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Hey, time to shine today varsity squad. It’s Scott Ferguson here and I am super stoked to bring you this interview that I did with T Shane Johnson. He is a marine veteran or veteran of the United States Marines. He has been seen on Forbes business Fox Business USA Today. A fantastic story about a true go giver. That’s always getting after it. He’s a motivational speaker does keynotes across the United States. He’s actually covered over 6000 miles, raising money for veteran suicide awareness. So you’re going to pick up some solid, solid knowledge nuggets in this interview. So sit back, relax, get out your notepad because here comes t Shane Johnson. Let’s level up

Hey, time to shine varsity squad. I am super stoked

I get my guy t Shane Johnson that’s coming on today. Wait till you hear the story. It’s amazing but I’m going to run in a little bit about what t Shane is all about. To Shane’s a motivational speaker corporate sales coach and Marine Corps Veteran Semper Fi, as a motivational speaker t Shane is on a road warrior running from coast to coast inspire the homeless veterans community and raises awareness about veteran suicide, covering 6000 miles nine states speaking in 30 plus cities helping over 10,000 hopeless homeless veterans or raising hundreds of thousands of dollars and nonprofit funds. He does all this was successfully operating three businesses and get this squad, a three time author and a two time Amazon bestseller crushing it. His tactics offer a fresh, inspiring message focusing on proven tactics that launch individuals and organizations. Beyond current expectations, and boy t Shane has a story to tell you on how all this came inspired. So welcome to the show Leatherneck. Could you quickly share with the varsity squad? Your favorite color and why?

Blue? Blue is my favorite because it’s my little girl’s favorite. She loves blue. I love blue. Whatever she loves, I’m down for it. So blue. It is

law. You know, it’s funny, as a lot of the veterans that I’ll interview, they’ll say red because it’s like, go go go. I think deep down inside you might be a little bit of red too. Yeah. brings you down a little bit. Yeah. I

mean, you know, man, when you become a father of a little girl, you know, it’s like, you become a killer and a whole different way. Right? You’re right around her. So she’ll break you down in five seconds, but anybody mess where they’re in the Marine comes out real.

It’s done. It’s over. It’s over. So man, I’m gonna just kind of shut off because you told me a little bit about your story before and I’ve read about you. You’ve been on Forbes. You’ve been on top publications. So tell me a story how this all got started.

Wow, that’s actually a long time. story so give the Reader’s Digest. So the gist of it is I think I did pretty much the basic platform of any potential military person. I grew up in a small town. You know, my dad was a single dad, I had a younger brother that was blind and mentally handicapped. He had a younger sister. So my dad used to work. He was a prison guard for almost 40 years. And, you know, we live probably 1213 miles away from town out in the middle of nowhere in Arcadia, Florida. And, you know, so I became the responsible one to take care of my siblings started as an entrepreneur at almost 1213 years old I was selling. Now I can say this, but when I was 12, or 13 years old, I was selling little half bottles and Bigelow blights two canoes would come down the river, run up to the house and sell them for like $35 and just made a killing off of it. Really cool story. And so then, you know, I had the opportunity to join the Marine Corps I wanted to I wanted to be the best So I joined the Marines left the small town had the opportunity from the Marine Corps to earn the title of being a marine. I was very fortunate. Graduated undergrad I was number one of my class mentors were promoted three times before I even got to I was in school by the time I got to the fleet and, and I joined Third Battalion, fourth Marines and infantry, you know, ground pounder and spend about a year and a half of them and then I went to battalion recon and Camp Pendleton Margarita there in 9802. During that time, I was going through recon introduction nation platoon and we were pretty underfunded. So I was part of a Ogt program. I didn’t go to actual IRS or VRC. That kept us in house because there was just a handful of us.

Post 911, right.

Actually, it’s prior to nine right

or no, it’s right. You said 19? Yes.

So we were going through all that training.

