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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Only Person That Can Stop You is You | Interview With Henry Winkler, Actor & Director

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Henry Winkler, actor, comedian, author, executive producer, and director, shares his insights on: [3:32] - How he learned to treat his dyslexia as a superpower rather than a disability [9:19] - The gratitude that he feels for being a part of great shows like Happy Days and Barry [11:33] - The five words that he wishes he could tell his younger self [15:26] - How the Fonz character was born out of a lack of confidence Tweet me your takeaway from today’s episode @davidmeltzer Email Me! [email protected] Sign up for my Free Weekly Training https://free.dmeltzer.com/friday-training-1 Text Me! (949) 298-2905 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Following that passion is very difficult because other people say to you, you're stupid.

0:05.7

You can't do that. You want to achieve. That's beyond you. And you have to know in yourself early on.

0:14.0

I want to do this. I'm going to do this.

0:18.2

This is the flavor. I am so excited because I have looked up to this man for years. He's an

0:24.8

incredible actor, comedian, author, executive producer and director, the incredible,

0:30.5

incomparable Henry Winkler. Welcome to the playbook.

0:33.7

I'm so excited to be here. I just want to say you didn't have to look up that far. I'm only

0:38.0

five, six and a half. And I'm right with you. I think I'm five, six and three quarters.

0:42.6

So you and I are of equal height at the very least. Absolutely. But anyway,

0:48.7

it's such a pleasure because there's so much that you've done in your career. But the thing

0:53.2

that I look up to most that I think really is indicative of who you are is how much you've given

0:59.2

back. And I'll tell you something. Let me just say right now, what I figured out in my life,

1:06.3

and I knew this kind of early when the celebrity parts started in 75, 74.

1:16.5

If you take everything and you don't give back, you will explode.

1:24.8

I love it. It will. It's like a nuclear waste that's in an oil can, you know, and

1:34.5

that the top is sealed. It will eventually corrode and see right out of you.

1:42.6

And looking back, you know, before your career, you know, everyone deals with the number one

1:51.4

judgment in their lives, which is their parents and our parents, especially as we're older,

1:55.6

expectations of us, college careers, et cetera. And yet, you have some similarities. I've been

2:02.0

blessed to do over 1100 of these interviews with the greatest celebrities, athletes, entertainers,

2:06.9

millionaires, billionaires entrepreneurs. It seems to me, though, that there's always a conflict

2:12.3

between greatness or this spirit of excellence in our parents' expectations, who ironically

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