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Her Double-Amputation Changed Her Perspective on Life and What's Possible Entrepreneur Network partner David Meltzer interviews Jami Marseilles, a motivational speaker, gold medal athlete and teacher.

By David Meltzer

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Jami Marseilles, a motivational speaker, gold medal athlete and teacher, shares her story of overcoming the life-altering challenges she's faced, including being diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer and a double amputation of her legs after being trapped in the snow for 11 days.

Marseilles and The Playbook host David Meltzer discuss the importance of tough love and how to build credibility with your children or mentees in order to provide that tough love, as well as the relationship between your mindset and your results. The pair also chat about the power that gratitude has to create a positive perspective.

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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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