The operators were prepping for combat dive. We were just basically getting Hayes having a good time and pre scuba, just so the best shape of our lives. We had a 72 for those of you who are in the military kind of a free weekend and get away and not be hazed. And he exactly and I dipped out and was riding a motorcycle came up back in the base there was some gang members that were targeting military they hit me with a car I caught a corner of a brick house 45 miles an hour, broke my entire chestplate collarbone right hand shoulder blade every single rib was broken and shattered, not cracked, literally broken shattered. Cut all my major organs kidney spleen liver, put 350 cents as all pieces into my lungs. And my left bicep was lacerated and I was bleeding out I think your body holds about six pints the last four pints of blood. When I hit the ground, I was very fortunate and didn’t knock me out I hit the ground and they they kicked me and rob me kind of left me for dead and because of the neighborhood and the gang you know, no one would really help me So I walked two blocks to a fire station taking one full breath every minute with my right hand over my left bicep kind of keeping the blood from pouring out all over even though it was all over the ground. Got their helicopter came in got a flight took me in I flatlined out the first time on the helicopter flatlined out the second time soon as we land flatlined out the third time a little bit as we got into, got in. And once that all happened, see, I lost 54 pounds in two weeks had learned how to walk, talk, breathe again, actually ended up going back to my unit about six months later I was in what they would consider fully operational. I was back ptn I was able to run three miles and about 1819 minutes back to doing pull ups back to doing my setups again, how much time was had passed about about six months? No, yeah. So and then 911 happened. I was right at the end of getting out. And it was time for me to reenlist. And I went to the dive locker in ask Johnny you know Gunny a realist want to go with you guys over there we’re gonna hit Hawaii and then and then head over and he wouldn’t let me resign he said you know you you you face death many times before you live there’s a reason why you should be here you need to get out because you need to go head over there and and check out that box in the corner. So I was like, all right, whatever gonna be fine. A walk over the box. I look over and it says Johnson dead. on it and they had packed up all of my stuff because back to command they had told him I died I wasn’t gonna live they didn’t think I was going to make it so so pretty interesting thing in your life when you take to go over and you open up a box and has your your last name on it, you know, which is also your first name in the military. And then it says you know, you dead puts things into perspective a little bit so that’s pretty much the the claim to fame story of me dying and coming back and then I just got out I didn’t have a transition problem. You know, like I hear a lot nowadays. I just went to work. It’s kind of how it works, you know, got bills to pay family to take care of so you go get a job, right, I got a job. Fortunately landed, I was selling gym memberships. And then I had an opportunity between selling Boston Market chicken as a manager and getting into the mortgage business. And at the time, it was just, I don’t know, opportunity meets luck meets a whole other bunch of things early 2000s I decided to pick the mortgage industry over Boston Market chicken and not for any reason other than the fact that You know, somebody laid a $66,000 check in a month in front of me. Wow, great story. I was, you know, negative 180 bucks in my account, I didn’t have any money. I was struggling, you know, pretty good entrepreneurial right story. And, you know, 45 days later I beat the top sales guy made $68,000 and forever changed my life in the business. So,

during that time, you know, I’ve been in real estate since 98. And we were pretty much starting to print money, right about the time you

Yeah, it was, it was the crazy I mean, it, you know, I get I travel all around the country and, you know, I’ve coached some, some major corporations and companies, and sometimes I feel like I cheat them a little bit because, you know, they’ll say, you know, how did you become a seven figure earner at 2324 years old in and it’s like, you kind of give the candid answer, you know, or the canned answer of just, oh, it’s hard work, you know, and it’s like me, I don’t know, that was just a really great time combined with hard work, you know, I mean, right. I just, I’m a marine. I just kept going doing the work put in and again, my father taught me That way I don’t want to give it all up and record but my father taught me that way as well. Like just put the work outwork the next guy, they would leave, I just keep working, smiling and dialing and putting in the effort. I mean, man, when somebody leaves that kind of money down in front of you never seen your whole life, you just do what you gotta do. You know? So

yeah, so you move out of so you’re working in mortgage, and what what happens next you it to get into the superstar kind of scenario that you’re in right now helping people and being a go giver. So how did that work?

