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L. Scott Ferguson: [00:00:00] Time to shine today. Podcast varsity squad. This is Scott Ferguson and I I’m super stoked to bring you this interview because this gentleman is 11 years older than me and these super goals for me. Yeah, I’m just going to say his age is 62 years old. Dude gets after it every single morning. He’s a, , a U.

S. Marine. I’m not going to hold that against him. I’m just kidding, but , just a Navy Marine thing. I mean, he’s part of the department of the Navy, but they’ll say that the men’s department, which I kind of agree with that. But my guy here, Kim Harrington, , he holds a series seven and 66 licenses as well as a life health and annuity license in multiple states.

He’s a certified disc trainer with personalities, whatnot again, a fantastic us Marine, a veteran, a retired CHP officer, a keynote speaker, which you got to see this cat speak. He’s freaking rocks the stage. He’s on it. Most importantly, he’s. Other centered with giving a servant leader and a victim’s advocate.

He’s passionate about helping others achieve their personal and professional goals. [00:01:00] He strives to make a positive impact in his community and the world. And Kim, thank you so much for coming on. Please introduce yourself. The Time to Shine Today podcast Varsity Squad. But first, what’s your favorite color and why?

Kim Harrington: What? That’s an interesting question. I’m not going to say I didn’t watch some of your other podcasts and I knew this question was coming. Yeah, man. So I’m going to say black, man. Okay. And the reason why black is it’s kind of universal, what I mean? Because if you think about a car that’s black, it’ll fit in any setting.

Right. If you think about the clothing black, you’ll fit in any setting. If I’m wearing yellow. It might not work. So I’m, I’m, I’m a fan of black and it makes my head look good

L. Scott Ferguson: too. So I make sure I look good and, and not that you need it, but other people wear a black to slim them down. Yeah, it does do that, but you don’t need that brother.

So let’s get to the origins of stuff, , with regards to your servant. I mean, from the start with being a Marine. And off, off the Mike squad, , he told me he was a Marine in 1978 or 79. I’m like, dude, I was six, , it’s just a [00:02:00] dude that looks younger than me. And that, that’s just something that, , I, I take credit and I’ve been looking forward to this, but let’s get kind of to the roots of your brother and kind of where you started and how you’re up here, loving up the masses.

Kim Harrington: Yeah. So, , I’m I’m all about the stories. I’m all about the journey that people are on. And so I’m going to go way back. And I believe that this is. Where it all started. So I grew up in the social service system of New York city. Okay. I grew up in five foster homes in three group homes. My biological mother was a heroin addict.

She was addicted to heroin. And then my father was a career criminal. So by the time I was actually born, he had already spent half his life incarcerated. So if you think about those formative years, you think about abandonment, neglect, and just not feeling wanted or part of something special, you can either do one or two things.

You can continue to look at life in the rearview mirror, or you can look at life through the windshield. And I choose to look at life through the [00:03:00] windshield and you have to embrace I call it the pain. Yeah. You embrace everything that goes on in your life. The good, the bad is just part of your journey.

And so that’s where, that’s where it all started. And so I, I love the fact that you are doing this because a time to shine is about other people. It’s about giving people a voice. And not only that, it’s about the people that are listening. To this that can benefit even if you never hear from them.

They’re benefiting from what you’re doing, man. I

L. Scott Ferguson: appreciate that, man. I really appreciate it. I love that you said, , when I coach somebody in person, which I’m blessed to do a lot with with people here in South Florida, , I actually get in their car with them. Right. And one, I want to see how they keep their car.

Cause you can tell a lot about a person how they keep their car. Right. But I put them in the driver’s seat. I sit in the passenger seat. I see this little thing right here. That’s a rear view mirror. It’s small for a reason. It’s a great place to visit and learn from, but we’re not staying there. We’re passing that all the time.

The windshield big, [00:04:00] scary. , but to get there, we got to be present. We got to buckle our seatbelt, ignition, , put it in, in dry and go. And just this little thing on the screen, if it’s, , newer, if the car is newer than 2011, , this thing is called a GPS and that’s me. I’m going to help you get there.

