Latest / The Steve Harvey Morning Show / Kim Coles Full Interview

Transcript

Kim Coles Full Interview · The Steve Harvey Morning Show

0:00
Speaker 1: Still living in manually taking notes. There is a better
0:03
Speaker 1: way to start the new year with auto dot ai.
0:05
Speaker 1: Automatically get meeting notes. Auto dot ai works for virtual
0:09
Speaker 1: meetings like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. Sign up
0:11
Speaker 1: on the web for free or download in the app
0:13
Speaker 1: stores auto dot ai. That's O T T e r
0:16
Speaker 1: dot Ai. This podcast is sponsored by Better Help Online Therapy.
0:20
Speaker 1: I'm Michlene Maloof and I'm Nadiadesi, licensed therapists and hosts
0:24
Speaker 1: of Getting Better Stories of Mental Health. Join us for
0:27
Speaker 1: discussions with Megan Trainer, Chris Bosh, Rebel Wilson, and more,
0:30
Speaker 1: from discussing motherhood to immigrating to general mental health. Our
0:34
Speaker 1: guests are awe inspiring. We all struggle with the same things,
0:37
Speaker 1: so let's talk about it and de stigmatize them. Find
0:40
Speaker 1: our new podcast, Getting Better Stories of Mental Health on iHeart,
0:44
Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Look for your children's eyes and
0:50
Speaker 1: you will discover the true magic of a forest. Find
0:54
Speaker 1: a forest near you and start exploring it. Discover the
0:57
Speaker 1: forest dot Org. Brought to you by the United States
1:00
Speaker 1: Sports Service and the AD Council. Wow. Welcome to Money
1:06
Speaker 1: Making Conversation. I'm your host Rashan McDonald. Each Money Making
1:09
Speaker 1: Conversation talk shows about entrepreneurship and entertainment, I provide the
1:13
Speaker 1: consumer and business owner access to celebrities, CEOs, entrepreneurs and
1:18
Speaker 1: industry decision makers. It is important to understand that everybody
1:22
Speaker 1: travels a different path to success. That's because your brand
1:25
Speaker 1: is different. The challenges you face in your life are different.
1:28
Speaker 1: So stop reading other people's success stories and start writing
1:31
Speaker 1: your own. Now. You can be motivated by your success
1:35
Speaker 1: because their stories can offer a direction and help you
1:39
Speaker 1: reach your goal through your planning and your committed effort.
1:42
Speaker 1: My guests on Money Making Conversations have that same passion
1:45
Speaker 1: and they share that information when we talk about their career,
1:48
Speaker 1: overcoming their odds, motivating themselves and other people, how they
1:52
Speaker 1: live a balanced life, and their secrets to success. Basically,
1:56
Speaker 1: Money Making Conversation is a show built to give you
1:59
Speaker 1: an opportunity. Need to win and believing yourself and trust
2:02
Speaker 1: the gifts to that be given to you. Always tell people,
2:05
Speaker 1: lead with your gifts. My next desk is a winner,
2:08
Speaker 1: a champion. HAVE known her a long time and street
2:12
Speaker 1: to New York City back in the day when I
2:13
Speaker 1: was out there. We both were struggling back then trying
2:15
Speaker 1: to tell people how funny we could be. My Necklace
2:18
Speaker 1: is the best selling author of four books and she
2:21
Speaker 1: travels the globe sharing love and laughter. She is an actress, comedian, speaker,
2:27
Speaker 1: and motivational coach who show his career has spanned over
2:30
Speaker 1: thirty five years. She teaches audiences to empower, educate, and
2:35
Speaker 1: entertain so they can broadcast their brilliance in order to
2:38
Speaker 1: draw a draw a bigger impact and more income with
2:41
Speaker 1: Kim Unity Mastermind please working the money making conversations Kim Cole's.
2:48
Speaker 1: It is a delight and an honor to be here
2:51
Speaker 1: with you. You know, it's really great. Like I said, uh,
2:55
Speaker 1: we all go through long careers, and I think a
2:58
Speaker 1: long career been able to read invent yourself, being able
3:01
Speaker 1: to extend multiple levels of income. Because that's basically what
3:04
Speaker 1: your intro was saying. You travel and you speaking, you're motivating,
3:07
Speaker 1: your coaching and now on your your social media team
3:11
Speaker 1: is really are defining a different path for you. Are
3:14
Speaker 1: as a path I just became aware of it. Tell
3:17
Speaker 1: us every tell everybody, let's set up of what you
3:19
Speaker 1: involved with community. Oh yes, well, let me give a
3:23
Speaker 1: little context. So yes, I'm an actress and a comedian
3:27
Speaker 1: and all of those things. And I've been in the business,
3:29
Speaker 1: you know, like you was saying, thirty five years, that's
3:31
Speaker 1: how long ago. I'm sure we met way back then,
3:34
Speaker 1: you know, that's when I started in New York, right.
3:37
Speaker 1: The thing is there, there came a point where I
3:38
Speaker 1: was sitting around waiting for auditions, and that puts the
3:43
Speaker 1: power in someone else's hands, and I really wanted to
3:46
Speaker 1: put the power in my own. And so I thought
3:47
Speaker 1: to myself, and this is a long story, but I
3:50
Speaker 1: thought to myself, what can I do that is outside
3:53
Speaker 1: of the realm of waiting for someone to give me something?
3:56
Speaker 1: And the trick was using my own gifts and talents.
4:00
Speaker 1: And I want people to hear that you can do
4:03
Speaker 1: that too. You can use all the gifts and talents
4:06
Speaker 1: that you have been given and that you have developed
4:08
Speaker 1: and that you've been blessed with too. Uh to create
4:13
Speaker 1: multiple streams of income, multiple streams of interest, because I
4:17
Speaker 1: needed something to do that was better than sitting around.
