Herbert Lang: From Globetrotter to Kindness Ambassador – TPS454

Herb “Flight Time” Lang is an 18-year former player and coach with the World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters who is now a speaker, entrepreneur, motivator, and author. Throughout his travels, to nearly 90 countries with the Globetrotters, some of Herb’s most memorable moments include meeting Pope Francis, President Obama, and appearing on numerous national television commercials and reality TV shows—most notably CBS’s “The Amazing Race.”

He currently resides in Sacramento, California, where he is the proud father of two, and continues to make a difference through kindness and his life experiences, which he believes are the keys to maximizing what we get out of life. He is a true believer in that we are all rich with love and kindness. “Kindness Is Free!”

Highlights

• Herb tells us how he was surrounded by kindness as a child and how that affected him.
• He also shared what he went through physically to become one of the Harlem Globtrotters.
• We talk about how his background taught him how to survive being a celebrity. He said it was important for him to never forget where he came from.
• Some of the things that have given me the most pain are the things I’ve learned the most from. It taught me resilience.
• “The feedback I get from others is what keeps me going.”
• Herb’s positive mindset has inspired others. Being around a bunch of older people is what helped him develop the positive mindset along with his high-school basketball coach.
• With the work he’s doing now, Herb is trying to teach young people how to develop kindness.
• Look into a young person’s eyes and feed them all the things that you’ve learned along the way.
• Things aren’t as bad as you think they are.
• It takes support for us to achieve our dreams. Reach out to others.
• I asked him how he deals with “the downs”. Now, he meditates and goes for daily walks. He also takes his mind back to “the kid me” where he had all his dreams.
• We talk about “the wall” that often surrounds people of wealth and celebrity. Herb doesn’t have that wall.
• Kindness is within all of us. We just have to let it out.
• It bothers me when I see people who had a difficult childhood and now they’re doing the same things to their kids. I can only understand it and show them another way.
• We are all children at heart.
• The world is not a bad place.
• My purpose is to do the best I can while I’m here.

Links

Prosperity Place: https://www.prosperityplace.com/

Herb’s book: Projects Popes and Presidents: An Inspirational Journey That Shows How You Can Overcome Life’s Obstacles and Achieve Your Dreams

Herb’s Website: www.Herblang.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/herbertflighttime.lang

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/themotivationalspeaker/