This is a short transcript of Scott Duffy introducing David Meltzer at a SportsOne Marketing Rose Bowl Speakers Series event (Fall 2017). Duffy praises Meltzer (noting an anecdote that Meltzer held 17 meetings in one day), gives a brief motivational talk centered on productivity, accessibility, overcoming ego, and serving others, and mentions a recorded video that will be distributed to attendees.
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Well, it's awesome to see everybody. And on behalf of David Meltzer and SportsOne Marketing, I just wanted to thank all of you for joining us today. We have a heck of a program, a heck of a lineup for you, and I'm really excited to get started again in terms of what we have in store for you.
The history of this event is for those of you who know Dave, this guy holds court. We were just in New York. I don't know how this happened. Dave held 17 meetings in one day alone. It's the most amazing example of productivity and accessibility. What Dave talks about every day in our office, the idea of being all in and not hedging your way through life. So with that, let me introduce a big round of applause, by the way, for my good friend David Meltzer.
I'm here to talk about productivity and accessibility. And I believe your ego has all these needs. And that's really what our downfall is, is getting out of our own way and need to be right, need to be offended, need to be superior, inferior, all of these different needs that we all have that really don't allow us to access what we want. One of the things that's my pet peeve is the idea of being busy. So many people tell me now, I didn't call you for help because I thought you'd be too busy. You know, busy is bullshit. And. No, it really is. Nobody is more busy than anyone else. And I'll tell you why, mathematically, is that all of us have 24 hours, and that 24 hours is full of activities, period. And you cannot be more busy than me because you are allotted the same amount of time that I have. But the truth was, I was down busy street and I was attaching all of my happiness to an outcome. I'm trying to teach people that by enjoying that process with productivity and accessibility, everything comes faster. You're in your own way, and when you get out of your own way and you have no need to be right, offended, superior, inferior, separate, you can access whatever you want. And the best way to access what you want is to serve other people. A big hand for Dave Meltzer.
So we videotape this and we're gonna do what we preach, right? We'll send you a video tomorrow so you guys can have that. It'll be in the 62nd spot. And hopefully you'll share that with your whole network, which is great because it'll brand you because you'll be in it. If you're any of these brands, right, we're totally piggybacking and cannibalizing brands, but we're creating inertia with it. But I did lie. This is a setup. So we actually have the video done. Now.
I want everyone to travel this street. Enjoy the pursuit of your potential. Vibrate as fast as you can and help as many people as you can. And I promise you, the next time we get together, you'll be one of those people telling me, oh, my God, this shit works. I promise you it works.