4:21
Speaker 1: And what evolved was a program called Gifts g I
4:26
Speaker 1: f t S. Because I was looking for my gift
4:28
Speaker 1: and it's gratitude intention forgiveness, triumphs, and self love. I
4:32
Speaker 1: believe that those are some isn't that good principles that
4:35
Speaker 1: you need to develop your gifts? And so that was
4:37
Speaker 1: a program and then it eventually evolved into what I
4:40
Speaker 1: call my community. Hey, I am you and I t
4:45
Speaker 1: y um and I have a mastermind, a monthly mastermind
4:50
Speaker 1: called the community Mastermind. And so this is where I
4:53
Speaker 1: take people on a really on a journey. That's really
4:57
Speaker 1: the journey that I've been on to developing my stuff
5:00
Speaker 1: personally for all that personal development, you know, really asking
5:04
Speaker 1: yourself the hard questions, getting an action about your life,
5:07
Speaker 1: your spirituality, your health and your well being. And on
5:10
Speaker 1: the other side, the business side, how do I want
5:13
Speaker 1: to um build my business? What can I do? How
5:18
Speaker 1: can I serve people? And all of that? And so
5:22
Speaker 1: I speak, I teach, I coach and I love it
5:25
Speaker 1: and I gotta tell you it's ten times better than
5:28
Speaker 1: an audition. And do I still audition, Yes, I do shone.
5:31
Speaker 1: So you know, you know, the interesting thing about your
5:33
Speaker 1: story is that the first thy Popsie is control. And
5:37
Speaker 1: so many people are even though they have a daily
5:39
Speaker 1: job that they go to, they don't feel there's any
5:42
Speaker 1: control because you don't know there's no guarantee with their job,
5:44
Speaker 1: or is there any guarantee of the the atmosphere that
5:47
Speaker 1: you're walking into, because a lot of people bring their
5:49
Speaker 1: bad days to work and so and I remember early
5:53
Speaker 1: on when Steve Harvey I got to Gear in two thousands,
5:57
Speaker 1: I did his first radio contract, and one of the
6:00
Speaker 1: reasons we did that radio contract was that we wanted
6:03
Speaker 1: to control our destiny because I guess what, that was
6:05
Speaker 1: a regular check every week, so we didn't have to
6:09
Speaker 1: worry about auditions because we had a check. And it
6:13
Speaker 1: really calmed us down. It really calmed us down. But
6:16
Speaker 1: on the other side, people thought we were taking a
6:19
Speaker 1: step back, you know. You know, he's not doing movies,
6:23
Speaker 1: He's not he's not doing these concert tools. You know. Oh,
6:26
Speaker 1: because I was right after he did. He had performed
6:29
Speaker 1: the Kings of Common and everybody was blowing up on
6:31
Speaker 1: Kings of Common and Steve was benefited as well, benefit
6:33
Speaker 1: as well. But what I love and I just want
6:36
Speaker 1: to share that story on my side because I understand
6:39
Speaker 1: exactly what you're talking about. You can be successful, but
6:42
Speaker 1: you may not be in control right and and you know,
6:47
Speaker 1: for me, it was just finding an area of where
6:51
Speaker 1: can I be in control, where can I guide the
6:54
Speaker 1: guide my destiny, not ultimately for me. And I think
6:57
Speaker 1: you'll understand this that the audience is your ultimate uh
7:01
Speaker 1: you know, uh, you know the judge, the jury, and
7:05
Speaker 1: the executioner, meaning you have to please those people. And
7:09
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I remember you. You know you
7:13
Speaker 1: guys did that. You know what we talked now about branding, right,
7:18
Speaker 1: you did that way back when before anybody like regular
7:22
Speaker 1: folks will talk about it. Certainly the people on Madison
7:24
Speaker 1: Avenue was talking about it. But you set uh, you
7:28
Speaker 1: set him and you all set the team in a
7:33
Speaker 1: position of power and control, and so that the industry
7:37
Speaker 1: was coming to you. When I wanted to promote something,
7:39
Speaker 1: I wanted to come to you. And so anyone who's
7:43
Speaker 1: listening to this, this is not just a showbi conversation.
7:47
Speaker 1: It's about looking at your as I said, your gifts
7:50
Speaker 1: and talent and looking at what you can set up
7:52
Speaker 1: for yourself so that you create something where people will
7:55
Speaker 1: come to you. They will come to you for what
7:58
Speaker 1: you what you have, what wisdom you have, what what
8:01
Speaker 1: learning you have. I say that I've been in this
8:03
Speaker 1: for thirty five years. I now want to teach all
8:06
Speaker 1: that I've learned. So I now take people on a
8:09
Speaker 1: journey that I've been on myself. I've cleared the path
8:12
Speaker 1: and I can help you know. You know, I like
8:15
Speaker 1: to call it lift as my clients. So as I
8:17
Speaker 1: build to the next level, in the next level, I'm
8:20
Speaker 1: lifting people and taking people along with me. And that's
8:22
Speaker 1: exactly what you all did. And you said, a beautiful
8:25
Speaker 1: template in place that had not been done. We know
8:28
Speaker 1: it's really in thank you, you know, because about Brandon
8:31
Speaker 1: I was I was honored and uh for being a
8:33
Speaker 1: Personal Manager of the Year and a lot of the individuals,
8:37
Speaker 1: like William Shatner's manager, he didn't even know. He didn't
8:40
Speaker 1: even know who I was. And he said, said, I
8:43
Speaker 1: don't know who just got Rashaun mcgung list. But he
8:45
Speaker 1: changed the game, he said, because absolutely. And the reason
8:49
Speaker 1: I was able to do that because I worked at
8:50
Speaker 1: IBM and I when I was sitting I would talk
8:53
Speaker 1: to Steve. I said, why can't we treat you like
8:55
Speaker 1: a business. Why can't we treat you like a corporation?
8:58
Speaker 1: Because you know, they brand cars, they brand Hamburgers, they
9:02
Speaker 1: brand clothes. Let's just treat you as an individual or
9:05
Speaker 1: like a brand. And you know he understood what I
9:08
Speaker 1: was saying. He trusted me because of the fact that
9:11
Speaker 1: at that point I just had to associate him with
9:13
Speaker 1: other brands like this forward home depot. And that's why
9:18
Speaker 1: you know, when I started seeing your post and social media,
9:22
Speaker 1: I got excited because I go, she gets it, she
9:25
Speaker 1: understands because now she's using her brand to help other
9:28
Speaker 1: people understand that this is how you make it. You
9:31
Speaker 1: have to shout it out, especially with social media allows
9:34
Speaker 1: you to to be an entrepreneur. You don't have to
9:36
Speaker 1: you don't have to wait around buying commercials you're putting
9:39
Speaker 1: billboards up. You can sit down and just create a
9:42
Speaker 1: post and be able to sell your brand, tell your story.