It will Yeah, that was a, you know, as they say, it’s 15 years in overnight success. So, you know, it, it really was kind of that, you know, I mean, as a gist of it, you know, the 2008 recession happened. I ended up homeless for about two years. in Charlotte, North Carolina, you know, and then, you know, went through some experiences with that. And then I, you know, learned about diversification as an entrepreneur. And at the time, I think it was just a really high paid salesperson, I didn’t understand entrepreneurship. So for myself, I started to learn to diversify my businesses and kind of Understand branding, to be honest with you, as a speaker, I didn’t think I had enough credibility. You know, I was always following people like Zig Ziglar and Les Brown. And I’ve never been a huge Tony Robbins fan even though he’s saying this, we share the same, you know, birthdays and a lot of similarities, right? It was just, I just never really kind of got sold into I really liked his executive and Les Brown a lot. I like their delivery. I liked it. It’s very wholesome. You know, I liked it. If I wanted to bring my kids to it, they could, they could learn a lot from it. You know, there wasn’t a lot of F bombs going around with it. So right. I really enjoyed that platform. So when I listened to their story, I didn’t think I really had the credibility, that justified to being a speaker. And so

you really didn’t feel you had the identity because I’m hearing as we have parallel stories is that I, you know, was printing money as well. And oh, wait, I was living in a house that I had listed as a short sale with my dog, because the people had moved out and I had lived there. And I just kind of came back which correct me if I’m wrong, but you didn’t you weren’t raised with the identity, of money and what it can actually do for You?

I was actually I think, yeah, so I think a good way that I’ve learned to put that in is, is that when you’re poor, you justify not having money by working really hard.

Like, I find that explanation,

I find that people that when I have a discussion with them about money, especially in America, when someone thinks that got a lot of new money, they think they either stole it or they, they’ve taken it from people, it has a really bad connotation where, whereas like, when you’re poor, it’s like, oh, I work really hard. I worked for my hard for my money. And, and I didn’t learn till later in life, that was kind of an ignorant statement, because it’s not about that, you know, it’s about being able to help and do more. So yeah, it was an identity thing. I thought that I had to work a whole bunch and do all these things and have this big reason to justify being a great speaker.

Excellent. So you’re doing this the cross country run. I just want to clarify, you actually ran across the country.

Yeah. So I just finished my fifth year I think starting to blend together now but I literally run every day. 22 miles a day for 65 The Strip. And this last time I did it with Well, the last two years I’ve done it carrying a 100 pound pack,

rock, rucksack or like a Wow. Okay, so let me So you and I are cut from the same sheath with being veterans and whatnot, we’re always giving back to our veteran community. I’m part of the veterans professional network here in Florida, we help the homeless and when they transition out, help give them jobs, and also suicide prevention, as well. So I love that that’s what you do about it. And you and I live on the same link. But what did your family think about you kind of stepping out doing this running thing? Were they supportive? Are they like bank get a job or like, what what are they? What are they thinking?

Well, no, I mean, I mean, how you live your life is how it should be at home too, right? I mean, it shouldn’t be two separate things. I mean, my family understands that, you know, our job as a family is if we’re in a position of strength, not weakness, but if we’re in a position of strength to get back, it’s our it’s our responsibility to do that. You know, I don’t think it’s necessary. sarolea pick one or the other, I mean, a family does things together, ie the word family. So, you know, our position is, is that we all play it off a big role in it. I mean, my daughter nice, she’s five years old, and she’s already got her name on them on what’s going to be, you know, a best selling book, you know, we, we wrote a book together, because it’s important that, you know, byproduct of the people that run into these situations all starts back because of the family. It really goes back to, you know, the senior level executives that want to pay a bunch of money for coaching, realizing that they need to pay more money about, you know, learning how to be at home with their kids. So it’s really, you know, I mean, it’s, it’s the reality of it all, so they were extremely supportive, like anything else. I mean, I think family misses you and you’re along the road, you know, but but they go along, my daughter runs some of the runs with me, you know, we all kind of do everything together. It’s not necessarily like there’s only a few times where, and plus they see me on TV all the time, too, you know, so they’re always like, oh, there’s daddy and Oh, that’s cool. And they’re doing radio spots. And so I don’t want to say what I was really away from very much we kind of all together was

You’re always unconnect. And that’s awesome. So you have this company, you run three successful businesses, and you’re writing books. So obviously, you have some solid leadership skills. So all the people out there that are listening in my varsity squad out there and time to shine. What makes a good leader to shame?