I can’t drive you there, bro, but you can get there. So when you said. You are like a brother from older, older brother that looks like you’re going to be from a different mother, man. This is awesome, dude. This is awesome. So you, you went out on this, you started embracing the pain , went out on the journey.

Was it kind of the Marines next after kind of out of the foster homes? Yeah.

Kim Harrington: So the, and I tell people this all the time and you might feel that you’re, I’m sure you feel the same way about going into military, by the way. Yes, sir. The Marine Corps, by far, not even a close second, is the best decision I’ve ever made in my entire life.

Yes. The Marine Corps literally took me from a life of no direction to a [00:05:00] life of absolute direction. Taught me how to be a man. How to stand tall, be proud, honor, integrity, loyalty, attention to detail, be part of something bigger than myself, working collectively as a unit from people from all over the country, different ethnicities, religious beliefs with one mission.

And our goal was to accomplish that mission. And , this, by the way, that we were willing to lay down our lives for our fellow Marines without hesitation, a hundred percent. So when you go from basically, , no direction to Marine Corps, and then, , that the ultimate goal is to accomplish the mission regardless.

Right. And that’s, that’s the beauty of the Marine Corps. I’m, I’m a Marine, I’ll be a Marine for the rest of my entire life. I take that away, man. Yeah. And and I love that man. I love being a marine. I love telling people that I’m a Marine.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. You should be absolutely freaking proud of it. And the thing with me even, ’cause what I did in the military working bomb squad, I’ve worked mostly.

With [00:06:00] Marines, it was, , a hundred percent, , and, , we do the dives over the side of the boat and look for, , explosives and stuff. And then we jokingly say we’re dropping the Marines off to go catch a bullet and stuff like that, but they’re the baddest mofos around. And thank God this country has them because you don’t know it unless you served and me being blessed to be around them was awesome, Kim.

So. So we went in the Marines and and we’re kind of pulling, , working our way forward here when we kind of step into the kind of the coaching, , aspect of where you’re at, like, kind of right now with like, like, I’ve looked at your stuff, your content is fantastic. But how do we really get there?

Well,

Kim Harrington: I think it’s just it’s the life’s about the stories. It’s about the journey, , 16 years as a highway patrol officer, you really see things that most people will never see in their entire lifetime. Yeah. And I know you’ve heard this term, nothing good happens after midnight. That is a hundred percent true, by the way, a hundred percent true.

And so you, my, my coaching [00:07:00] began in the Marine Corps and then through as a field training officer in the highway patrol. So you’re always coaching and trying to find a way to communicate effectively. And for me, I believe that you can get a whole lot more out of people with love than fear, and if you can build people up and get them to understand that they there’s a lot more in the tank, they can do a lot more than they think they can do, and that the person.

, in the gym, bench pressing 415 pounds and you’re bench pressing a hundred pounds is no different than no different, zero, because they might be able to do that, but they can’t curl as much as you, so everybody’s body is different and it’s just our approach to looking at it so that all that coaching led up to this and currently.

Being a coach means I can make an impact on other people’s lives in their personal life, their professional life. The goal is to help them reach their full potential. And we all have [00:08:00] these unique competencies, these gifts that we’re already good at. It’s just identifying them, tapping into them, and then allowing other people to benefit from them, whether it’s your volunteer activity or whether you’re at your job.

L. Scott Ferguson: Wow. You just hit that. Well, allowing other people. To benefit that that’s that’s strong because again, you’re you’re filling your cup, And it’s it’s a way of being selfish in a sense, right? But selfish even if you look in webster’s if anyone has those anymore Dictionary, right? Selfish doesn’t mean a bad word.

It’s really taking care of yourself so you can help others I love that man So others can benefit identify the gifts and tap them to them so others can benefit that’s strong kim That’s seriously strong. So What do you think that makes a great coach? I know you kind of modeled that right there, but what, what other attributes does a great coach have?

Well, it’s,

Kim Harrington: it’s, if you think about it this way, if you’re in any profession, by the way, if you, if you go to the doctor’s [00:09:00] office and this doctor is giving you advice on your health. Sure. And the doctor is not healthy themselves, or you go to the dentist and the dentist has screwed up teeth, right?

