Dale Irvin is the world’s only “Professional Summarizer.” As a speaker, he attends conventions, listens to everything observes everything, and reports a summary to the audience at the end of the day in the form of a comedy monologue he just wrote. Dale has also written 7 books, has a weekly video cast called The Friday Funnies; and a weekly podcast, Another Day Above Ground.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Larry Winget – Click the following link to listen to the Larry Winget Podcast on The Entrepreneur Way
- Joe Calloway – Click the following link to listen to the Joe Calloway Podcast on The Entrepreneur Way
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the hardest part of course was at the time it was figuring out at the time an unknown market. Because the comedy clubs were just coming up… You had to figure out who do I talk to, how do I get on here, what are other guys doing, what are the different acts that are up there so that I can change mine. And it’s basically it is forcing yourself to get up every day and work”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The BibleFavourite Quote:
- “Outside of a Dog, a Book is Man’s Best Friend. Inside of a Dog, It’s Too Dark to Read.” Groucho Marx
Also mentioned
- “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” Martin Luther King Jr
Recommended Online Resources:
- Larry Winget – The Pitbull of Personal Development ® Larry is the best combination of credible content as backed up with his 6 bestselling books – award winning speaking performance and experience from having spoken to nearly 400 of the Fortune 500 – and an element of celebrity from his continuous television appearances.
- Joe Calloway – Joe works with leadership groups from 8 to 50 participants on improving personal and organizational performance This workshop is designed and priced for small to medium sized companies
- Mark Sanborn Leadership Speaker & Best Selling Author. Inspire your company s leaders and benefit from a memorable, motivational experience
- Google “entrepreneur how to make it”
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you are going to be an entrepreneur it’s probably because you are following a dream. Keep following that dream, keep going forward but live your dream”…[Listen for More]
More About Dale Irvin:
- Just Imagine
- Dale Irvin
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Some men see things as they are and ask why … I dream of things that never were and ask why not?” Robert Kennedy
Other Quotes From the Chat with Dale Irvin:
- “in my business you’ll learn and you get rated every 30 seconds . It’s unlike a lot of other jobs because you get rated on whether or not people laugh. If they laugh that was a good one, if they don’t well then you pretend you are serious ”
- “it’s ‘sticktoitivness’, it’s keeping on doing what you’re doing. You may not have made any forward progress today but you keep going and then tomorrow holy Christmas you take three steps forward. So, it’s just persistence… Persistence is the key to success as an entrepreneur”
- “you have got to take command, you have got to have goals, you have got to have ideas”
- “research as much as you can about what it is you want to do. And find out who is already doing it, what competitors you have and how are you going to make yours newer, better and faster”
- “always publicise yourself”
- “when people ask me what it’s like I say it beats the heck out of working for a living”
Leave a Reply