I think that’s kind of a loaded question. I think it depends on the segment of where you’re at and kind of personality, right. I think our generation is a very, you know, do as I say, do don’t, you know, do as I do, don’t do, as I say, do the right thing. You know, what I’m saying? Absolutely, instant willingness and obedience to orders, I think is probably a better platform, put it on. I mean, we just we trust in our leaders, so we don’t need to ask questions. I mean, that’s the kind of the point of having a leader is to give you that flexibility to say, Man, I don’t need to ask questions, because I know this person is going to get it done. Whereas in this last, like, when I worked with a lot of active duty military, they want to ask 100 questions from their leaders, and then their leaders want to be a lot more passive. So I think it goes down to like, think about like a, you know, when you do a normal Oh, what’s the Like I see it right in my head. I’m trying to think of organizational chart. And you look at organizational chart and you see like one where the top is the CEO, you got two VP, she got general managers, you got your employees. That’s one perspective, right is the leader at the top is a strategic thinker and help to help lead the ship. Then they have the other side where you take the organizational chart and you flip it upside down, right, and you flip it upside down, and the leaders on the bottom, and they’re looking up at their employees versus down with their employees leading from that direction, God and so I think there’s different types of leaders for different techniques and people, I don’t think there’s one leader that fits all. I think, for me, what I enjoy is I don’t like swivel cheerleaders. And I think I think a lot of people would agree with that, you know, no excuses, no good decisions made from a swivel chair. So if I’m going to ask you to do something like as a speaker, I was just having a conversation. my publicist is yesterday, she says, Oh, we’ve got this big giant festival, you know, up in New York, that’s a fitness thing. And they want you to come up there and be their motivational speaker. And I was like, I said, great. I said, Why don’t I break the world record that I’m going to do this year up there? And she’s like, really? And I’m like, Yeah, she’s Like this 12 hours of push ups, you know, for 19,000 push ups, why would you do that? And I said, if I’m gonna stand on a stage and tell people about what I do, and it’d be better if I’m doing it versus talking about what I did 10 years ago.

12,000 push ups

19,000 19,000 push or 12 hours. Yeah. Wow. And and and just like I did with the last last hike I did, I set a world record for the fastest one mile carrying 100 pound pack in front of 20,000 fans in the middle of a football game. And I spoke to the team prior to and did it. I mean, I just think it’s important that if we’re going to say something that we’re actively doing it so

yeah, absolutely. Beautiful. Beautiful. So you seems like you got a lot. You had some serious downs at one time and you got a lot of ups. But what if you can recall, I’m sure there’s a couple of them. But recall what was your worst entrepreneur? entrepreneurial moment?

Yeah, there’s a lot of those. That’s probably a lot more downs than ups.

I think Maybe one that the people can relate to the most is, is, you know, your your family is an interesting thing. Your friends and family are very interesting when you’re this type of person that has this just undying desire and fire in your belly and only you know, and it’s the hardest thing to communicate, you know, when you’re in the business of communication, and everyone questions, everything that you’re doing every ability, you know, they all want you to be saved, they’ll try to sell you on those things and and when I really went out to be a speaker about two years ago, because I was in full blown mortgage business and and you know, people like all you know, there’s great money to be made in that why are you doing it and you’re making this you’re gonna run across America, you’re gonna do all this stuffing and get back and why would you leave this cushy thing? It was interesting, because everybody questioned every step of that. And I never felt more alone. In my life. You know, I mean, there’s been a lot of times but when you’re an entrepreneur, and when you’re a risk taker, when you’re willing to go above and beyond, people are so scared of it, that they they they take that away from you It’s a very lonely feeling. And Felix Dennis, the founder of Maxim magazine. I always loved his approach. He wrote a book called, I think it’s get rich. And I love that book because he was so he’s British, and he’s just to the point, you know, no fluff to it. And he was like, being successful is the most lonely position in the world. Because no one understands you no one understands what you’re trying to go through. And that sucks because you know, you you you know, and and the great thing about it is when you become successful you want to give to everybody Yeah, you know, like giver, yeah, you know, you’re going to give it to people, you know, you’re going to help them out, you know, and it makes you question humanity quite a bit because i doing it honestly to fulfill a void to give it and to deliver more people. So when I decided I wanted to be a speaker, that was that was probably a pretty lonely time.

