ELEVATE Series 2025 with David Meltzer: Lead with Faith, Focus, and Resilience
In this powerful and heart-centered ELEVATE Series session, David Meltzer shares candid reflections and clear strategies to help leaders thrive in uncertainty. From surviving bankruptcy to empowering over a billion people to live with joy, David draws from lived experience, business acumen, and spiritual wisdom.
He introduces the concept of the “Quitter Pandemic,” explaining how most people drift away from purpose at the first sign of adversity, while the committed few double down and rise. David urges entrepreneurs to master time through prioritization, cultivate non-negotiable habits like sleep, faith, and health, and understand how imagination and reading help us discern reality from illusion.
He shares the power of practicing gratitude, identifying emotional reactions as clues to unresolved trauma, and remembering our divine nature in moments of fire. This conversation is a call to deepen your faith, sharpen your focus, and keep going—no matter the evidence or obstacles. If you’re looking for truth and traction, this is essential viewing.
Here’s just some of the fantastic strategy and advice shared from this conversation:
👉 Most people quit when evidence contradicts their goals. True leaders double down and move forward.
👉 AI won’t replace humans—it will amplify our strengths. David encourages entrepreneurs to study and practice AI not to escape work, but to enhance their creativity, emotional intelligence, and decision-making speed.
👉 The antidote to overwhelm is prioritization. By committing to non-negotiables like sleep, health, family, and faith, you eliminate the chaos and distraction that sabotage long-term success. These habits create 90% of your outcomes.
👉 Reading is a lost superpower. It expands imagination, and imagination is the key to knowing what’s real and possible. Without it, we struggle to see the future or break free from limiting beliefs rooted in the past.
👉 You will never outperform your self-image. If your internal beliefs are outdated, based on past pain or fear, they will quietly dictate your ceiling—until you shift your narrative and reimagine your potential.
Meet our guest speaker, David Meltzer:
David Meltzer is the Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. He is a globally recognized entrepreneur, investor, and top business coach. Variety Magazine has recognized him as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year, and he has been awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
As Executive Producer of the Apple TV series 2 Minute Drill and Office Hours, as well as Entrepreneur’s #1 digital business show, Elevator Pitch, David brings unmatched insights to audiences worldwide. His journey has been featured in books, movies, and TV, including World’s Greatest Motivators, Think and Grow Rich, and Netflix’s Beyond the Secret. His life’s mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! This simple yet powerful mission has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing… VALUE. In all his content and communication, that’s exactly what you’ll receive.
Website:www.dmeltzer.com
Connect with David: www.linkedin.com/in/davidmeltzer2
Meet your host, Amber Vilhauer:
Amber Vilhauer is a Books & Business strategist, multi-bestselling author, speaker, and the Founder of NGNG™ Enterprises (No Guts No Glory), an Inc. 5000 top marketing agency. She is the author of Infinite Impact and co-author of The Long Forest Trail with her son, Clay. Since starting NGNG™ in 2007, Amber has helped thousands of entrepreneurs align their business with their core talents and desires, empowering them to build the business and life of their dreams while naturally scaling revenue and impact.
She and her team routinely get in the trenches, implementing custom marketing strategies that attract qualified leads, launching bestselling books, and growing engaged followings that convert. Her strategies are comprehensive, deep, and built to align every aspect of her clients’ businesses with their ultimate visions. Amber and her team have made more than 1,000 authors #1 bestsellers, and has also been twice recognized as Female Entrepreneur of the Year. Connect and learn more at https://ngngenterprises.com, https://getinalignment.com, and https://booksandbusiness.com.
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Ready for more?
Join Amber Vilhauer and visionary business leaders for The ELEVATE Entrepreneurship Summit in person this September 11 & 12th in Boulder, Colorado to learn proven strategies for growing during economic instability.
When markets faltered in 2020, host Amber Vilhauer pioneered innovative strategies that grew her business by 80% annually for two years, earning multiple Female Entrepreneur of the Year awards and Inc.5000 recognition for being one of the fastest growing companies in America.
Now she’s assembled an elite line-up of speakers to address critical challenges like cognitive overwhelm, an aligned marketing strategy that is turning heads and getting results, how to use AI to expedite your progress, and how to adjust your sales approach to gain financial stability. Don’t shrink or “wait and see.” Gain the clarity, connections and customized 16-month growth plan needed to expand your following, revenue and impact while protecting your wellbeing.
Limited seats remain: https://booksandbusiness.com/join/
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Connect & Get Support:
- https://NGNGenterprises.com (Strategy, Training, & Services)
- https://AmberVilhauer.com & https://GetInAlignment.com (Leadership and Impact)
- https://BooksAndBusiness.com (Education & Community)
- Books: https://InfiniteImpactBook.com, https://ClayVilhauer.com
About:
NGNG™ Enterprises (standing for No Guts No Glory) was founded in 2007 out of a passion to lift up those with an impact-driven message. Today, we’ve served thousands of authors, speakers, coaches, and business owners globally through branding and website design, bestseller book launches, and online growth strategy and systems.
Our work is custom (no generic, cookie-cutter stuff here). The relationship we have with our clients is personal and long-term. Download our pricing menu and see if we can be a fit to help you actualize your potential online!
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