There’s, there’s a it’s very intuitive that you’re not going to listen to this person, right? So the first thing I think that a great coach can do is be a role model for the behavior that they want those people to demonstrate. If you’re talking to people about taking care of themselves, and you don’t take care of yourself, that’s not good.

If you talk to people about being an effective communicator. And you have a bunch of filler words, you’re looking around, you’re fidgeting with things. That’s not, you’re not modeling the behavior. If you’re coaching people to be a better salesperson, and you don’t know how to build a foundation of trust, credibility, rapport, ask permission, ask questions, ask effective discovery questions, gain a commitment.

If you don’t have a defined sales process, How can you coach other people to do the same thing? Thank you. By the [00:10:00] way, you can get away with it for a very short period of time. Yeah. That first call, that second call, but after that, when the rubber meets the road and they have to start doing the activities, that’s where the true person is revealed and the best coaches can role model the behavior for the

L. Scott Ferguson: people that they’re coaching.

Abso frickin lutely, dude. Like that is. That’s huge. I’m blessed to coach a minor league baseball team here in Florida, , is the mindset and whatnot. And like, just showing up, it’s like, I get in the gym for myself. I mean, discipline is doing something you don’t want to do when you don’t want to do it.

Right. So, I mean, sometimes, no matter how driven you are, but then I think, okay, I’m walking in. To the facility. It’s like, I better look a certain way for these guys to take me seriously, dude, what I’m saying? So even if I’m only working with their mind, if I was to walk in there with my old, , I went through a time.

A lot of people know my story with 44 inch gut, , like. , stuff like it was, it was terrible. But , that’s where, , I stay six, one stay around the two 40. I still can get in 36 waste and, , I’m good, , for, for [00:11:00] that being able to show up, like you said, a model. So then if you’re in a coaching conversation, maybe it’s a discovery conversation.

What is kind of your secret sauce? And if you don’t mind sharing to find that, that blind spot, they might be working with coach. Well,

Kim Harrington: see, there’s, there’s once again, I talk about doing things with love rather than fear. Yes. And, and obviously you’re an athlete, you, you, you deal with minor league baseball team.

Now think about the, the kids, think about someone you’re coaching. And I made this mistake early on when I started coaching my son’s T ball team. I had the initial approach that I wanted to be their buddy. I wanted to have them think, Oh, that’s a cool guy. That’s a cool coach. But then I had these parents looking at me like, Hey, my kid needs to learn how to, so obviously I learned from that, but I used this approach and I, for lack of a better term, it’s the Oreo cookie.

I want to have them do self discovery. I already know what I’m going to work on with them. However, there’s power in self [00:12:00] discovery. So if I say, tell me what you’ve done well, you always start off with the good. And if they can’t come up with something that they’ve done well, based on our conversations, I’m going to come up with something they’ve done well.

I want to start off with a positive. Yeah. Then that middle part of the Oreo cookie, the cream, that is the helpful feedback. That is where there’s an opportunity for improvement. So I’m also going to ask him, what do you feel like you’re lacking? Where’s the area where there’s an opportunity for improvement?

I want them to say it instead of me saying it. And if they can’t come up with something, I’m going to start asking those open ended discovery questions for them to reveal it. Right. And then I’ll end with something positive. Continue to do this well, work on one skill item, work on one knowledge item at a time.

If you can work on one skill item, let’s just say for the sake of discussion, you want to take a leadership role in a conversation. The best way to do that is ask permission to ask questions. It may be intuitive that you’re going to do that anyway. But by [00:13:00] asking permission, it’s going to allow you to be 100 percent in charge, right?

Yes. That’s a skill item. A knowledge item could be the X’s and O’s. Right. And the cool thing is, if you’re working in an environment where there’s high volume, it’s going to be a short learning curve. Right. You start working on something, you’ll work on the next skill item, the next knowledge item, the next skill item, the next knowledge item, and continually to build off that.

So, that is the model that I use. That’s beautiful. And I think it works. And obviously, there’s other layers to this. Yeah. Initial calls where you want people to understand the why and their core values. And I call the core values. What, what are you going to have on your billboard? Your t shirt. Just grab three things.

