The Playbook With David Meltzer

Welcome to The Playbook, hosted by entrepreneur, CEO, author and keynote speaker David Meltzer. On the podcast you’ll find a mix of interviews, Q&A, fireside chats, keynotes, and exclusive conversations with the most influential CEO’s, sports icons, and successful entrepreneurs who share their personal and professional play-by-play of the “what”, “why”, and “how” to achieve anything you set your mind to.

Entrepreneurship
Careers
Business
101
Raise Your Environment, Raise Your Life
Why the People, Places, and Patterns Around You Determine Your Next Level
35 min
102
Why a Service Mindset Drives Real Growth
This episode explores how service-focused language, intention, and trust turn sales conversations into meaningful long-term partnerships.
30 min
103
How Entrepreneurs Grow With Intention
Entrepreneur Noor Fateh joins me to share the vision, speed, and resilience that shaped his path from family sacrifice to leading FanBasis through massive growth.
14 min
104
The Voice Behind the World’s Most Popular Game
A wide-ranging conversation with Andres Cantor about soccer culture, talent, teamwork, and the evolution of the World Cup.
28 min
105
How Real Wealth Is Built
A clear walk through ten timeless wealth principles that turn mindset, faith, planning, and persistence into the freedom to do what you want, when you want, with who you want.
27 min
106
Why Interference Drains Your Potential
In this episode, I unpack how purposeful routines, clear nonnegotiables, and the right capabilities remove interference and keep you aligned with where you want to go.
36 min
107
What Your Past Doesn’t Have to Decide
In this episode, I share how time, meaning, and non negotiable habits create a clearer path toward purpose, resilience, and better results.
13 min
108
The Power of Who You Stand With
How Intentional Relationships Drive Influence, Success, and Impact
53 min
109
The Five Elements of a Perfect Pitch
In today’s episode, I break down how purpose, credibility, emotional connection, AI, and the three no rule combine to transform your pitch, protect your time, and move you toward true freedom.
31 min
110
How Two Founders Scaled a Side Hustle
In today’s episode, I sit down with Adam Lovingood and Richard Garcia to explore how they built a scalable self-serve wine experience while balancing full-time careers and a long-term vision for growth.
16 min
111
Choosing Mission Over Circumstance
In today’s episode, I sit down with Sande Golgart to talk about fear, non-negotiable habits, mission-driven growth, and the freedom that comes from removing resistance.
23 min
112
Mastering the Empty Mile
In today’s episode, I share how consistency, intentional time use, and non-negotiable behavior create sustainable growth and lasting happiness.
35 min
113
The Mindset That Keeps High Performers Hungry
In today’s episode, I sit with James Maslow and Forrest Griffin to talk winning, work identity, leadership, and the pressure that pushes high performers to stay sharp.
24 min
114
Choosing Alignment Over Self-Destruction
In today’s episode, I share the inner shift that saved my life and the daily practices that keep me aligned in a conversation with women’s leadership coach and healer Kaye Doran.
24 min
115
The Power of Presence
The Blueprint for Leading with Confidence, Clarity, and Connection
33 min
116
The One Belief Keeping Entrepreneurs From Real ...
In today’s episode, I share how applying your why, reframing your past, and committing to daily practices builds real passion, purpose, and profitability.
28 min
117
Finding Guidance After Grief
A conversation with Luba Patlakh-Kaplun on grief, mindset, faith, and the steady habits that create meaningful growth.
26 min
118
The Gratitude Formula That Rebuilds Everything
In today’s episode, I share how gratitude, empathy, and accountability transformed loss into purpose and turned mindset into the ultimate wealth generator.
38 min
119
The Smartest Place in the World to Start an Air...
In today’s episode, Ed Delgado explains why Ecuador’s aviation market is primed for a major comeback and how he plans to revive an iconic airline to meet the demand.
14 min
120
The Lesson I Couldn’t Learn Until I Lost Everyt...
A conversation with Theodor Ekstrand about early ambition, losing everything, and the mindset shift that rebuilt my entire life from the inside out.
14 min
121
Why Real Life Beats The Highlight Reel
In today’s episode, Authenticity, mindset, and innovation with James Maslow and Will Weinbach on building real connections online and off.
29 min
122
The Roadmap to Your Potential: Why Focus Create...
How clarity, gratitude, and focused systems turn potential into performance
34 min
123
Non-Negotiables That Build Success
This episode unpacks how mastering your 24 hours through faith, prioritization, and non-negotiables turns uncertainty into lasting success.
14 min
124
Turn Competition Into a Calling
In today’s episode, I explain how competing with your potential, leading with gratitude, and aligning faith, fundamentals, and financial literacy can turn pressure into purpose.
25 min
125
Investing Starts With the Person, Not the Product
In today’s episode, I share the mindset and framework I use to evaluate entrepreneurs, emphasizing desire, teachability, and culture as the real foundations of any successful investment.
15 min