9:46
Speaker 1: And I just got excited him. You have to be
9:47
Speaker 1: excited right now with this amount of information you've being
9:50
Speaker 1: able to distribute based on the fact of who you are.
9:54
Speaker 1: I'm able to use uh free outlets and of course
9:58
Speaker 1: you can buy ads and we can talk a litt
10:00
Speaker 1: up that later. Because it's free, it's it's accessible. You
10:04
Speaker 1: go straight to the people. I don't need a producer,
10:07
Speaker 1: I don't need you know, executives or network executives to
10:11
Speaker 1: tammy yay or nay, or say the line the way
10:13
Speaker 1: we wrote it. I do what I do is I
10:15
Speaker 1: tap into my gifts and talents. I asked my audience
10:18
Speaker 1: what I want, and I tap into what I have
10:20
Speaker 1: that I want to give and share. And it has
10:23
Speaker 1: been wonderful that you know. I should make a list
10:26
Speaker 1: of all of the I couldn't make a list is
10:28
Speaker 1: what I should say of all the what I have
10:32
Speaker 1: received back just by putting myself out there, everything from
10:35
Speaker 1: a trip to Africa that's upcoming, everything from speaking gigs.
10:40
Speaker 1: You know, people see you and then they hire you.
10:43
Speaker 1: And again. It happens for me because I'm a quote
10:47
Speaker 1: unquote celebrity or in the public eye, but it can
10:49
Speaker 1: happen forever for lots of people. I'm following the model
10:53
Speaker 1: of people who did this who weren't celebrities. They got
10:56
Speaker 1: their name out, they got established as an expert or
11:00
Speaker 1: as a go to voice, and then you get seen,
11:04
Speaker 1: you get hired, you get to and you get customers
11:08
Speaker 1: and clients. I'm so glad I figured that out because
11:13
Speaker 1: my peers, a lot of my peers are sitting on
11:16
Speaker 1: greatness because they're waiting for they're waiting for the next,
11:19
Speaker 1: their next big show. Look, look, I was on a
11:22
Speaker 1: show that was number one in African American households for
11:25
Speaker 1: five seasons. It was also hot in other people's households.
11:29
Speaker 1: But we know that's the statistics that they kept saying.
11:32
Speaker 1: It's still airs to this day. I still get those
11:35
Speaker 1: residual checks, but a I can't live on those residuals
11:39
Speaker 1: that they make a nice treat and be I'm not
11:42
Speaker 1: waiting for the reboot. People want to reboot and that's nice,
11:45
Speaker 1: but I'm already recharging and rebooting in my own life.
11:49
Speaker 1: And if that comes along, that's that's the that's the
11:51
Speaker 1: cherry on top. Let me just tell you this. It
11:54
Speaker 1: is excited. This is excited. I'm gonna tell you about
11:56
Speaker 1: your brother. I'm gonna tell you about your brand. Kim,
11:58
Speaker 1: you look fantasic, a stick. You know you're being And
12:02
Speaker 1: that's that's important in this conversation because you can't put
12:06
Speaker 1: out average and expect greatness back. You know, your your photos,
12:12
Speaker 1: your smile, your look, your poses. Because it's not the
12:15
Speaker 1: same photo they got. They got several different looks of
12:18
Speaker 1: you working, doing your thing out there, and that right
12:21
Speaker 1: there engages me, It engages with Sean McDonald's just say, Wow,
12:26
Speaker 1: she got it going on. Wow, I want to hear
12:29
Speaker 1: what she's talking about. Wow she looks great. Can I
12:33
Speaker 1: just can I get what she's eating? Can I Can
12:35
Speaker 1: I go when she's partying? Can I travel with her?
12:38
Speaker 1: Can I listen to her? So it's also what we
12:41
Speaker 1: talked about earlier. You can have a great idea, but
12:43
Speaker 1: if you don't brand it right, people may not react
12:46
Speaker 1: to it. If you don't tell your story right, people
12:49
Speaker 1: may not understand it. And I'm just telling you, Kim
12:51
Speaker 1: Codes community mastermind, living a single thirty or five years
12:57
Speaker 1: in the business, you are a branding phenomena right now.
13:00
Speaker 1: And don't let nobody tell you nothing but Rush mcge
13:04
Speaker 1: tell you the truth, because that's what I do getting started.
13:06
Speaker 1: That's what I do because of the fact that you
13:08
Speaker 1: know you. You know the thing about when you start
13:10
Speaker 1: making these transitions, people will question you. Why's she doing there?
13:13
Speaker 1: Why why's she going to Africa? You know why? I
13:16
Speaker 1: don't see it on TV, I don't see it in
13:18
Speaker 1: the movie. Hey, hey, hey, you know because people have planes.
13:23
Speaker 1: It may not be your plan, but you gotta have
13:26
Speaker 1: a plane. You gotta have a strategy. And that's all
13:28
Speaker 1: you're talking about, right camp, That's all I'm talking about,
13:32
Speaker 1: and everyone can. It is accessible to everyone. It used
13:35
Speaker 1: to be a time where you had to hire a
13:37
Speaker 1: Rashan McDonald or hire somebody from UH from Madison Avenue.
13:42
Speaker 1: The truth is, the information is out there for you.
13:44
Speaker 1: Your people like you teaching it, people like me teaching
13:47
Speaker 1: my version of it. And it's successible, it's possible, it's doable.
13:51
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna share a quote with you that changed
13:54
Speaker 1: everything for me. And it was after left living single,
13:57
Speaker 1: I went into a really dark depression. I'll be honest.
14:00
Speaker 1: It was really tough because it was a great time
14:03
Speaker 1: and we had joy every single day, you know how
14:06
Speaker 1: You know how it is. That's a lot of set.
14:07
Speaker 1: You really do form a family, you do, and I
14:11
Speaker 1: went through a depression, I'll be honest. My story is
14:15
Speaker 1: that I shopped through all of my money because I
14:17
Speaker 1: didn't understand why I deserved it. I shopped through all
14:21
Speaker 1: of it, and in my darkest hour, I happened to
14:24
Speaker 1: find a quote that changed everything is by zig Zigglers
14:27
Speaker 1: and the quote goes something like this, you can have
14:30
Speaker 1: everything in life that you weren't. If you just help enough,
14:35
Speaker 1: people get what they want. So what this says to
14:38
Speaker 1: me that it's not about you. That's why I emphasize
14:41
Speaker 1: your gifts and your talents, use them to help and
14:45
Speaker 1: serve other people. So I was busy sitting around saying
14:47
Speaker 1: I want to get another job on another TV show,
14:50
Speaker 1: and I realized that my talents are bigger than that.
