This Former Professional Football Player Explains Why Entrepreneurs Should Embrace PainPain is unfortunately unavoidable, but fortunately you can learn invaluable lessons from loss.

ByDavid Meltzer

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迈克莫osbrugger, former professional football player and up-and-coming inspirational speaker, shares his story about the devastating personal tragedy that forever changed his life and the invaluable lessons he learned about embracing pain instead of avoiding it.

Moosbrugger andThe Playbookhost David Meltzer cover topics such as surrounding yourself with the right people, overcoming addiction and finding mentors to help you build a better life. The pair also discuss the need to be brutally honest in your evaluations of yourself, how to drop your ego in order to ask others for help and embracing accountability in order to grow as a person and professional.

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David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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