So t tissue, what was that aha moment that man when when you’re a mortgage broker, and then you that aha moment, it’s like, I’m going to be a speaker. I’m going to fire people up. I’m going to motivate them. Get them leveling up their life, as we say here in time to shine.

It was my third second height cross America, I was in Las Vegas at a homeless shelter. And I was giving a speech to corporate executives with Caesars Entertainment, in addition to some homeless veterans that were battling a drug addiction. And it was kind of a dynamic thing as a speaker, because you have to switch audiences, you know, you can’t say the same thing to one versus the other. So I was kind of switching back and forth in my conversation. And I took a second to look at the the veterans that were there, and I said, you know, thank you. I said, you know, you’re my version of Rambo, you know, had you not served or taking the time to serve and inspired and laid that path of continuing the tradition, you know, especially as the Marine Corps, you know, maybe I wouldn’t have seen that as a vision. You’re truly a hero, and I don’t mean a hero in a loosely turn just to try to sell you a product like everybody does nowadays. I mean, in the sense of as a, as someone who had lost that. I walked over to the truck after I was done, this marine comes up to me and he had sunglasses on, he pulls his sunglasses on as I was ready. He was crying and, and he says, you know, this morning when I got up and I put a gun in my mouth, and I didn’t want to live today, right? And he says, you know that I lost my businesses very successful business. And my wife left me my kids disowned me. And he looked right in the face. And he goes in, and this morning, they took my dog. And it doesn’t seem like much to maybe when you hear this, this, you know, this podcast, but what he was saying was, is there is the only thing and that’s goes back to what you asked me a second ago, the only thing that gave him 100% unconditional love that trusted him more than anything in the world. And no matter how much he failed, looked at him, like he’s everything. And they took that from him. And once you’ve taken that from somebody, you know,

took the result

why, you know, and he goes, he looks right at me and he goes, but today after hearing you, he goes, I don’t need that anymore, and I can make it happen, man, and I just I quit. I literally quit everything. Like probably the next day. I think it was and I was like I’m done. I can’t do it anymore. Like there’s something something more here.

that’s a that’s a Huge aha moment, brother.

It’s crazy.

So you put all this stuff together that you’ve Did you know, from serving our country to becoming a successful mortgage broker to, to writing books to keeping our veterans from taking their lives, raising money. What’s the one thing that you know, for sure.

Out of all this,

that I’m going to be a great father for my daughter.

I mean, all this all this has to do with with leaving a legacy to my daughter, I mean, it’s, it’s it I was I was coaching a bunch of real estate agents or broker, yes, brokers yesterday, and they were like, you know, you do all this for the money and blah, blah, blah. And, and they were asking me No, because they’re trying to be motivated, they’re young, they’re into the business and, and I said, you know, honestly, I said, I do this to make money for the for the reasons why I don’t want people on the streets, you know, if I can help you become a six or seven figure earner, you’re not going to be a failed entrepreneur. That’s going to be on the streets or your children won’t be a byproduct of, of lack thereof income. And what I’ve seen on the streets really comes down to and again, I this is a segment thing. This isn’t a broad spectrum, it’s a segment thing for me is that I noticed that the females, you know, they just didn’t have the male support around, you know, fathers were just gone. So all this stuff I’m doing people like, Wow, it’s so awesome. I’m like, because I have a five year old daughter that has to one day look for somebody that she can feel inspired by, you know, when she starts dating at 65 years old, you know, and she gets the opportunity to, to be a part of that. I need her to have somebody that she can least mirror that with. And I mean, all this is from my daughter,

everything’s all back. That’s awesome. priorities are on point. So what would the T Shane Johnson tell the 18 year old t Shane Johnson, keep doing what you’re doing? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He hasn’t really experienced anything. What would you lay any foundation forum or Just say just live life and just play the game as it goes live.

