The Playbook With David Meltzer

Study your calendar both in the morning and at night. Ponder efficiencies and potential problems, then prepare to make adjustments. You'll see that your productivity changes, and you become aware of new opportunities that exist andnow are accessible to you. Equally important, you'll discover new ways to save time.

Andrew Giancola, Founder of Master Money & Host of The Personal Finance Podcast, shares his insights on the best approach to cultivating an abundance mindset, as well as why he believes that focusing on making your first $100K will help to pave the way for a better financial future.Giancola and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, sit down to talk about a range of topics including how to prepare yourself and your company for a downturn and why learning to handle money creates freedom. Giancola also provides insights on how he works to inject excitement and enthusiasm into his financial content.

Pretend you’re a blade of grass, trying to push through the soil and enjoy everything the sun has to offer. The fragile bit of grass is beneath tons of soil and stone. It doesn't know if it is getting nearer to the surface and the sun, it only knows the direction it must keep pushing. Not until the instant it breaks through the cold soil into the light does it know the effort will be rewarded. A blade of grass, of course, doesn't suffer from the doubt and second thoughts that make our path seem harder as we get closer to our objective. In fact, so many times, when we are just about to succeed, and grow free in the light, is when we quit because the dirt is just too hard.

Out of the countless successful people I’ve met, interviewed, and gotten to know over the years, there is one thing they tend to agree on: gratitude is one of the most powerful tools on the planet. In order to take advantage of the power of gratitude, it helps to be consistent and persistent. Work to be grateful every day, and never quit on it.Email me david@dmeltzer.com to take the 14 day gratitude challenge.

Today's episode is from a speech I gave back at the University of California, Irvine. Let me know if you want to hear more of these keynotes/speeches so I can go back and pull some of my favorite ones from the past!

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Steve D. Sims, author of Go For Stupid, sits down to chat about: [:57] - The most common limiting beliefs that stop people from chasing big goals [2:12] - Why people should focus on “activation” instead of making convenient excuses [6:25] - The single toughest task that every entrepreneur must face in order to thrive [11:24] - Why relatability is key for building a brand that stands out from the rest 

I took some of my favorite questions from my #BYOQ Live Q&A session I hosted on during my weekly free training. I try to host one of these at least once a month, so if you want to come ask me some questions, just email me david@dmeltzer.com or sign up for my free weekly training by clicking the link below.Tweet me your takeaway from today’s episode @davidmeltzer Email Me! david@dmeltzer.comSign up for my Free Weekly Training https://free.dmeltzer.com/friday-training-1Text Me! (949) 298-2905

A productive person knows how to maximize two things: the activities they get paid for and the activities they don’t get paid for.This delineation is important to make when maximizing your productivity and accessibility, so you can prioritize the activities you get paid for, as well as those activities which you enjoy the most.

You need to do something every day in order to be great at it. Meditate, use gratitude, practice a skill, work on a relationship, tell somebody that you love and appreciate them. Each of those activities can take as little as 30 seconds a day, if you are efficient, and will make a resounding impact in your life.

Faith is a true currency and an object of energy. Our faith is the aggregate of what we think, say, do, believe, and our subconscious mind. Faith is composed of our characteristics, our obsessions, our addictions, and the energy we put out. The problem I often see is that many are so unconscious about where they invest their faith, constantly create resistance by putting faith in the wrong things. We tend to think about what we don’t want, or even worse put faith in what other people want for us, and then when we get it, we end up resenting them instead.