14:53
Speaker 1: How can I help other people. I will get everything
14:56
Speaker 1: I want, I'll be able to pay my bills if
14:58
Speaker 1: I help other people and served in that way. And
15:01
Speaker 1: so I hope that someone will hear that and go
15:03
Speaker 1: that's the answer. That's actually one of the keys to
15:06
Speaker 1: success is use what you have to share and help
15:11
Speaker 1: grow other people, and in turn you will grow as well.
15:15
Speaker 1: Change the game for me. And now that's what I'm
15:17
Speaker 1: all about. Even when I do get a job on
15:20
Speaker 1: a show. I just did a few episodes in the
15:22
Speaker 1: cut on Bounce TV, and I go there with the
15:26
Speaker 1: intention of sharing joy and laughter and bringing this character
15:30
Speaker 1: to life because it will bring someone else joy. Rob Goodness,
15:34
Speaker 1: I'm talking to Kim Cole's amazing Kim Cole's She's talking
15:37
Speaker 1: about changing people's lives. She's been entertaining us for years,
15:40
Speaker 1: but now she's entertaining us in a different way. She's
15:43
Speaker 1: blessing us with information. They will make our lives better,
15:45
Speaker 1: make our income is better, my income, our income better.
15:49
Speaker 1: We'll be back for more money Making Conversations with Kim Cos.
15:51
Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more from Marsa McDonald and
15:54
Speaker 1: money Making Conversations. Don't touch that. Money Making Conversations continues
15:58
Speaker 1: online at w W money Making Conversations dot com and
16:03
Speaker 1: follow money Making Conversations on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Ladies
16:07
Speaker 1: and gentlemen, it's time you stop thinking about your dreams
16:10
Speaker 1: and do some plans into action. Just for Sharan McDonald
16:14
Speaker 1: and you're listening to Money Making Conversation, this is a
16:16
Speaker 1: show that Hey, there's no charge to get information from me,
16:20
Speaker 1: not because I want to charge you. I want to
16:23
Speaker 1: charge you your time. I want to charge you or
16:26
Speaker 1: make you sit down and and give it to me
16:28
Speaker 1: so I can I can cultivate opportunities for you. So
16:31
Speaker 1: you can listen to say I can do that too.
16:34
Speaker 1: I want to be like that person too, not exactly
16:37
Speaker 1: at that person, but financially like that person, successful like
16:40
Speaker 1: that person, learned to plan like that person, to be
16:42
Speaker 1: motivated like that person. That's what money making conversation is
16:45
Speaker 1: all about. My guests on the show. You know, as
16:47
Speaker 1: as an individual, you know, way back in New York,
16:50
Speaker 1: you know, we crossed paths a couple of times when
16:53
Speaker 1: we were trying to figure out what we want to
16:55
Speaker 1: do as comedians, as as comedy actors, and and our
16:59
Speaker 1: life has played in different ways. Hers has been more public,
17:02
Speaker 1: mind has been more behind the scenes, and mine has
17:05
Speaker 1: been marketing and branding and managing. And to see this evolution,
17:09
Speaker 1: to see a lightbulb go in her head to say,
17:11
Speaker 1: you know something, I'm successful, but I want more success
17:14
Speaker 1: in controlling my success. And really that's what this interview
17:18
Speaker 1: is all about. That's what you're telling the people who
17:21
Speaker 1: are listening to you right now, correct, you absolutely, absolutely,
17:27
Speaker 1: Now let's move on. Before we move on, tell people
17:29
Speaker 1: how they can reach you, contact you, your your websites
17:32
Speaker 1: and all that before we move on to this other
17:34
Speaker 1: scenario by captivate with your story before we go there,
17:37
Speaker 1: let's talk about how we can reach your websites and
17:39
Speaker 1: all that, all these other things. Yes, well, my website
17:42
Speaker 1: is Kim Cole dot tv, and I listen you know
17:47
Speaker 1: everyone sends you to their website, but I don't even
17:52
Speaker 1: I don't use my website as much as I should.
17:54
Speaker 1: Maybe by the time this airs, I will have because
17:56
Speaker 1: I'm having it rebuilt. Right now, I'm really on social media.
17:59
Speaker 1: I am real Kim Cole's on Facebook, and I am
18:03
Speaker 1: at Kim Cole's on the Instagram. I'm also on LinkedIn.
18:07
Speaker 1: I just started using LinkedIn. Listen, anybody who's sleeping on LinkedIn,
18:12
Speaker 1: You're missing a treasure trovee a gold mine of contact.
18:17
Speaker 1: Now different from the other social media's it's it's a
18:20
Speaker 1: you know site. It really is about business. It's a
18:23
Speaker 1: little bit more serious. Start us, a lot more serious.
18:26
Speaker 1: But that's where the money is. And I love I
18:28
Speaker 1: love that. I love that It's finally here, the season
18:31
Speaker 1: of celebration. And no matter how you celebrate with family
18:35
Speaker 1: and friends, whether you're preparing for Reis Magos or Karamu
18:38
Speaker 1: lighting the Manura, are going to midnight mass, Coals has
18:42
Speaker 1: just what you need to make those traditions special. Plus
18:46
Speaker 1: you'll find gifts for all your loved ones. Send warm
18:49
Speaker 1: wishes with Cozy Fleece's sweaters, loungeware, blankets and throws. Support
18:53
Speaker 1: minority owned or founded brands by giving gifts from Human
18:57
Speaker 1: Nation and shame moisture, or treat them to everyone's favorite
19:01
Speaker 1: activewear from top brands like Nike, Adidas, and under Armor.