That’s who you are. Non negotiable. These are your core values. , being here, showing up on time is a core value of mine. , when someone’s late, it blows my mind that they can be late, but , we live in a different world right

L. Scott Ferguson: now. I love that you asked permission coach, because, with that, I mean, even when I start, , I asked, do I have permission to coach you, , and then I kind of backed that up.

Do I also have permission to hold you accountable? Yeah. , [00:14:00] cause then after that, like you just said, you made it, you stated perfectly, you’re in control. As the coach from then on out. I mean, everybody knows what they want. They just sometimes don’t know how to talk themselves into it. Right. And then every challenge we have inside us, the, the way to fix it is there too.

? So if you ask that permission, you’re in control of asking those open ended questions to really get them to see that light bulb, because if I consult you and say, Kim, what if you did it this way? You’re like, yeah, I’ll do that. You do it, it sucks. You’re like man, Fergie sucks. But if you come up with it, Kim comes up with it, and it doesn’t go the way you want to, you’ll, like winners adjust.

Mediocre people excuse, make excuses. So I love that, man. I love it. So then I’m sure you’ve heard this question. I’ve asked if you’ve listened to a couple of mine, but like, is there any good question that you wish They would ask you, but never do maybe during the discovery session.

Kim Harrington: Oh, yeah. So for me, I always want to know [00:15:00] what drives people.

If, if, if let’s just take money off the table, if you could address all your financial obligations. All of them. And you didn’t have to think or worry about that at all. Why are you doing what you’re doing? For example, when I’m speaking with someone about a mortgage, that part of my life, when I’m speaking to someone about a mortgage, I want to know why they want to buy this home.

I want to know about their family. I want to know about their kids. I want to know about their parents. I want to know why they’re moving. If I don’t understand that, Then I’m going to fall short on how I can benefit them. And so I always want to, I want to know the driver behind people’s behavior and their motivation.

If it’s just money. I have a hard time with it, by the way, because if you can, if you can find a way to treat people and get them where they need to be a byproduct of that is that we’re all going to benefit from it. I

L. Scott Ferguson: love it. I love it. And [00:16:00] like, I, that’s why I kind of use Ford, , family, occupation, recreation and dreams.

It’s my way of finding out there. Why? Without using the word why because me and coaching and why can sound judgmental even no matter why do you do this? It’s , but if I could find out those different things, so tell me coach, what is your three? Core values that you

Kim Harrington: so my my main core value is to I want to help other people get to where they want to get in their personal professional life That is a core value of mine.

I don’t care if i’m outside with my neighbor I want to make sure that every single interaction I have with someone is positive. The very, at the very least, and I never say this part, but the very least, I don’t want there to be a rub. And I’m a realist, and I’m also from New York City, so I know that sometimes you can’t control it.

Right, right. But I want to, the core value is I want to make sure that every single interaction is positive. Right. The second core value is that [00:17:00] I want to make a positive impact and a legacy with my name on the community. Because you live at an address, you work at an address that does not make you part of the community, right?

In order to be part of the community, you have to be in the community, benefiting other people with not having an expectation of anything in return. So, in a nutshell, those are my core values. Obviously, the other core value of mine is to represent. So that one word, represent. It’s something that I used to say to my kids when they would leave and go to school and things like that.

Now I wouldn’t say behave yourself. Don’t get any trouble, pay attention in class. I would just say represent. So represent our brand, our last name that’s on our jersey. Whether you’re going to the mailbox, whether you’re coming to work with me, or you’re at school. Someone is always watching.

L. Scott Ferguson: Represent.

Yeah, it’s like when Manny and Lisa did Jeter, man. When they were running off the field. He’s like… Let’s run off of it. And Gina’s like, why? Because you never know who’s watching, dude. What I’m saying? It’s 100 percent truth. , [00:18:00] that’s, that’s amazing. So you’ve seen the movie back to the future.

I take it. Right. All right. Let’s, let’s get in that DeLorean with Marty McFly. Let’s go back to the double dues, the 22 year old coach Kim. He wasn’t a coach probably there, but let’s talk about the double dues, the 22 year old Kim, what kind of knowledge nuggets would you drop on him? Not so much to change anything.

