David Meltzer is the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing with Hall of Fame Quarterback Warren Moon. David formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire.
In his early 20s, David quickly rose in the business world, becoming a millionaire. In his 30s as a multimillionaire, a chain of events caused a rapid downward spiral that ended in bankruptcy. He has since emerged to even more rewarding heights.
He is now an international best-selling author and the executive producer of Elevator Pitch and Bloomberg TV and Amazon Prime television series 2 Minute Drill. Some of David’s books include Game Time Decision Making, Connected to Goodness, and Compassionate Capitalism. David is also the host of The Playbook podcast, where he has had guests from Dan Akroyd to Ray Lewis and many more.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- What growing up was like for David Meltzer — and some of the best lessons he learned from his mom
- The five daily practices that changed David’s life
- Lessons from David’s mentors: Gary Vee, Warren Moon, and more
In this episode…
When things go uncontrollably wrong for you, do you consider it a mountain you need to get over, go under, go through, or around? What if you embraced it and asked, ‘what did I do to attract this to myself, and what am I supposed to learn?’ David Meltzer took that same approach to save his marriage and bounce back when he lost millions and went bankrupt. He knew he had to take stock of who he was, what he wanted to become, and how to get there.
Unfortunately, not many people do that, so they lead a life of liability, blame, shame, and justification. They suffer from the fear of missing out and the fear of other people’s opinions. The good news is you can change all of that by learning and applying these five daily practices that changed David’s life. So what are these daily practices, and what are the values that drive them?
Listen to this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast with Dr. Jeremy Weisz, featuring David Meltzer of Sports 1 Marketing, to discover the five daily practices that can change your life. They discuss how David developed these practices and how his mother played a pivotal role in their creation. David also shares lessons he’s learned from his mentors so far. You don’t want to miss it!
Resources Mentioned in this episode
- Sports 1 Marketing
- David Meltzer Enterprises
- The Playbook podcast
- Email David Meltzer: [email protected]
Special Mentions:
- Mia Meltzer on LinkedIn
- Jake Fleshner on LinkedIn
- Blane Parrish on LinkedIn
- Eisenhower Matrix
- Leigh Steinberg on LinkedIn
- Gary Vee on LinkedIn
- Warren Moon on LinkedIn
Books Mentioned:
Related Episode(s):
- “P90X: Earning Food & Rent Money as a Mime to over $500 million in Sales- with Tony Horton [Business Inspiration]”
- “[Top Israel Leader Series] Engineering the Autonomous Revolution with Rabbi Mois Navon of Mobileye”
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Episode Transcript
Jeremy Weisz 0:19
Dr. Jeremy Weisz here, Founder of InspiredInsider.com where I talk with inspirational entrepreneurs and leaders and today’s guest is no other than David Meltzer of Sports 1 Marketing. I’m gonna introduce him formally in a second. David I like to point people to other episodes. And you know, as you know, with with your story and many other stories, the journey is not always easy. And sometimes we hit bumps in the road, and we don’t see the behind the scenes trials and tribulations. So, some of my favorite interviews are just that there was Mois Navon of Mobileye, he talks about when they went on their journey, they were acquired by Intel for $15.3 billion. But what you don’t see is all the sacrifices along the way, he had to go back to his family and tell his kids and wife, I’m pulling you out of all extracurricular activities, there’s no more eating out because he had to just cut what he was paid. And that’s reality. P90x Founder, Tony Horton, most people don’t know when he first went cross country to start what he was doing for his career. He made money is a street mime. So he made food and rent money by putting his head out on the street, and did stream climbing you know, those are the stories I love hearing and so check out more episodes in spurt, insider calm and this episode is brought to you by Rise25 at Rise25 we help businesses connect to and give to their dream 100 relationships. And we do that by helping you run your podcast. You know, David, for you, I think it’s the same for me, the number one thing in my life is relationships. I’m always looking for a way to give to my best relationships profile, and put on a pedestal of the people and the companies I admire and get them more exposure and you know, shout out to the world what they’re doing. So if you have thought about starting a podcast, you should if you have questions, you know, go to Rise25.com and emails any time. I am excited about today’s guest, and we have to give a big shout out to David’s daughter. It’s her birthday today. What’s your name? David. And what is she doing is this?
David Meltzer 2:21
Yeah, so Mia is 20 Today, she was born on Father’s Day, which is a blessing in itself. And she’s gonna be a junior at Indiana University. And as always, I love her. I’m proud of her and I always have her back. Very cool.
Jeremy Weisz 2:33
So does she say what she wants to do when she grows up? I guess you can say,
David Meltzer 2:39
I think she’s gonna be involved in marketing and business. So she interns for me. She’s interned at a lot of different places and relationships that I have. But she has a extremely high emotional intelligence just built for marketing and sales.
Jeremy Weisz 2:54
I love it. I’ve seen her on some of the chains of emails for sure. I went to Wisconsin so I can totally relate to the big 10. And big shout out. You know, David, your team’s amazing. They’re fast. They’re quick. They’re so nice. Jake Fleshner, Blane Parrish and Todd Armstrong have all been able to chat with them and communicate via emails. They’re all amazing and it’s a reflection upon you too. So, David Meltzer is a Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing with Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon, David formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports and Entertainment agency, if you have heard of it, probably because it was one of the inspirations for the movie, Jerry Maguire. And, you know, in his early 20s, David quickly rose in the business world and became a millionaire in his 30s. a multimillionaire and a chain of events caused a rapid downward spiral, I guess you could say that ended in bankruptcy, and he’s emerged to even more rewarding heights. And he’s international best-selling author, executive producer of the elevator pitch in Bloomberg in Amazon Prime television series, Two Minute Draw. I’m looking forward to watching and binge watching those episodes. David, he’s the host of the playbook podcast where he’s had guests anywhere from Dan Ackroyd to Ray Lewis and many, many more, and check out his books Gametime Decision Making, Connected to Goodness, Compassion, Capitalism. David, thanks for joining me.
