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The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

031: Jimmy Binns | Never too Old for a Challenge

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7870 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy Binns will never stop challenging himself. Becoming a police officer at age 74 is just the latest in a lifetime of impressive feats. He passed the bar exam in 20 states just to see if he could, was a marathoner and a boxer. He was a lawyer to the boxers, most notably representing Don King against Mike Tyson, and practiced for half a century. His track record of determination and perseverance is legend and inspirational.

www.SpartanUpPodcast.com/031

Lessons:
1. Motivation is a contagion. If you're around motivated people you'll either drop out or become motivated.
2. Preparation is everything.
3. You're never too old to take on a serious challenge.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to SpartanUp Podcast.com where we study success and everything required to create it.

0:05.7

We interview people from all over the world that are successful, no matter how they define it. We are here at Amy Farm in Pittsfield for Spartan Up Podcast.

0:20.6

We are four lawyers and we are going to,. We're not lawyers. Johnny's a doctor

0:24.3

There not even a doctor actually this is fantastic.

0:26.8

John the doctor is a rewilding expert. We'll explain that later.

0:31.5

Colonel Knight is. I used to be, used to be a colonel.

0:36.0

So basically we're not lawyers, we're pretty much not much of anything.

0:40.0

But, um...

0:41.0

We're here.

0:42.0

You know what I'd argue we are? We're people who are able to look at these great

0:45.4

great interviews and draw from it. Yeah. We will we're gonna learn something

0:49.8

ourselves from this next interview. This is Jimmy Benz you guys are are going to love him. I know him about 20 years. He's a lawyer. He's licensed, unlike many lawyers in about 35 states, speaks Latin. I asked him why. He said, well, I thought it would be something that I'd learn I hope when you ask him why he answered ergo because I think that means therefore

1:08.0

He um he's a little bit eccentric I remember checking out his closet in his house and he had nine suits

1:16.6

lined up. Each one was a bright different color. He had the same matching

1:21.0

holster, the same matching gun to go with each suit, shoes, socks, underwear.

1:27.0

He's a character, you guys are going to like this.

1:29.7

I'm looking forward to it.

1:31.7

Show at the center here, Spartan Up Podcast.

1:34.3

We are sitting with Jimmy Binz, the attorney, police officer, boxer, marathoner, and we're going to find out what else. Let's talk to Jimmy. So, so Jim, Spartan

1:50.8

believes in grit. And what I mean by that is the ability to stay focused

1:55.8

even when things aren't going well. You've been you went through law school

2:01.2

which is pretty difficult.

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