Cause what happened to you formed who you are. Because you took it in a great way. But what might you tell him to maybe shorten a learning curve, blast through, or level up, maybe just a little bit quicker? Well,

Kim Harrington: see, the 22 year old was a Marine. I was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps. I was working in a military prison, a brig.

And so my perception of life was skewed. And so what I would tell that 22 year old version of Is the same thing I tell people now your perspective on life cannot grow unless your environment expands and I don’t care if you if like here we live in. I live in Atlanta. If I don’t cross the [00:19:00] border to go to Alabama or Florida or Tennessee, I’m missing the mark.

You have to get away from your comfort area. Experience other cultures, food, music, and just be open to it. And so back then I was so dialed in on being a Marine and being really good at my job that I, I kind of let things go by the wayside when I was not working. I wasn’t focused on my life and being a better person, right?

L. Scott Ferguson: It’s like to fill Ferris Bueller. So back to the eighties, like life goes by fast, man. If you don’t slow down observing the president, it just kind of flies by you, man. And even like being a cop, I mean, you were showing up on arguably. The person’s worst day of their life up to that point, and for you, all that stuff, the intangibles can that you went through made you that, , the highly sought after coach you are today, which is amazing and leading to that, because I was hoping you better have said legacy and some of your core [00:20:00] values, right?

But, , I’m going to ask you again about the dash, man, how, how do you want your dash remembered, , that little line between your incarnation date and your expiration date, man, how does Kim want his dash remembered?

Kim Harrington: That’s interesting you say that because I use that same analogy when I talk to people about, I say you can pass by any cemetery in this country.

And two things will be for sure your birthday and the day to your dirt, but the things that will be different is that dash, how you lived your dad. And so, for me, that dash is I want once again, I want to leave behind this 1 thing when they think about me. He was a good man. Yeah, him Harrington was a good man.

And and really, that’s. That’s all I need. I have the love of my family. Yeah. I’ve got kids, grandkids. I’ve got my, because of my formative years, the way I grew up, I cherish my relationships with people. If I’m a friend of somebody, I’m a friend of somebody. Right. And I will go through the [00:21:00] fire for them.

Yeah. And so they’re there because of that, though, there are, I have a low tolerance for certain things. One low tolerance I have is dishonesty. If someone is dishonesty, dishonest, I don’t like that. If someone says something and doesn’t follow through with it, to me, that’s almost on the same playing field as being dishonest, but I say, I’m going to do this by this date and that date passes.

That’s a big turnoff for me. Yeah, huge. And so just, he was a good man is really in a nutshell. Yeah.

L. Scott Ferguson: And that encompasses a lot of different things at which, which you’re living. And that’s, to me, it’s fricking impressive. So what do you think then people can misunderstand the most about you? Yes. So,

Kim Harrington: , when you have a certain look, like I have this haircut, I’ve got the goatee.

I’m not, I’m not the rock because I’m probably about 100 pounds and 6 inches shorter than him, but there’s a, there’s a, when you first see me, people don’t [00:22:00] perceive me a certain way. If they knew me, they would know that I’m a jokester. I love, I love laughing. I think you should laugh every single day of your life.

You should laugh hard as often as possible. I’m a magician. I’ve got these I’ve got these hobbies, magician and poetry. Okay. So, and if you see me like, yeah, I got to know anything about poetry. Yeah, I do. Yeah, I do. I don’t write it, but I memorize it to use it in certain situations that will benefit the other person I’m communicating with to get them to see it a little bit different.

Wow. I would say that the first glance, the prima facial look at somebody, you shouldn’t, you’ve heard this many times, you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Yeah. It’s so true with all of us. But just engaging in a conversation with somebody is going to make a world of

L. Scott Ferguson: difference huge huge Hey coach, is there anything that like you believed in the past?

Like, and you believe hard in them that really, that [00:23:00] as you move through your journey of life, that you’ve changed your views on. Oh,

Kim Harrington: yeah. There’s by the way, there’s so much by the way. So, , when you’re a, when you’re in law enforcement, I’m going to give you the reader’s digest version, law enforcement.

If you think about law enforcement and you think about not the people, but the activities of a law enforcement officer, the job is a hundred percent negative and people say, what do you mean? How can it be a hundred percent negative? If I am rushing into a house fire to rescue people, I am rescuing them.