19:05
Speaker 1: And in the spirit of giving, Coals Cares is donating
19:08
Speaker 1: eight million dollars to local nonprofits nationwide committed to the
19:12
Speaker 1: health and well being of our communities. No matter how
19:15
Speaker 1: you celebrate, when you shop at Coals, you're right where
19:18
Speaker 1: you belong. So this season, give with all your heart
19:22
Speaker 1: with great gifts from Coals or coals dot com. Whether
19:25
Speaker 1: your event needed one room or an entire conference center,
19:28
Speaker 1: hoppin has revolutionized the way people come together. With hoppin,
19:32
Speaker 1: you can host a fully fledged digital meet up, complete
19:36
Speaker 1: with one on one meetings, hands on sessions, and expo booths.
19:39
Speaker 1: And because everything is hosted in a single, easy to
19:42
Speaker 1: use platform, it can be as big or small as
19:45
Speaker 1: you want, remain convenient for anyone who wants to attend,
19:48
Speaker 1: and give you access to data you never would have
19:50
Speaker 1: known otherwise. Visit hoppin dot com to learn more and
19:54
Speaker 1: get started. Still living in and manually taking notes, start
19:58
Speaker 1: the new year with otter dot ai to generate automatic
20:01
Speaker 1: notes for meetings, interviews, or lectures. With auto dot ai,
20:05
Speaker 1: you can search the meeting notes, insert images, playback the audio,
20:08
Speaker 1: and share them with your friends or coworkers. You can
20:10
Speaker 1: capture action items, remember meeting details, and keep everyone informed.
20:14
Speaker 1: Auto dot ai works for in person or virtual meetings
20:17
Speaker 1: like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google meet. Sign up for
20:20
Speaker 1: free at auto dit ai or download the app for
20:23
Speaker 1: free auto dot ai. That's O T T E R.
20:26
Speaker 1: Dot ai so funny. It's just it's just so funny.
20:30
Speaker 1: You're an expert, you know, and that's what you're You're
20:32
Speaker 1: an influencer because you're saying all the right things and
20:34
Speaker 1: I'm going like, hey, she's absolutely telling you you're true.
20:37
Speaker 1: You know you don't have no no no no cake
20:40
Speaker 1: pictures or no side angle pictures and no boyfriend girlfriend
20:44
Speaker 1: pictures and no party pictures on LinkedIn. You know you have.
20:48
Speaker 1: It's an industry based concept where if you got something
20:52
Speaker 1: going on, you want to share it and you don't
20:54
Speaker 1: have to have a large following to get to get
20:57
Speaker 1: information out either. That's what I love about it too,
21:00
Speaker 1: because streams and people find you and and let me
21:04
Speaker 1: ask you to because that's why I that's where we reconnected.
21:07
Speaker 1: We reconnected on LinkedIn, and I mean, like several months
21:10
Speaker 1: I've been I've just been looking at you. I'm going
21:12
Speaker 1: this girl here, this girl here, and so you know,
21:14
Speaker 1: you go through you go through Thanksgaring, you go through Christmas.
21:17
Speaker 1: And then I said, I told my team, I said, hey,
21:19
Speaker 1: I gotta get her favorwek I. I said, I see
21:22
Speaker 1: what she's doing and the people she trying she's trying
21:25
Speaker 1: to reach. We need to reach them in the first quarter.
21:28
Speaker 1: We'll fix them now, get him motivated, get their life right.
21:31
Speaker 1: And so that's what you're doing. You you know, I'm
21:33
Speaker 1: just I'm so excited talking to you because of the
21:36
Speaker 1: fact that so happy to reconnect to you, because you know,
21:40
Speaker 1: I said just to you earlier, I don't network as
21:43
Speaker 1: well as I should. You know, there's some people that
21:45
Speaker 1: have the gift of networking, but the way they stay
21:47
Speaker 1: afloat is they see they stay in contact with all
21:51
Speaker 1: the movers and shakers, and I'm not as good as that.
21:55
Speaker 1: I get overwhelmed because I'm busy. I'm one of these people.
21:57
Speaker 1: I get the trenches and I just start digging a
22:00
Speaker 1: start network and I look up every once in a while,
22:01
Speaker 1: like I don't even go to Hollywood parties that much.
22:04
Speaker 1: I don't network, and so I'm I realized now that
22:07
Speaker 1: I'm missing I missed years of being able to network
22:10
Speaker 1: with you. I know how smart you are. I've been
22:13
Speaker 1: around you and watch the moves you were making, but
22:15
Speaker 1: I didn't stay connected. And so this is a lesson
22:18
Speaker 1: for me, a reminder for me. And you talked about
22:21
Speaker 1: investing in yourself, investing in your time, but one of
22:24
Speaker 1: the ways you invest in yourself is you stay plugged
22:26
Speaker 1: in with people who are plugged in in like minded ventures.
22:31
Speaker 1: And so I don't need to I'll be honest with you.
22:34
Speaker 1: I don't need to go to the parties with the
22:35
Speaker 1: reality stars. I can't. It's cute and it's funny and
22:39
Speaker 1: it's a nice distraction, but it's not where I want
22:42
Speaker 1: to go. I want to live real reality. My reality
22:46
Speaker 1: is very different than throwing a drink in a sistem space.
22:48
Speaker 1: That's not my life. Would I hang out with it,
22:51
Speaker 1: But I need to be plugged in to people who
22:53
Speaker 1: are doing work like you. And that's a message to
22:56
Speaker 1: everyone here. Really surround yourself with the people who are
22:59
Speaker 1: going to places you want to go. This is what
23:00
Speaker 1: I are you dropping videos because you're dropping you dropping balls, dimes, missiles, Uh,
23:07
Speaker 1: you know, aircraft carrying bombs on my show, girl, you're
23:11
Speaker 1: dropping them on this show. I'm telling you. So, I'm
23:13
Speaker 1: talking about because you artiiculing you. You're not. You're not
23:16
Speaker 1: breaking stride. You know all this is the PROMPTU because
23:20
Speaker 1: you're in your zone or you dropping like sixty second
23:23
Speaker 1: videos on your social But you got to start doing that. Yeah,
23:26
Speaker 1: you gotta got to the things are about. We're doing
23:31
Speaker 1: some things behind the scenes. What you saw was just
23:33
Speaker 1: me just getting started, and what you see is what
23:36
Speaker 1: we just be getting started. So the sixty second videos
23:39
Speaker 1: are coming the the LinkedIn as soon as I get
23:41
Speaker 1: the ability to go live on LinkedIn. It's over. Yes
23:45
Speaker 1: it is, Yes, it is. I kid you not, I'm not.