I mean, I mean, we’re we are,

you know, humans, we think we’re so smart. We think we have control over everything, you know, we think that we can control it. It’s not that’s not how life works. It doesn’t work that way. I think life comes at you and it’s dependent on how you react to it. You know, so if I told myself anything different, I wouldn’t be sitting here having a conversation with you today having breakfast with my daughter this morning. And I would change it for the world. I mean, look, man, you’re asking a person who died three times and met God, right.

I know what’s there you know,

you could share pretty much with any age of the TJ Johnson Of course, let me ask you something without your cell phone.

What are the three things you can’t live without?

My daughter? I’d be one thing if I lost her. I’d be over done

right? Yeah.

Number two hold What can I live without?

And probably probably the gym. I love the gym is kind of getting my body right. I really enjoyed that. And honestly, my my my office audience would be third, you know, the people that I connect with on a daily basis, the stories the the, you know, I mean, it’s so funny as a speaker, you feel like, you know, people think, oh, you’re giving me so much. And as a speaker, you’re really just speaking what you feel and they’re just filling that void by by

the same thing.

Yeah, it’s like people just change your life and listening to how they’re inspired. So just just the fact that there’s still hope. I love that.

I love that man. And then, kind of one of our last questions before we get in the, you know, level up lightning round. And I think I already know the answer with you. But what’s your definition of a life well lived?

Yeah, again, another loaded question, I think. Yeah, I mean, that’s a great question. From for me, is a better way to say it for me, it’s to know that I can get up every day and be the best dad I can be

of it. I mean, I totally go giver man.

You’re my daughter is man she is you know, I think for parents You know, when you have a child is the best version. Have you, you know, she just got selected for gymnastics team and She’s the youngest person that they’ve requested team didn’t even have her tryout and I was like, I’m going to be the worst father in the world. Like, I just know, I was sitting there like, Okay, we got to get back, you’re gonna be training, we’re gonna kick it, you know? And she’s like, yeah, Daddy, we’re winners. And I’m like, that’s right. We are winners, you know, we were just listening to music, having a good time about it, you know, and just having fun and I just love her confidence. You know, it’s, it’s, I was a complete introvert as a kid and watching her she’s such an extrovert. And it’s just as extreme fulfillment. So I think it really comes down to just just being the best father I can be and, and, and hoping that she leaves a legacy in life and that, you know, just I don’t know, it’s just everything’s I’m

sure she has a ton of lessons. She teaches you along the way.

I mean, more than I mean, she children are the best example of motivational speakers all day long. They wake up every day happy for just the smallest things. I mean, it’s, it’s just great. You know, like when she wants to do breakfast, like Daddy, I want to help. I’m like, Alright, cool, let’s help. Let’s do it. Always be open to that. Don’t be too busy. I tell people all the time if you’re paying attention to your phone more than you’re paying attention. Your child, someone else is going to give that attention is going to be the wrong person. So

that’s awesome.

I’m going to actually note that. Yeah, other people. All right. Okay, level up lightning round. Again loaded questions. We could talk for 20 minutes on each one of these but five to seven seconds just give it give it to me straight All right. Okay. No matter how stupid they’re all right, what was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur?

fear failure. Got it. What is the best level of advice you’ve ever received?

work five years like nobody wants to live the rest your life like nobody can

love it. share one of your personal habits that contributes to your success.

Maybe more character I just don’t quit.

Love it. That’s That’s awesome. Other than T Shane inspires calm can be another in my squad. Another internet resource where they should visit.

ww TCN inspires doc Kami mentioned now and Carolina mortgage firm that’s another company that I own. And then of course Amazon they can check out all of my books there as well.

Of course time to shine today as well kitty.

And time to shine everyone.

All right, obviously your reader your leader, recommend a book to share. And why real quick?

Well, I think and Think and Grow Rich is a classic.

