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The Most Important Trait Shared by Successful Athletes and Entrepreneurs Trying to becoming a professional baseball player gave Lukas Krause the tools to become a successful real estate entrepreneur.

By David Meltzer

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Lukas Krause, real estate entrepreneur and author of The Business of You, sits down to discuss the lessons he learned during his quest to make the major leagues in baseball, and how his gameday preparation has helped him to thrive in the real estate industry.

Krause chats with the host of The Playbook, David Meltzer, about how he landed in the New York Mets' organization despite not playing college baseball and how he was able to reinvent himself as a baseball player while working a full-time job. The pair discuss how to separate yourself from your competitors, the importance of pushing your limits and lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Krause's book.

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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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