I’m doing a fantastic thing. The house just burned down. Still negative for them. If I am doing CPR on the side of the freeway, and I’m actually resuscitating somebody, saving their life. They were in a collision. They almost lost their life. They’re going to the hospital. It’s still negative for them. So the job itself is so negative.

And it skews your view of life. You don’t, , initially when you start any job, it’s [00:24:00] fresh, it’s new. You actually see the things for what they are. You see some devastation as a result of an incident. But then after time goes by, you see measurements. They’re just measurements. Six months from now, I got to make sure all my T’s are crossed, my I’s are dotted for court.

It might not be six months, it might be four years. Right. I am collecting data. I’m putting together some structure to present at a later time. So there’s a disconnect with humanity. Right. And so what I, what I know now is that if you really take the time to just breathe, Get to know people, communicate, don’t feel threatened by someone that may have more knowledge than you in a certain area.

Yeah. I embrace that, man. I want you to, I want you to succeed. I want you to teach me something. That’s what life’s

L. Scott Ferguson: about. Yes. I live, , the plus equals minus, , like every day. , I’m looking for somebody that’s that’s higher than me [00:25:00] that’s attained something and learn from them someone like That’s kind of equal to me like you and I can maybe shoot the shit and like pass on knowledge to each other And then also send the elevator down for somebody that wants to get to where you are at the time and I think if you do that every day the day is And I love that you said your perspective will not grow unless your environment expands.

And that’s just something that was taught to me also is that, , the success has two mentals in it. One mental up top and two environmental. Right where you are and where you start. That’s fricking awesome. Kim and we, we, we definitely have to rock a stage soon. We will absolutely kill it in squad.

We’re going to take my good friend, Kim hair coach, Kim Harrington, who are loving up, letting it run. Just as soon as we get back from thanking our sponsors and affiliates. Time to shine today, pockets, varsity squad. We are back and coach you and I will definitely meet up. It’s it’s going to happen. And You will talk about maybe some of these over a brain grenade or a coffee or something, for an hour.

So probably some of these questions, man, go [00:26:00] deep, but today you got five seconds with no explanations and they can all be answered that way. Marine, you’re ready to rock. Yes. All right. Let’s level up. Kim, what’s the best leveling up advice you’ve ever received? Awareness, the work awareness. Yes. Share one of your personal habits that contributes to your success.

Physical fitness. Awesome. So you see me kind of walking down the street and you’re like, man, , Fergie looks like he’s in a doldrums, man. Like what book might you hand me to level me up? Wow.

Kim Harrington: The

L. Scott Ferguson: perfect present. Oh yeah. Awesome. Dude. No, one’s ever said that, but I’ve read it. That’s awesome. So other than your own website and of course time to shine today’s website, what website do you like to go to, , kind of level up brother?

Kim Harrington: I go to I go to youtube man, I look for some motivational stuff

L. Scott Ferguson: on that. Yeah What’s your most commonly used emoji when you text thumbs up? Yeah, it’s got to be colored by the way You busted my ball. That’s right I love it nicknames growing up. Lion beautiful And [00:27:00] is there any hidden other than magic now because you already just said that but is there any hidden talent owner?

And or superpower you have that nobody really knows about Ah, man, just poetry. Magic and poetry, that’s enough said already. Chess, checkers, or monopoly? I’d say chess. So there’s a headline for your life, or a billboard. What’s it say on it? Grind. Yes. Go to ice cream flavor? Chocolate. Alright. There’s a sandwich called the, the, Kim Lyon Level Up.

What’s on that sandwich, man? Build

Kim Harrington: it for me. Well, it’s gonna be ham and cheese. It’s gonna have some bacon bits. And it’s going to have some lettuce, tomatoes, and some jalapenos. Nice man

L. Scott Ferguson: sandwich. Beautiful. I love it. Favorite charity and organization like to give your time or money to?

Kim Harrington: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, man.

38 years I’ve been a volunteer with

MAD.

L. Scott Ferguson: Thanks brother. I appreciate that. Last question, and you can elaborate on this one. What’s the best decade of music? 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s?

