everyone only had their church group, golf foursome, or small group of friends, but now most people ha...

Today is episode 6 of my new TV Show, “2 Minute Drill.” It is the first "Pitch Only" show with four contestants competing for over $50,000 of cash and prizes. Joining me today is David Scharfman, owner of Just the Cheese, and Rory Cutaia, the CEO of Verb Technologies. You’ll hear four pitches and feedback from the three of us and in the end, Rory will determine the winner.  You can watch 2 Minute...

Taking inventory of your values every day will allow you to get more done in a day. Take some time every day and ask yourself, what do I want today? Next, you have to find out who can you be of service or value to, and who you can ask "do you know anyone that can help me?" Then you have to study your calendar, study the activity you have planned, and the activity that you don't have planned. When...

On this episode of #ThePlaybook , Matt Ehrlichman, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Porch Group, shares his insights on: [:35] - The two things that he wishes he knew before building Porch from the ground up [6:00] - How fundraising strategies for the company have changed over time [9:50] - His three best pieces of advice for entrepreneurs who are launching a startup [14:00] - Why his favorite fo...

If you have been laid off during this time there are three things you need to do to get back on your feet. First you need to get motivated, motivation will get you up, get you back up, and get you started, then you have to transition that into inspiration. Next you need to be radically humble, ask people "do you know anyone that can help me?" Treat every person as a sponsor or power sponsor. You c...

The biggest problem people have is that they don't have faith that everything will come in the right way at the perfect time. Most people don't have patience and perseverance. Remember, you'll never start where you want to, so start angling towards that every day, and enjoy the consistent everyday, persistent without quit, pursuit of your potential. If you want me to answer your question on the po...

On this episode of #ThePlaybook , John Fieldly, CEO of Celsius Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELH), chats about: [1:36] - The journey that all brands go through and what entrepreneurs can learn from Celsius’ brand-building strategy [3:58] - How the Celsius team successfully repositioned their brand in the wellness space and was able to expand [9:33] - Why he never lets himself get distracted by the pric...

You can give people your free e-book, but if it isn't good, you are only hurting yourself. When I worked with Leigh Steinberg he taught me two things, can you get a client and can you keep them? In works exactly the same in sales, but can you get your client to get you another client? If you want me to answer your question on the podcast, tweet me @davidmeltzer or email me a video of you asking me...

Social media platforms are great for amplifying information and social networking is a term for using these platforms to connect with one another. There are Five Steps to Maximize Your Network: Step 1 - Know Your What - Take stock of what you’re planning to use each social media platform for. Step 2 - Know Your Who - Be clear about who is using each platform, as well as their reasoning behind usin...

What you pay attention to, and give intention to, creates the coincidences that you want in your life. Imagine you're taking a test, you're studying and you keep telling your self, "Oh my gosh, please don't have the rules of perpetuity on this test, please no rules of perpetuity." What's always the first question on the test? The rules of perpetuity. Start putting faith into what you want, not wha...

Peter O’Reilly, Executive Vice President of Club Business and League Events for the NFL, talks about what it is like helping to plan the NFL’s biggest events each year, including this year’s Super Bowl, as well as how this year’s unusual circumstances have led to innovations in fan experience. O’Reilly and host of #ThePlaybook , David Meltzer, chat about a range of topics including how to land a j...

I believe there is no burnout when you have a cleaner connection to your source of inspiration. I don't burnout, but I go through physical exhaustion that puts me to sleep. When you are inspired, or "in spirit" you are closest to your potential because you are connected to goodness. Tweet me @davidmeltzer your takeaway from today's episode and come ask me questions live every Friday at 11:00 am PS...

Jill Evanko, CEO and President of Chart Industries, Inc., sits down to discuss her strategies for moving up the corporate ladder in a male-dominated industry, including how viewing yourself as a peer will lead others to view you that way. Evanko and host of #ThePlaybook , David Meltzer, chat about a range of topics including how to deal with the limiting beliefs of others, identifying team members...

There are two currencies in the world, money, and faith. If you can blend the two you will get what you want, and live in the perfect equilibrium of making a lot of money, helping a lot of people, and having a lot of fun. Tweet me @davidmeltzer your favorite takeaway from today's episode and come ask me questions live every Friday at 11:00 am PST / 2:00 pm EST during my Free Training. You cant tex...

Today is from my new TV Show, “2 Minute Drill.” It is the first "Pitch Only" show with four contestants competing for over $50,000 of cash and prizes. Joining me today are Will Ford, the President and Co-founder of Launchboom, and Rory Cutaia, the CEO of Verb Technologies. You’ll hear four pitches and feedback from the three of us and in the end, Rory will determine the winner. You can watch 2 Min...