Fire Nation in the house, JLD here and welcome to episode 1744 of EO Fire where I chat with

entrepreneurs on fire seven days a week.

Everyone is scared of losing fire nation but in my book I teach you how to finally win,

visit howtofinelywin.com to learn how to create your dream life one step at a time.

Now let's share what today's featured guest, Dina Dwyer Owens.

Dina, are you prepared to ignite?

John, I am so fired up that it reminds me of my high school cheerleading days and my chant is

let's get fired up. Yes! I am ready. Dina is the co-chair of the Dwyer Group, a billion dollar

organization with more than 2800 franchisees around the world,

offering under service brands like Mr. Ruder, Mr. Electric, Glass Doctor, and more.

America also knows her for appearing on CBS's reality show Under Cover Boss.

Dina, take a minute, fill in the gaps from that in-show and give us just a little glimpse

of your personal life. Raised in the family of six kids, three boys and three girls and

a father who was super entrepreneurial and a mother who granted me in my faith went to work at

about the age of 13 because my father believed in a strong work ethic and did everything from

cleaning carpets to helping run a million square foot real estate empire that he had.

The good news is he worked me hard. I didn't like him all days but looking back,

I am so grateful for what he taught me and he had me listening to tape programs.

cassette tapes, John, you're much younger than I am. But cassette tapes. If I would listen to the

cassette tape, these are leadership cassette tapes, the Zig Ziglar Kindle, Nightingale, and

listen to the tape six times because repetition is a mother's skill. And at the end of the week,

if I could answer a few of his questions, pretty good. I did an extra five-buck allowance.

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