Kim Harrington: Whoo, man, [00:28:00] I’m gonna have to go to the 70s, man. There you go. I love it,

L. Scott Ferguson: man. There’s a lot of teenagers here, so 70s. , what’s funny is that, like, when I’m, want some music on, like, when I’m working, it’s the 70s.

It’s like vinyl classic, right, is usually what I throw on. I’m an 80s baby, the, , growing up, everything that happened in the 80s. But in the 70s, man, it’s like, everything had a story to tell. , I don’t care if it was fast with the eagles or slow like Jim Croce. It was like everything had stories and I love that, man.

So, coach, how can we find you, my friend? So my

Kim Harrington: website is www. kimherrington. com. That’s my company, H10 Enterprises. Telephone number is 813 830 3545. Or you can email me at kim at h10enterprises. com.

L. Scott Ferguson: And I love it squad that the H10 is because Harrington has 10 letters in it and that’s exactly right.

That’s an apartment and you can say that Mimi H10 related, but then they’re like, [00:29:00] wait a minute, Harrington does have 10 and it fits in with your coaching brother. So. Also, I know that Coach Kim is open for speaking engagements and keynote, like I just said, keynote speak engagements and also coaching.

So, if anyone wants a warm introduction to him, please, , let me know and I’ll be happy to do that. And Coach, do me one last solid and leave us with one last knowledge nugget we can take with us, internalize and take action on.

Kim Harrington: So if you I always think about this. We think about time for life expectancy.

We think about the 720 hours in a month. We can think about the 168 hours in a week, or we can think about 24 hours in a day. But there was a poem by Benjamin E. Mays, and he wrote it about time. He said, I only have a minute, 60 seconds in it, forced upon me. I did not choose it, but I know I must use it.

Give a count. If I abuse it, suffer. If I lose it, Only a tiny little minute, but eternity is in it.

L. Scott Ferguson: Awesome, dude. Even in that minute, it’s there. I love [00:30:00] it. And squad, but you said a super fun conversation with my good friend and coach, , Kim Harrington, , you blasted through five foster homes, a heroin addict, mother.

criminal father. A lot of people use that as an excuse, , to live a life of poverty or and maybe follow the footsteps of them. But he didn’t, , he hopped in the Marine Corps, really learned the discipline. He learned, , the steadfastness, steadfastness to be able to, , level up his life while helping others.

, he doesn’t live in that rear view mirror. If he did, he’d be stuck back there. He believes in that windshield, no matter how big it is. He loves to say, , embrace the pain, the good, the bad. Embrace all of your journey, , be something be a part of something bigger than yourself, and your story Is the one that you’re writing on a daily basis like, And basically if you run into a time where you are finding adversity like look back at those stories That’s what kim will tell you look at a story that worked for you in the past And then pull that forward into where you’re at now.

That’s where rearview mirror [00:31:00] might be able to work for you in Kim wants you to identify your gifts, tap into them and allow other people that benefit from them. I mean, is how kick asses that squad, , and he writes us that a great coach is a role model with the behaviors that they have, that they want the people that he’s coaching to demonstrate.

So if you’re a coach out there and you’re listening, or if you’re looking to hire a coach, make sure that they who are, you would want to Emulate not be them, but make sure that they have the skills to pay the bills to to be able to coach you on that, , he told us about the Oreo cookie about, , telling you what you do well, and also the cream of with the feedback and whatnot.

I thought that was fantastic. , he wants. To be really known as helping other people get what they want and make a positive impact with his legacy, man, the dude’s planting trees. He’s never going to sit in the shade of. And one thing I like about Kim here is he does it for the intention, not the attention.

He’s not like, look at me, look at me, look at me. He’s more interested in making you succeed. Knowing the reciprocity is going to come his way because that’s the way the universe and [00:32:00] God works, , and I tried to type out the poem when he was talking about it, but every single minute matters. That’s your infinity.

That’s your eternity. So live it live present. That’s what my good friend, Kim does. He’s a handsome devil. He levels up his health. He levels up his wealth. , he’s humble yet. He’s hungry. He’s funny. He’d be a fantastic coach for you. He’s earned his varsity squad letter here at time to shine today.

Coach. Thank you so much for coming on, man. Absolutely. Love your guts, brother. Thank you, brother. Talk soon.

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