How to Live a Life That Will Outlive You

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with legendary speaker and author Les Brown, whose voice has inspired millions for more than four decades. At 80 years old and cancer free, Les opens up about what the disease taught him about purpose, momentum, and legacy. He shares how his start in door-to-door sales sharpened the resilience that carried him through rejection, labels, and the odds stacked against him. From radio to arenas, Les has stayed ahead by constantly evolving, mentoring others, and surrounding himself with strong communities. His message is clear: know your why, work with the difficulty, and never let go of the promises you make to yourself.

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0:00.0	Welcome to office hours. I'm David Meltzer and I'm giddy to be honest. I'm here at the
0:05.0	Sirius XM Studios in Las Vegas in the lobby of the win and I have three of my best friends
0:10.9	co-hosting with me who I've mentored and been mentored by and from and your success has elevated
0:17.9	me. So I want to congratulate my co-host for all your success and making me look
0:21.5	good. Sam Taggart, Dan Fleischman, and the anchorman, Rick Jordan. Thank you fellows for joining me
0:26.8	on office hours. Thank you. What's shaking. Well, I hate to start off. Your lead off hitter is not
0:31.7	supposed to be your home run hitter, but unfortunately, we have our Grand Slam home run hitter first.
0:37.9	Les Brown has impacted my life.
0:40.5	And he looked at something that said 1990.
0:43.4	He goes, I was born in 1990.
0:44.7	I said, that's okay because in the 90s is when I first realized where and how and who
0:50.5	Les Brown is now 34 books later or more.
0:54.4	He's still doing what he's doing.
0:56.5	Les Brown, welcome to office hours.
1:00.1	Thank you.
1:00.7	It's a pleasure to be here, and I want to congratulate you and your whole team for the
1:04.5	great work that you're doing, keeping people aware of what they need to do to be in charge
1:09.0	of their future.
1:10.4	Well, thank you so much.
1:11.5	I don't know if you know this, but I was pointed the chairman of Napoleon Hill Institute.
1:16.9	And Napoleon Hill and Think and Grow Rich, I know is aligned with several of your philosophies.
1:22.8	But I want to ask you, you've had a lot of health challenges.
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