110: Let Your Life Be Characterized By Living With Kindness: Interview with Herbert "Fight Time" Lang, Former Harlem Globetrotter & Founder of the Kindness Is Free Foundation

<h3>Join me on the Fast Track to Grant Writer: www.teresahuff.com/vip</h3> <hr /> <h3>New Friends Make the World a Better Place</h3> <p>As a little girl, I remember when I first heard of the Harlem Globetrotters. I got to see them in person a time or two and thought they were THE coolest thing ever. Still do.</p> <p>Even though I’m not much of a coordinated basketball player myself, I can appreciate the skill and conditioning it takes to play the sport. Throw in some fancy moves, entertainment, and personality like the Harlem Globetrotters, and you’ve got yourself a court full of magic.</p> <p>That’s why I was super excited to meet a new friend who is a former Globetrotter. Not only that, but he’s made it his life’s work to spread a message we <em>all</em> need to hear - <strong>Kindness Is Free!</strong></p> <h3>Take Your Experiences and Make an Impact with Kindness</h3> <p>I’d like to introduce you to Herbert “Flight Time” Lang. Herb is the founder of a nonprofit called the Kindness is Free Foundation. He spreads joy and kindness wherever he goes.</p> <p>Herb and I chat about the importance of mentorship, community, and choosing kindness first. As a newer nonprofit, Herb addresses the importance of identifying practical steps to meet your overall big goals, and as a former athlete, Herb advises us to apply the discipline of being consistent to whatever we do.</p> <h3>Mentorship and Community</h3> <p>Mentorship and community is important in our lives. Herb has a mentor to this day who started as his basketball coach when he was 12 years old. The impact his coach had on him has been incredible; you never know who you are impacting around you.</p> <p>Sometimes it takes time to see the fruit of your impact in others lives, but start planting seeds in the people around you and one day you will see the harvest. Remind people that they have value and prioritize your community.</p> <h3>Choose Kindness First</h3> <p>Choose to be kind in all you do and use kindness as your default, not as an exception nor as a tactic to