23:48
Speaker 1: I'm telling you the truth. I'm telling you. See I
23:50
Speaker 1: see you know, I see Facebook watching your future, young lady.
23:53
Speaker 1: I'm just letting you know. You know, it's some stuff
23:55
Speaker 1: out there waiting on you because of the fact that
23:58
Speaker 1: because because the other thing about it is that everything
24:02
Speaker 1: in life is transitional, you know, So because I love reason,
24:05
Speaker 1: I'm so excited about you. Because this is a voice
24:08
Speaker 1: First of all, it feels very natural. And you've always entertained,
24:12
Speaker 1: You've always knows how, you always know how to speak,
24:14
Speaker 1: you know how to control of room. You're not intimitivated
24:17
Speaker 1: by walking in and seeing thousands of strangers in front
24:19
Speaker 1: of you. But the fact that you're articulating a support
24:23
Speaker 1: system for everyday people, that's a blessing. That's a blessing, girl.
24:28
Speaker 1: And that's what That's why I'm excited. That's why I'm
24:30
Speaker 1: on the other Any want to just hug you and
24:32
Speaker 1: shake you and go and just you know, you get
24:35
Speaker 1: grand somebody just jump around in a circle. Indeed, well,
24:42
Speaker 1: I see my friends out here. You know, people want
24:45
Speaker 1: to rub shoulders with the A list and I get it,
24:48
Speaker 1: and and that has its place. But the truth is
24:52
Speaker 1: the people that I want to touch. Uh you know,
24:55
Speaker 1: I'm I'm just a girl from Brooklyn. I made people laugh.
24:59
Speaker 1: I you know, step my toe. I took a risk
25:02
Speaker 1: and stepped my toe into this crazy business we call
25:05
Speaker 1: show business. And now I want to use my platform
25:07
Speaker 1: in a very broad, delicious, inclusive way. And that's just
25:14
Speaker 1: my way. Now. You know, it doesn't mean I get
25:17
Speaker 1: I didn't know was I at the Oscars. No, I
25:20
Speaker 1: was not at the Oscar, But I don't know if
25:22
Speaker 1: I don't want to go. Just who wants to sit
25:23
Speaker 1: up in a in a girdle the whole time? Anyway,
25:25
Speaker 1: I want to and I wanna. You know, I love
25:30
Speaker 1: going to speak. You know, people say, people haven't asked me,
25:33
Speaker 1: you know when you're gonna do another comedy tour. Well,
25:35
Speaker 1: what I do, Sean, You're gonna like this is I
25:38
Speaker 1: am still able to scratch my comedy itch when I
25:41
Speaker 1: go and I speak. So when I speak, when I
25:44
Speaker 1: do a keynote, I often have taken bits from my
25:47
Speaker 1: comedy act and I've just adapted them to a speak
25:52
Speaker 1: to a speaker stage. So I still get the feel
25:55
Speaker 1: of performing without having to do seventeen shows on a
25:59
Speaker 1: weekend and hope that the manager gives me my bonus.
26:02
Speaker 1: You know, you have to deal with you know, drunk hecklers,
26:06
Speaker 1: you know. And I get paid more because I sell
26:09
Speaker 1: my goods and products and services at the end. And
26:12
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that other comedians don't do that, but
26:14
Speaker 1: most times it's a T shirt or it's a picture.
26:17
Speaker 1: I'm able to sell my programs that then create change.
26:21
Speaker 1: After I speak so I still get my comedy fix
26:25
Speaker 1: and I get to inspire, educate, entertain and and and
26:31
Speaker 1: um and empower others. Well, you know this is uh,
26:34
Speaker 1: you know, I'm enjoined this interview, and I hope you're
26:36
Speaker 1: doing this and joining it as well because of the
26:39
Speaker 1: fact that we're talking about the possibilities and anybody. And
26:44
Speaker 1: then I'm a transitional guy and you're a transitional person.
26:47
Speaker 1: And there's so many everyday people out there who stuck
26:50
Speaker 1: owned jobs and complaining, stuck in relationships and complaining, worried
26:54
Speaker 1: about how old they are. I'm for them fifty sixty.
26:57
Speaker 1: What can I do? I can't change it. I go,
27:00
Speaker 1: I gotta still on his path. And that's a lie.
27:03
Speaker 1: And that's all you're saying. Yeah, stop reading a lie,
27:07
Speaker 1: stop living a lot, and stop being the lie. That's powerful. Well,
27:15
Speaker 1: you know, here's what I tell folks, and this is
27:17
Speaker 1: because people aren't looking. They're not looking in the right place.
27:21
Speaker 1: I think that a lot of people look without they
27:24
Speaker 1: look out and they go, oh, I'm older than so
27:26
Speaker 1: and so and so and so, or I've gained too
27:27
Speaker 1: much weight. So I'm sadter than so and so. I'm
27:30
Speaker 1: I'm in this job and I don't know how to
27:32
Speaker 1: get to this. I say, look within. So my thing
27:35
Speaker 1: is story and the power of story. And when I
27:39
Speaker 1: look at um my clients stories inside those stories are
27:45
Speaker 1: jewels and gems and beautiful minds feel full of amazing
27:51
Speaker 1: nous that can then become your ticket out of the drudgery.
27:55
Speaker 1: So I call it captivating with your story. Captivate with
27:59
Speaker 1: your story. All of us have within us stories of
28:03
Speaker 1: the yummy and the yucky, the ups and the downs,
28:05
Speaker 1: the things that we've learned, the lived experiences. The other
28:09
Speaker 1: phrase I love to say is what is everything that
28:11
Speaker 1: has happened to you has actually happened for you. That
28:15
Speaker 1: means you have a fresh perspective on the yummy and
28:18
Speaker 1: the yucky stuff that has happened, You have survived it,
28:22
Speaker 1: You have uh you know, you are a victor. So
28:25
Speaker 1: why not use your story to go back and help
28:28
Speaker 1: other people, to share with others how you came through.
28:31
Speaker 1: And so those are the things I like to pull
28:33
Speaker 1: out of people pull out the stories. And these are
28:36
Speaker 1: your books, these are your speaking engagements, these are your foundations.