Yeah, I mean, this. It’s, it’s, it’s, it’s a it’s a great easy read. It’s a it just talks about the main thing you know about burning desire and going through is just innocent. It’s just it holds true for so many years. I think if anybody I make my so I have a I have a 14 year old stepdaughter. And one of the things that we do is I pay her allowance to read books, not to do chores. So she reads motivational books and she has to give me a chapter outline every time when we’re done, and earn and then speak about it. Hey, stand up. Yeah. So I gave her 20 bucks. Do a book she finishes she writes a story and then she stands up and speaks so that way she can articulate the message and thinking Grow Rich is by far our favorite.

Oh man, she’s gonna be on the Dyess with us very soon. I can see that right now. Love that. All right, last question. Best decade of music 70s 80s or 90s Classic Rock 70s

We definitely got that we meet I man. So tell us how we can find you and leave us with one last Knowledge Nugget that you want to stand out. Above all you said. Absolutely. So on any social media handle whatsoever at t Shane Johnson. Type that in you’ll find me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, you’ll be able to find me anywhere on utilizing that handle. As far as a last last nugget, look at you know, if you’re listening to this, there’s at least one person that is listening to this is going through something is got something hard in your life, some type of struggle, anything. And the thing I want you to remember is just always No matter what best lesson I ever learned in my life when it comes to Marine Corps, just keep your feet moving. Never ever, ever stopped because everybody wants you to everybody’s looking forward to it. Everybody wants you to quit to make them feel justified that you’re that it’s okay for them to be a loser. Don’t, don’t give into it, keep pushing, don’t listen to the noise, don’t listen to the demons and that applies to everything from business to life, the personal to any mental things that you’re having going on relationships, you know, you you bear down, you grit, you take another foot and you put it in front of the other and you just keep on going and live your dreams because as someone who has shared the same room as the God Almighty on the death bed, I will tell you that don’t worry, he’s got you everything is okay. So just keep another foot in front of the other and keep on moving.

Alright squad you heard that if you’re gonna, if you feel like you failed, make sure you fail forward. Keep moving forward at all times, as well. We say here a time to shine today. to level up you need to surround yourself with top notch people who are always leveling up their health level. clean up their wealth. And I am so privileged and grateful to shame that you’re part of our squad now. And thank you so much for coming on. My pleasure.

Thank you, sir. Virtual fist pump. Boom, boom. All right, brother.

All right, Wow, my mind is blown by that interview that I just had with T Shane Johnson, things that really stood out to me and kind of knowledge nuggets that he really dropped, that he gives his family so much credit and not just as a young daughter, but also his father had a say and a lot of how he was molded. And that’s awesome that he was able to, to pick up steps from people that he learned to trust and maybe even loved along the way. I mean, this guy ran 6000 miles across the country. How selfless is that? I mean raising money for veteran suicide and really wanting to touch people’s lives. His aha moment about the veteran crisis. And really just him just saying, I’m dropping everything and moving forward with this. That’s fent. That’s just crazy. That’s awesome. I picked up so many knowledge nuggets from t Shane and I’m in he motivates me. And I know that he motivated you. I mean, there’s no doubt about it, go to our Facebook page. Time to shine today. And leave us a little comment on what you thought about to Shane’s interview that he just did. He, how about how about that? What he does with his even his stepdaughter about how he has her read, to make money read and give a report. I mean, how inventive is that? That’s just awesome. You know, I give him so much credit for everything he does. And I was privy that he came on and shared his story with you my squat. I mean, you hear me every day, but this guy is just a whole other level. And I’m willing to say that and admit it. So just the I believes in a persistence that doesn’t recognize failure. And when he fails, he fails forward, and he gets back up, bites down the mouthpiece and moves forward. So, again, hope you enjoyed this half as much as I did. And let’s stay humble. Stay hungry, level up our health, level up our wealth, because it’s your time to shine. Hey, thanks so much for listening to this episode of time to shine today. If you’re a business owner or a professional who would like to be interviewed on our podcast, please visit time to shine today.com slash guest. If you liked this episode, please subscribe on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, I Heart Radio or wherever you get your podcast. There’s a link in the show notes to our website. Also there you will see our recommended resources. We hope you will help support our show by supporting them. If you like what you’ve been listening to, it’d be great if you could just give us a five star rating until your friends how to subscribe while you’re at it. I’m your host Scott Ferguson. Until next time, High Level up. It’s your time to shine.

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