How I Rebuilt My Life After Losing Everything

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I reflect on the moments that reshaped my life, from losing everything in bankruptcy to rebuilding with a new perspective. I share the pivotal lesson my wife taught me about real change, the mindset shift that made loss easier to navigate, and why the people we surround ourselves with shape more than just our success. I also answer audience questions on personal growth, resilience, and redefining self-worth beyond financial achievements. Whether it's navigating setbacks, strengthening relationships, or staying committed to core values, this conversation is about embracing the behaviors that move us toward the life we truly want.

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0:00.0	We're going to get right to it. Samir, you got a question, I can tell.
0:03.8	Introduce yourself, by the way.
0:05.5	How's good, everybody, Samir. Biggs been mentoring me for maybe four, five years now.
0:09.4	I've lost a trap.
0:11.1	Half his life.
0:14.4	One raised from Chicago.
0:16.8	Currently running a family office, we work with entrepreneurs and high-knitred individuals,
0:20.5	with taxes,
0:21.6	investments, alternative investments just across the board, and happy to just be here supporting you.
0:27.6	Thank you.
0:28.6	And question?
0:29.6	Yeah, so I guess the question that I kind of, I always ask you this, but I always try to
0:33.6	reframe it because I'm sure it can change from year to year.
0:35.6	Question for you, when you go back in your life and you go back to the situation with the
0:40.1	bankruptcy, prior to that, I feel like when you're at that peak, it's an interesting situation
0:45.1	because you're in a place in your life where you have everything. It just seems perfect
0:49.4	on the spectrum. And I feel like when you go through a dramatic loss like that some of the purpose that you have you might tie your worth to that at least I would if I'm curious for you what were the
0:59.4	steps that you took after going bankrupt to say hey I'm not going to tie my word to this I'm going to
1:03.9	tie something bigger than me so the actuality of losing everything was different for me than most
1:09.9	people because I started
1:13.1	my transformation two years before I lost everything.
1:18.9	My wife knew I was going to lose everything, including my life, if I didn't change who
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