28:41
Speaker 1: There are people who started foundation because they looked at
28:43
Speaker 1: their story and said, oh my goodness, this is what
28:46
Speaker 1: I've overcome, or this is what my parents did to
28:48
Speaker 1: become who they were, and now I want to give
28:51
Speaker 1: back by sharing the story and bringing people in. And
28:56
Speaker 1: so those people who are sitting around and going onto
28:58
Speaker 1: this or I'm not enough that that is within you
29:01
Speaker 1: live beautiful stories of It's just it's just a matter
29:05
Speaker 1: of tapping into that and then using those stories to
29:09
Speaker 1: either a build your confidence and go on about your
29:12
Speaker 1: business or be build a business. And that's what I
29:17
Speaker 1: duct my like sweet spot right now. So let's that's
29:21
Speaker 1: transition right into Captivate with your story, which is the
29:24
Speaker 1: power story to amplify your or any business. Captivate with
29:29
Speaker 1: your story, leave with your message. That's another platform. That's
29:33
Speaker 1: another platform. There's that you have community mastermind, right and
29:38
Speaker 1: then now you have captivate with your story. Tell us
29:41
Speaker 1: about that. Yeah, So captivate with your story is just
29:45
Speaker 1: that it's me teaching the principles of using the power
29:50
Speaker 1: of story to captivate and connect to build an extraordinary
29:54
Speaker 1: life and business. So we connect. It is primal in
30:00
Speaker 1: us to love story. We teach our little ones with story,
30:04
Speaker 1: we learn from our elders with story. It is it's
30:07
Speaker 1: how we process. It's how we see ourselves. You know,
30:11
Speaker 1: when you told when you mentioned at the beginning, you
30:13
Speaker 1: and I were running around New York, you know, trying
30:15
Speaker 1: to make it. People can literally visualize themselves at a
30:19
Speaker 1: time in their life and they were running around trying
30:21
Speaker 1: to figure something out or making ways and trying to
30:24
Speaker 1: make things happen. You you put yourself in that person's experience,
30:28
Speaker 1: even if we never have the experience. And so it's
30:30
Speaker 1: a powerful way to connect. Comedians who are telling stories
30:34
Speaker 1: on stage right aren't just telling you their experiences. They're
30:38
Speaker 1: having you look at the ridiculousness of what they thought
30:41
Speaker 1: or what they saw, and you to see it and
30:44
Speaker 1: experience it. And even if you haven't had an experienced
30:47
Speaker 1: you you you you resonate with it. And so I'm
30:50
Speaker 1: I'm helping people to use their story to help them
30:53
Speaker 1: to resonate with the people that they want to share
30:56
Speaker 1: their message and their mission with. And it's about visibility,
31:00
Speaker 1: t It's about creating impact and becoming more profitable just
31:04
Speaker 1: by using what you already have. So Rabbian putting up
31:08
Speaker 1: an Instagram post that they's by my bundles of hair,
31:11
Speaker 1: you're blaming why you got the hair business to begin with,
31:15
Speaker 1: maybe you're an auntie of yours had alopecia. She was
31:18
Speaker 1: so embarrassed that her hair wasn't growing or whatever it is,
31:21
Speaker 1: and so you wanted to create beautiful wigs or you know,
31:25
Speaker 1: something to to make her feel like, I don't know,
31:27
Speaker 1: you know whatever. It is. Creating an engagement, creating that relationship.
31:30
Speaker 1: That's what you're saying. A story can sell a long
31:34
Speaker 1: time versus because everybody got hair. Everybody got hair. But
31:38
Speaker 1: why are you engaged? Why is it important that you
31:41
Speaker 1: should be You should come to me as a customer,
31:44
Speaker 1: Tell me, tell your story. Your story sells a lot.
31:46
Speaker 1: You know, a single mall, you know, uh, a person
31:49
Speaker 1: who's in college, or some birds who's trying to change
31:52
Speaker 1: their life, their life and they've been working a job
31:55
Speaker 1: that they don't like and this is their opportunity to
31:57
Speaker 1: break out. And they because I've known this is that
32:00
Speaker 1: you know right now represents Steven A. Smith. And one
32:03
Speaker 1: of the things he's he's an HPCU graduate. You know,
32:06
Speaker 1: he's he was held back in grade school and he's
32:10
Speaker 1: he tells that story and people relate to that. And
32:15
Speaker 1: so what happens in business People need to understand is
32:17
Speaker 1: that relate to it. You can you can look, you
32:19
Speaker 1: can tell that like the Super Bowl commerce. One of
32:21
Speaker 1: the most popular Super Bowl commercials was the Google commercial
32:24
Speaker 1: and the guy was talking about talking about his back
32:27
Speaker 1: in the day when he was remembering everything. That was
32:30
Speaker 1: a story to an emotion that they was tapping into.
32:34
Speaker 1: And that's what you were talking about in your story.
32:37
Speaker 1: Tell the story that's relatable to many and also will
32:41
Speaker 1: engage conversation. That is a beautiful message. Kim Cole's thank you.
32:49
Speaker 1: You know I created something that I can give every
32:51
Speaker 1: one of your listeners. It's free. That's one of the
32:55
Speaker 1: first questions I get was, I don't know if I
32:56
Speaker 1: have a story, but I don't have any stories. They
32:59
Speaker 1: also say, how do to tell my story? About telling
33:01
Speaker 1: all my business? And there's a way to do that too.
33:03
Speaker 1: But I have a free gift for everybody listening, and
33:06
Speaker 1: it's you just go to www dot do. We still
33:10
Speaker 1: say all the w side, I do, I do, I'm country,
33:13
Speaker 1: I do. Come on now. Story with Kim dot com.
33:19
Speaker 1: Story with Kim dot com. And that would give you
33:22
Speaker 1: a little mini core that I have that I give
33:25
Speaker 1: people some of my favorite story pumps that will get
33:28
Speaker 1: you thinking about and remembering stories that you haven't thought
33:32
Speaker 1: about for years, and then we can talk about how
33:35
Speaker 1: to then connect it to what you want to do.
33:38
Speaker 1: Do you want to write a book? Do you want
33:39
Speaker 1: to become a speaker? Do you want to connect this? Uh? Sneeze?
