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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Howie Mandel - How He Turned Fear Into Funny | The Playbook

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation with Howie Mandel comedian, television personality, actor, producer, & host of “Howie Mandel Does Stuff”, I learn how a bet led to his comedy career and why he considers his first time performing his greatest success. We also chatted about why people need to avoid overthinking and how he is able to turn his fears into motivation. [1:11] - Why being a comedian is similar to being an entrepreneur [2:48] - How a dare unexpectedly led to his comedy career [6:50] - Why 99% of success comes from just showing up consistently [19:10] - The reason that curiosity is key to thriving in life Be sure to check out more of his content at www.howiemandel.com

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0:00.0

This is the Playbook.

0:04.6

This day, mostly with entrepreneurs, the Playbook, and every once in a while, you get an obscure

0:08.8

entrepreneur because you have no idea how entrepreneurism is invading every area of industry business

0:14.8

careers and jobs, and this is someone that I'm a fan of.

0:18.3

So I'm super excited to be here, Howie Mandel, everybody knows an extraordinary comedian,

0:23.5

actor, producer, unbelievable television personality, host, some of my favorite shows.

0:29.6

So that's why I'm a little bit excited.

0:31.4

I get to be around the greatest billionaires, millionaires, and entrepreneurs, but the one

0:36.2

profession I wish I would have been involved in was comedy.

0:40.0

Really?

0:41.0

And I do, I think that comedians are the highest level of intelligence and what comedians

0:47.1

have to do.

0:48.1

I don't understand what you mean.

0:50.1

I love that.

0:51.1

Exactly.

0:52.1

And your podcast, which you've done over a hundred episodes as well, Howie Mandel does stuff,

0:57.5

is indicative of how clever and quick you have to be in order to be a comedian, because

1:02.4

not only do you have to process so quickly, just like a quarterback in the NFL, but you actually

1:07.4

have to come up with something other than throw a football, you actually have to be funny.

1:11.1

You know, I don't know, and to be honest with you, I don't know.

1:15.8

And I think that what you do in comedy is very similar to what you do as an entrepreneur.

1:22.2

And the reason for that is, I just, I don't think, you know, I think that people overthink.

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