My Top 3 w/ Dave Meltzer

What this episode covers

This short format episode of The Jake Dunlap Show explores the top three moments of life before 25 that shaped someone to be the person they are today. Sharing his story is David Meltzer, Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing and Founder of David Meltzer Enterprises. Growing up poor had a profound effect on David and he would never forget the example shown by his mother that he can outwork anyone to achieve the pinnacles of success. As he grew older, and being surrounded by affluence, David had access to a better education but it also gave him the impression that he was never good enough. This negative self-talk, for better or worse, drove him to prove that he actually was worthy of success. He would follow his brother's advice and pursue what truly interested him, which turned out to be law. But keeping an open mind as his successes as an oil and gas litigator piled up, he entered sales with the goal of becoming rich. He would become a multi-millionaire by the age of 30 and had everything he could ever want, except he wasn't happy. Listen to the full podcast on David's meteoric rise to the top, the arrogance which was his downfall, and the undefeatable drive in him to overcome adversity to come out better than ever before. QUOTES: 07:05 "I learned that through football because the minute I stepped on a field, they laughed at me, scoffed at me, made fun of me, and then I got the ball. And they applauded me. And I did the same thing with greater things later on in my life." 08:03 "My mom put us in a place in an affluent area with the better schools because she understood how the energy worked that you surround yourself with the right people, the right ideas, and the right teacher, and the right coaches, and the right sports." 14:24 "This is the best piece of advice I'd ever gotten, and I still probably maybe have ever gotten, (my brother) said David, you need to be more interested than interesting." 18:16 "Just because someone loves you, does not mean they give you good advice. I almost missed out on an unbelievable opportunity that ended up, 9 months out of law school, making me a millionaire." 19:12 "There's the ignorant, arrogant people, which was the Dave Meltzer from the time he was 5 until the time he was 35 worth over a hundred million dollars and had everything that everybody in the world wished for, but took it for granted." More about David David earned his law degree from Tulane University Law School and he would become a successful oil and gas litigator. In pursuit of even more financial success, he dove in to sell legal research on the internet in 1992 which made him a millionaire in just 9 months. By 1995, he would sell his company for 3.4 billion dollars and this would catapult him to the top of Silicon Valley, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in capital. David would become CEO of Samsung's first smartphone division, PC-E Phone too. At this point, David was already enjoying the material trappings of such immense success including owning mansions, Ferraris, golf courses, and much more. For all his success, however, he would end up losing 100 million dollars and end up starting from scratch and rebuilding everything he had lost with newfound wisdom, focus, and empathy for the people around him. David has written bestselling books including Connected to Goodness, Compassionate Capitalism, and Game-Time Decision Making. He is also chairman of philanthropic organizations and is the host of his own podcast, The Playbook Podcast. Find out more about David and connect with him in the following links: Website: https://dmeltzer.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidmeltzer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmeltzer2/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidmeltzer/ Learn more about Jake Dunlap and Skaled by visiting the links below: Jake Dunlap: Personal Site - http://jakedunlap.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/JakeTDunlap Instagram - http://instagram.com/jake_dunlap_ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JakeTDunlap/ Skaled: Website - https://skaled.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skaled YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsw_03rSlbGQkeLGMGiDf4Q