33:49
Speaker 1: How do I get to sneeze in the middle of
33:51
Speaker 1: the interview? You know? And youndo too, you know, as
33:54
Speaker 1: you would leave. That's like the minister about the call
33:56
Speaker 1: everybody to the altar and just start coughing. I want
34:01
Speaker 1: you to come and meet. I mean, spirit is really
34:09
Speaker 1: coming in now. It's all about connecting your story to
34:15
Speaker 1: everything else that you want to do. And I feel
34:17
Speaker 1: that story is the foundation. So if I give you
34:19
Speaker 1: this free many course, it will get you really thinking
34:22
Speaker 1: about what stories are already inside of you, and then
34:25
Speaker 1: I have a way to get a contact meet you
34:27
Speaker 1: want to work further. So it's why don't you pretent free?
34:29
Speaker 1: I have little videos, I have worksheets for you, and
34:33
Speaker 1: it's story with Kim dot Com. Well, I'm gonna get
34:35
Speaker 1: that out. I'm gonna talk to about my staff when
34:37
Speaker 1: I get back to the office, and we're gonna we're
34:39
Speaker 1: gonna go to your side, get that creative post one
34:42
Speaker 1: of your beautiful pictures that you have running around on LinkedIn.
34:45
Speaker 1: And and also when I when you post on LinkedIn,
34:47
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start liking your posts so you can get
34:49
Speaker 1: in my timeline. I'm just telling you, kim Um, you're
34:53
Speaker 1: you're such a breath of fresh air. Secondly, as you
34:56
Speaker 1: and I know talent, my dear you, we'll be back
35:00
Speaker 1: on TV doing this. You you, this is, this is,
35:06
Speaker 1: this is who you are. You know we can we
35:08
Speaker 1: can go through life and say, oh, she's a great
35:10
Speaker 1: comedic actress. So she's so entertaining. But like you said,
35:13
Speaker 1: for sure, I still entertained when I delivered my message.
35:16
Speaker 1: I deliver a little sugar with the salt and all
35:18
Speaker 1: that good stuff. And so that is I'm just hearing
35:21
Speaker 1: in this in this conversation that first of all, you
35:25
Speaker 1: bless my listeners. We were us reconnecting in this manner
35:28
Speaker 1: is so awesome. But more important the message in the
35:31
Speaker 1: consistent tone in your message, because you have that bob
35:34
Speaker 1: and hit that bob and head information yeah yeah, yeah, yeah,
35:39
Speaker 1: you know when you're bobbing head again. She right, she
35:43
Speaker 1: listen to a bill, listen to us sal oh, yeah,
35:46
Speaker 1: she right about that. She's right about that. You got
35:48
Speaker 1: that bobbing head and she right about that information. And
35:51
Speaker 1: don't you stop kim co other energy of um, you know,
35:58
Speaker 1: yelling at folks, everybody, what everybody's doing wrong. There's people
36:02
Speaker 1: whose names I'm not gonna mention. I just think you
36:04
Speaker 1: get what you put out, and I think the energy
36:06
Speaker 1: that you put out, there's a difference between the bob
36:09
Speaker 1: and head information and you know, clutching your pearls information
36:12
Speaker 1: like oh no, she didn't say that, and so um that.
36:17
Speaker 1: I just want to stay in the place of joy
36:19
Speaker 1: and love and possibilities, and I see that in other people,
36:24
Speaker 1: which is why, uh, this is why I'm doing what
36:26
Speaker 1: I'm doing. So thank you for providing a platform for
36:30
Speaker 1: for for like minded folks like you. So thank you
36:33
Speaker 1: so much. I see what you're doing. I always did,
36:36
Speaker 1: and you will always try to stay. For the record,
36:38
Speaker 1: you have stayed shop, you have listen. I don't know,
36:44
Speaker 1: I didn't know what was in your bank account or
36:46
Speaker 1: not not sure. Early on you didn't have the funds
36:48
Speaker 1: to have a great looking suit, but you always presented
36:53
Speaker 1: yourself professionally and positively. And you you can you know
36:58
Speaker 1: you came in wearing a suit when everybody else is
37:00
Speaker 1: wearing raggedy jams. Absolutely, I thought that. I know it
37:05
Speaker 1: was an option, a choice. It was a choice, and
37:08
Speaker 1: thank you for making that choice. Thank you, Kim, You've
37:10
Speaker 1: been amazing. First of all, you're in my life. I'm
37:13
Speaker 1: in your life, and I swear to you, do not stop.
37:17
Speaker 1: You are going on TV with this in some form
37:21
Speaker 1: some fashion, whether its syndication, whether there's a platform, and
37:25
Speaker 1: immediately being a guest on talk shows, Facebook, Watch Live.
37:30
Speaker 1: You're going on TV because you're such a blessing. I
37:33
Speaker 1: want to thank you for coming on my show, This
37:35
Speaker 1: Money Making Conversation dot com. If you want to listen
37:37
Speaker 1: to other podcasts, I'm for Sean mcgah. I'm your host.
37:41
Speaker 1: In this season of giving, Cools has gifts for all
37:44
Speaker 1: your loved ones. For those who like to keep it cozy,
37:47
Speaker 1: find fleeces, sweaters, loungeware, blankets and throws, or support minority
37:51
Speaker 1: owned or founded brands by giving gifts from Human Nation
37:55
Speaker 1: and Shame Moisture and in the spirit of giving, Coals
37:58
Speaker 1: Cares is donating a million dollars to local nonprofits nationwide.
38:03
Speaker 1: Give with all your heart this season with great gifts
38:06
Speaker 1: from Coals or Coals dot com. Still living in manually
38:10
Speaker 1: taking notes, there is a better way to start the
38:12
Speaker 1: new year with auto dot ai automatically get meeting notes.
38:15
Speaker 1: Auto dot ai works for virtual meetings like Zoom, Microsoft Teams,
38:18
Speaker 1: and Google Meet. Sign up on the web for free
38:20
Speaker 1: or download in the app stores auto dot ai. That's
38:22
Speaker 1: O T T E R. Dot ai. Sticky notes, email alerts,
38:27
Speaker 1: a string around your finger. They're just not big enough.
38:31
Speaker 1: So here's a big reminder from the California Lottery. Tomorrow's
38:33
Speaker 1: megamillions jack potties over three million play now. Please play responsible.
38:38
Speaker 1: You must be eighteen years older to purchase player Plian