From Six Figures to Saving Kids Through Basketball
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What led Kingston Handley to leave his six-figure job?
I had six figure job. I was working at one of the best companies ever, but I was empty inside. And during our busy season, we work long hours. So I remember one point I was like working 100 hour weeks one time. And if I didn't have anything in the world, what would I do? Kingston Hanley is a driven youth mentor. basketball skills trainer and entrepreneur based in Orlando, known for combining elite level basketball development with character building mentorship to help young athletes grow in discipline, confidence, and life skills on and off the court. I'm scared to see where my life would have been without basketball, without the friendships that was formed. And that's what I experienced. That's what I want to relay back to the kids in our program.
I went through a lot of tragedy and chaos in my life, but it opened up to where I'm in today, where I can actually teach those values and.
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That's extraordinary. Impossible. Oh, that is sensational. Open. Chicago was the lead. You said Paul is the fastest man on the planet. You can live your dream. Hello and welcome back to another episode. Joining me today is Kingston and he's a coach, a visionary, an entrepreneur like us all. And he's a basketball expert too, coaching a lot of youth basketballers and building a business along the way. So excited for today's episode. Welcome to the show. Hi, thanks for having me Rudy. So let's talk about it. You know, I'm a big basketball fan, been playing most of my life on and off. Okay. But how did you, you know, go from just coaching to actually building a business?
That's a great question. So it really came full circle.
How did basketball influence Kingston's personal development?
So just a little bit about my background. So I grew up with the Boys and Girls Club and I came to the Boys and Girls Club when I was about 11 years old. And from there, that's when I fell in love with basketball. Every day after school.
I was about the same age. Oh, really? Okay.
So, okay. I love it. Yeah. So every day, me and my friends, we're who still to this about 70, 70 years ago. Wow. I'm getting old.
Yeah.
So every two years later, we still connect over just playing basketball every day and play basketball in high school too. And I actually stopped playing basketball. When I was playing AAU, I tore a ligament in my ankle. I remember just like it was yesterday, someone stole the ball from me. And I thought, I was like, oh, hell no. Let me be on my LeBron stuff and try to chase him down. Didn't happen. My ankle went the other way. And I actually stepped away from basketball. And I just... Very hard time for me just because that's my first real injury. And I actually just stepped away from basketball and focused on accounting. And my mom, she was an accountant. And I was like, okay. And Boys and Girls Club set up me with accounting jobs.
I was like, okay, maybe this is... My next step, just go with the flow. I actually hate accounting. Fast and Furious, I hate accounting. What kind of lead me to where I'm in today? My mom. She passed away two years ago. pretty much that was my awakening um i was very fortunate to work great accounting jobs i worked for a big four accounting firm uh a lot of fortune 100 companies but during that point um i was like this wasn't fulfilling i i remember one time i even like like i said i hate accounting i was trying to get my cpa and i actually cried to my mom like i can't do this like I can't I'm doing this for you and she told me like it's okay and I think I remember working big for this was about three years ago now I was working audit and we had a client and during our busy season we work long hours so I remember one point I was like working 100 hour weeks one time and I
And I was like, okay, this is not it. So this is that three years ago, this one night, if I didn't have anything in the world, what would I do?
And... That's a way to just pause for a second.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What led Kingston Handley to leave his six-figure job?
0:00–2:13
2
How did basketball influence Kingston's personal development?
2:13–6:06
3
What challenges did Kingston face when transitioning to entrepreneurship?
6:06–8:58
4
How does mentorship impact youth in underserved communities?
8:58–17:50
Speakers
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