Why Discipline Matters More Than Motivation

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I break down the power of consistency, explaining why discipline matters more than motivation. I share my approach to structuring each day with non-negotiable priorities, ensuring progress without relying on changing circumstances. I also discuss accountability, whether it belongs in a calendar or as a core value, and how the meaning we assign to past experiences shapes our future. Plus, I reflect on a recent speech that resonated deeply, the lessons I learned from eulogizing my mother, and why I prioritize investing in women-led CPG brands. This conversation is about maximizing time, removing limitations, and staying committed because success is built one step at a time.

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0:00.0	First question is always the hardest. Colleen.
0:03.0	Okay, so I was going through just, I have all the notes, all the topics have ever brought up on our coaching calls.
0:10.0	So we also have an OG coaching call, 7 a.m. 7 a.m. every other Sunday.
0:17.0	And so she's collected every question she's asked. So sometimes I'll literally copy and paste it.
0:22.6	I'll throw it into the track of ET and I'll say,
0:24.6	what questions haven't I asked yet?
0:26.6	But that's not my question.
0:29.6	That wasn't available when we started.
0:31.6	Yeah, that's not my question though.
0:33.6	So I was just scrolling through and one of the things that came up,
0:36.6	I don't know what the note was
0:37.8	about but it said do you ever calendar accountability and so I was yeah so the
0:46.6	idea of calendaring is interesting right for me you got to define words when people
0:51.7	ask questions because it's stable data and if we don't use stable
0:54.6	data if Colleen tells me I want a lot of dough I might bring her cookies next time or you
1:01.8	know I might just you know give her this right so yeah now either either way, she's happy.
1:11.6	So, no, that's yours.
1:13.6	So the idea is that how do we calendar things and can calendar, can you, first of all, calendar
1:22.6	accountability?
1:23.6	So for me, calendaring is utilizing a centralized repository that based off of the common denominator
1:30.9	of the future, the only certainty of the future. Time. A calendar is a repository of the future.
1:39.6	The only certain future. I promise you there'll be nothing certain about tomorrow except for your
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