The Playbook With David Meltzer

There are two attributes that will help us to succeed over the long run, no matter what goals we are pursuing, and those are consistency and persistence.Those attributes are immensely important when we are pursuing our potential in terms of both our daily habits and our financial wellness. Whether we are looking to make long term gains financially or seeking to ensure that our day-to-day behaviors are aligned with our personal goals

If someone tries to steal your idea, who cares? The only thing that matters is providing value to others. The first and best way to improve your feelings of worthiness is simply to provide value to others; be kind to others as well as to your future self. Be of service, which means providing value with no expectations of receiving anything in return. It contains the requirement that you give unconditionally. Giving with expectation, as my friend Bob Proctor says, is trading and not real giving.

No matter what industry your win, you need to learn to love what you do. Too many people try to “find what they’re passionate about” Many people tend to think that passions come naturally to us, but I believe that the key to finding your passion is simply learning to love what you do. Passion is all about mindset, so practice telling yourself that you “get to” do something, rather than thinking that you “have to” do it. When we change how we look at the world, the things we look at change.

5 STEPS TO THRIVE IN YOUR BUSINESS: Stimulate Interest: Stimulate interest for availability, then stimulate interest for your business. Transition the Interest: Emotionally connect with who you’re targeting. Then transition through professional collateral and an explanation of true value. Share the Vision: Share the vision of true value. You want to demonstrate the value you’ll be providing in relation to the customer’s personal values, experience values, giving, and receiving values. Make them see the win-win situation. Manage and Develop the Vision: Manage and develop a vision by providing the value that you promised. Don’t oversell, rather help them manage and develop their expectations. Thrive: Make a lot of money, help a lot of people, and have a lot of fun!

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Charles Eagan, Chief Technology Officer of Blackberry, sits down to chat about: [1:05] - How Blackberry has evolved from a phone company into a world leader in security and privacy [3:13] - The threat that cybercriminals pose to our safety and how to protect yourself [9:24] - How Blackberry’s new automotive AI platform will change the future of vehicles [15:38] - Why having a high level of self-belief is essential for young entrepreneurs to excel

Building yourself into a leader who inspires others to follow is no simple task, especially during heightened times of uncertainty. However, the best leaders have a firm grasp on the values that they believe in, and those values are what resonate most when building relationships, both in business and in life. As the head of an organization, you must also learn to listen to the input of others, filter advice (especially from mentorship) in order to gain a better awareness of your surroundings, and leverage that heightened awareness to improve your decision making.

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Becky Center, CEO of Indiegogo, shares her insights on:[4:04] - How her time at Groupon helped her to understand online marketplaces and ecommerce[8:37] - How the company’s “FACE values” (fearlessness, authenticity, cooperation, and empowerment) have become a part of its DNA[12:28] - Why her time in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina taught her the power of staying true to who you are[18:10] - How a deep emotional connection can create brands that “punch above their weight class”

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 exponentially more success, because everyone has hundreds of connections to other people on average.ATTRACT: A piece of information or content with no clear ask but that instead has the goal of drawing the target audience’s attention to a brand or inspires them to take some action, whether defined or undefined.An attract’s result comes when you are focused and put both your attention and intention on what you want in life, whether personally or professionally.

Contrary to popular belief, people that schedule or have many meetings during the day are not busier than other people.There are only two determining factors, whether you're busy or whether you're accessible, and how productive you are. You want to hone in on your accessibility and productivity when you look at your calendar.Leverage Your CalendarA calendar is a tool that can change your life. It’s there for a reason, but people often think of using it as a chore.One of the most compelling reasons to be a student of your calendar is that while the amount of time spent on scheduling grows with the amount of appointments that people have, the time needed to actually schedule meetings decreases.This means that the more meetings you schedule, the better you get at scheduling them.Understand that there is a vast difference between being busy, which is filling up those 24 hours you have in a day, compared to productivity, which is being efficient with those 24 hours.A busy person always has something going on, whether that is work or simply sleeping on the couch. They aren’t necessarily productive with the time they are busy, though, and they are often inaccessible.Understand Your ActivitiesA 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.

Randy Garn, New York Times Best Selling Author, Investor, Life and Business Strategist, talks about why approaching life abundantly leads to joy in your heart and the most valuable lessons he learned from his football coach father, including the idea that if you don’t have your own goals, someone will use you for theirs.Garn and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, have a discussion about a range of topics including what Randy has learned as he’s followed his passion for maximizing human performance, secrets to overcoming the limitations that others try to put on us, as well as the three main components to prosperity and how to balance them.