David Meltzer

Leigh Steinberg

“He taught me this kind of approach of always being fair, never negotiating to the last penny, and the true lesson of not doing business with dicks.”

Meltzer directly credits Steinberg with shaping his business ethics, negotiation style, and boundaries.

Bob Proctor

“I learned from Bob Proctor, one of my mentors.”

Meltzer explicitly identifies Proctor as a mentor and connects him to his thinking about time, mentorship, and efficient access.

The Secret

Rhonda Byrne

“My mentors and my heroes that I watched on that movie when I was going through my needed moment of my life.”

Meltzer directly frames the film and the people connected to it as part of his personal-development turnaround.

Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

“The podcast to me is like Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich.”

Meltzer uses Hill’s book as the benchmark for extracting success patterns from high achievers.

Karpman Drama Triangle

Stephen Karpman

“Have you ever heard of the Karpman Drama Triangle?... My biggest core energy, emotional energy that I had to shift is that I was a rescuer.”

Meltzer uses this formal psychological model to explain his own rescuer pattern and emotional blind spots.

Wayne Dyer

“I sought mentors like Wayne Dyer and Bob Proctor, who helped me align my actions with my purpose.”

Meltzer explicitly names Dyer as a mentor-level influence during his personal rebuild.

Dr. Meeta Singh

“I use my sleep coach, my sleep mentor, Dr. Meeta Singh.”

Meltzer identifies Singh as a sleep and performance coach connected to his recovery, travel, and daily optimization routines.

Dr. Sandip Desai

“I utilize data meditation... which is a practice, which I was trained in India from Dr. Sandip Desai.”

Meltzer attributes a specific meditation practice to Desai, making this a concrete training influence.

Jack Canfield

“Jack Canfield said, “Be a baby with change.””

Meltzer directly attributes a change-management mental model to Canfield.

John Assaraf

“John Assaraf and I- who wrote 'Innercise,' he blew me away when he said, “David, you're more of a Law of GOYA guy.””

Meltzer describes Assaraf as a peer who helped label his action-oriented contrast to passive manifestation thinking.

Deepak Chopra

“I learned so much about human existence, human nature, energy, frequency.”

Meltzer describes his interaction with Chopra as a major learning experience around spiritual and energetic concepts.

Steve Wynn

“When I asked Steve Wynn to help me with my relationship with money...”

Meltzer uses Wynn as an example of deliberately seeking mentorship from someone who sits in the situation he wants to understand.

Gary Vaynerchuk

“I asked Gary how I could be the most uncool popular middle-aged man on the internet.”

Meltzer is reported as seeking Vaynerchuk’s mentorship around personal branding and social media strategy.

How I Built This

Guy Raz / NPR

“David's favorite podcasts: – How You Built This – The Playbook”

The item appears in a favorite-podcasts list, making it a direct but lightweight media-consumption signal.

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

“Books like Outliers... go through the consistent behavior.”

Meltzer references Gladwell’s book while explaining the role of repetition, practice, and consistency.

Innercise

John Assaraf

“As John Assaraf says, they don't do the appropriate 'innercise.'”

Meltzer references Assaraf’s internal-fitness concept while talking about meditation and preparation for receiving what you ask for.

Ben Franklin Effect

Benjamin Franklin

“When you ask for help from someone you become an investment of that person.”

Meltzer uses the idea as a practical networking and relationship-building tactic.

Law of Attraction

New Thought movement

“Finally, the Law of Attraction.”

Meltzer repeatedly pairs attraction with action and uses it as part of his abundance worldview.

Rule of 72 / Compound Interest

“Compound interest that Einstein talks about in the power of 72.”

Meltzer applies a compounding mental model to consistency, growth, and behavior change.

Four Core Values / Four Great Truths

David Meltzer

“Four key values... gratitude... forgiveness...”

This is one of Meltzer’s central ethical and operating systems for life, business, and culture.

Five Daily Practices

David Meltzer

“There are five daily practices... know your what, know your who, know your how, know your now and know your why.”

This is a structured method Meltzer teaches for aligning desires, relationships, priorities, timing, and purpose.

Law of GOYA

David Meltzer

“The Law of GOYA was Get Off Your Ass.”

This is Meltzer’s action-oriented counterweight to passive versions of the Law of Attraction.

Triple A Strategy

David Meltzer

“The AAA Strategy of Alignment, Action, and Adjustment.”

This is Meltzer’s operating framework for aligning, acting, and adjusting toward goals.

5/20 Rule

David Meltzer

“I have a five 20 rule. I'll get on the phone with anyone for five minutes. And my meetings are 20 minutes.”

This is a concrete time-management rule Meltzer says he uses to stay accessible without losing control of his calendar.

The Empty Mile / 99%-ers

David Meltzer

“The last 1% is truly empty... we hold ourselves to 100% standard. Not the 99%.”

Meltzer reframes the extra mile as the final empty 1% where most people quit.

Cancel, Clear, Connect

David Meltzer

“I also use cancel clear connect whenever any negative thoughts come to my mind.”

Meltzer describes this as a repeatable interruption technique for negative thoughts.

Six Breaths of Buddha

David Meltzer

“I always take the six breaths of Buddha.”

This is a specific somatic practice Meltzer uses when he notices fear or ego-based consciousness.

Three Minds Framework

David Meltzer

“There are three minds with which we make our decisions, the conscious, subconscious and unconscious.”

Meltzer uses this model to explain habits, repeated thoughts, frequency, and behavior change.

Dummy Tax

David Meltzer

“A Dummy Tax is what you pay from the lessons that you learn.”

Meltzer reframes mistakes, losses, and failures as tuition for learning rather than shame.

World of More Than Enough

David Meltzer

“I’m trying to educate people about and encourage them to exist in the World of More Than Enough.”

This is Meltzer’s abundance worldview and a recurring frame for contrasting scarcity with possibility.