EP33 - David Meltzer on a Balanced Entrepreneur's Life

The life of a business owner is always busy. You are juggling
your time between the demands of your business and then trying to
find some time for yourself after a long day. Most people do not
think about how they can achieve a healthy balance in their
lives, but many entrepreneurs have found that this makes all the
difference when it comes to achieving success with their
businesses. In order to be successful you need to make sure that
you are balancing both work and personal needs. If you take care
of yourself, this will help ensure that you don't burn out from
working too much or neglecting your family responsibilities.


Meet our Guest 


The legendary David Meltzer guest starred on our show! David is
the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing. Prior to this, David served
as CEO of the notorious Leigh Steinberg Sports &
Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie
Jerry Maguire.


 His mission in life has always been to make over 1
billion people happy. This has led him on an incredible journey
providing value to everyone he interacts with. Here he shares his
take on a balanced and happy life.  


A summary of our conversation  


In the US, entrepreneurs are changing at an accelerated pace,
which creates extraordinary opportunity. We are seeing more focus
on technology and business opportunities that perhaps never
existed before, but now we are leaning into those. Those who
react and adapt when there is a pain or struggle, as COVID has
presented, those people benefit greatly because they respond
appropriately and ride the curve instead of ignoring it like most
would do. 


Those who focused on stability have remained stable, alternating
and adjusting to changing business models. Those that were
fixated by what was missing, or other people's negative thoughts,
suffered.  


While entrepreneurship has been romanticised in the past, an
unexpected benefit of the COVID pandemic means more people are
working from home. As an intrapreneur you can have all the
benefits of being an entrepreneur, work at home, work on your own
timeframe and really get to be productive when you want to be
productive but you don't have to risk everything and you can
still get a stable salary. 


Have you heard of the law of GOYA?


David strongly recommends focusing on milestones and why they are
important. Most people attach feelings to what the end result
looks like so instead of saying "I will be happy when this
happens," we should think more along the lines of “how can I feel
accomplished with this journey that I am on?”. 


There is the law of GOYA, “Get Off Your
Ass”. Having the desire to do everything that you possibly
can to be what you must be. This is the common ingredient amongst
billionaires, millionaires, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes
and entertainers, who all carry the spirit of excellence. There
is only one common denominator that all these people have. All of
the extraordinary human beings have a desire that they must be
what they can be and so they institute the law of GOYA every day,
no matter how much they have.


We all know that being a successful entrepreneur is not easy. It
takes time, dedication and determination to continue moving
forward with your business despite the obstacles you’ll
inevitably face along the way. But there are ways of giving
yourself a better chance at success by balancing life as an
entrepreneur – which can be done if you take steps like those
outlined in this post. 


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