Coach Harris Kern is an AMAZING coach! He uses his background in discipline and accountability to help build you from where you are at and get to where you want to go. I have a style that needs pushing and shoving and hard motivation and he was able to understand that and adjust his style to help me. Currently I am working full time, going to school full time, and working my business full time, and he pushed me to be more accountable and I should soon be partially retired, increase my income to over the $100k threshold, have a hard and sexy body, be accountable as a human being, eat better, save my money, and be generally cleaner and more organized. Seems simple until you try it an keep failing. I learned about him from being frustrated and I searched Google for “Ass kicking Coach” and one of his articles and books came up.

It is my belief that we as humans have mostly lost accountability and have basically died from working and living and not really being alive. We need someone to make us the progressive amount of uncomfortable that happens when we push outside of our comfort zone. It used to be the lion on the savannah, but now America has been the land of the obese, land of the the living paycheck to paycheck, and land of excuses, and a graveyard country of dead and dying dreams. Coach Harris Kern sees that and knows what it takes to break out of that b.s.even if it is you who put yourself there. I work in the Silicon Valley and the competition is fierce here.

Every successful person I know has a coach and I am lucky enough to have Coach Harris Kern. Money is nice but results are nicer- and I will trade it anytime for his help! Thank you Coach Harris Kern.

Before meeting Harris my ideal meal was anything but healthy and working out was measured in the amount of times I would get up off of the couch.  After meeting Harris and listening to him preach his gospel regarding discipline, I began to become one of the many converts he has encountered in his life.  I began watching the foods that I ate, actually started to use the health club membership, which previously gathered dust and began following his advice.  

In the years since Harris and I met, I have become a very successful and wealthy individual, have become a parent of four beautiful girls and have finally found the focus in my life that was previously missing.  

As I now read the books that Harris has written, I see that I was the beneficiary of his wisdom, prior to Harris putting pen to paper so that others could benefit.  Having followed his guidance for the past 15 years I can honestly say that his methodologies do actually work, as long as you are willing to make the commitment and follow his advice.  

About 10 years ago I was diagnosed with Adult ADD due to my lack of self-discipline, lack of motivation and lack of self-control. This had been a life-long struggle for me. Through the years I searched for help. I worked with several counselors to help combat the depression that these ADD symptoms caused but counseling was not the answer to the root of the problem. I interviewed life-coaches never working with one because I already knew who I was and what goals I wanted to achieve and this is where their focus was, not in helping to attain the daily self-discipline to be a great achiever. I started to believe that high levels of self-discipline and willpower were out of my reach and that maybe it was something you had to be born with. Boy was I wrong!!!

Your methods, dedication and honesty are exciting and truly unique. And the fact that no one could ever classify me as ADD again is proof of this. I now leap out of bed each morning with a sense of urgency & enthusiasm. My self-esteem and energy levels are higher than ever, my health is dramatically improving with each day that goes by and I am more productive then I ever thought possible.

I am grateful that the opportunity of being mentored by you has presented itself and I am looking forward to continuing this learning and life-changing experience.

I’d recommend your coaching to anyone who wants to make significant changes and improvements in their life.

If you are ready to change your life for the better & you’re ready for Real Results, then give Harris a call right now so you can start Living instead of just dreaming.

It seems like yesterday when, I wore a size 8, weigh 130 pounds with 34% of body fat. I hated what I saw in the mirror . . . a double chin, rounded face reflection, with sagging arms, flat behind, and barrel-shaped stature. I had spent a lot of monies for a personal trainer, worked out 5 times a week and did my prescribed “fitness” program, but nothing seem to work.

Until I met Harris a few years ago in the local gym in Woodland Hills, California, and we became workout buddies. Being a morning person, I start my day in the gym at 4:00 am. Harris is the right person to be with at that hour. He keeps me motivated and pushes me to the limit. I never have thought I can squat with a 45 and a 25 pounds iron plates on each side of the barbell. Harris made me do it!

Best of all, Harris showed me the right way towards the attainment of my goals . . . to LOOK GOOD, to FEEL GOOD and be a SUCCESS in my profession! Harris is a MENTOR and will always be my mentor. I read all his books in discipline, (Discipline Unleashing Your Hidden Potential and Discipline: Training the Mind to Manage Your Life), which I critique all the time, but are very good resource materials to keep you in track with your goals.

I previously worked for a commercial insurance broker in Los Angeles. One evening I had dinner with a manager from the local office and the Chief Information Officer from corporate. Both of them were discussing company operations. The topic of management came up. During the conversation I was referred to as a “neophyte”. They both felt that there needed to be a process for helping and guiding management neophytes. At the time the Los Angeles office was growing and I was the local IT person. I did not have the title of manager but my boss had expressed an interest in promoting me to manager. At the time I didn’t think much about being a “neophyte”. I chalked it up to my age. I was about 25 at the time. I figured I would get beyond it on my own in time.

Today I completely understand the context of the conversation that evening. Over the last year you have been working with me on making improvements in the area of communication, time management, and leadership skills. When it comes to technology I can read a book, search on-line, or attend a class. When it comes to making personal improvements it’s not as easy. I have been working at the same place for 7 years.

In 2006 I was promoted to Infrastructure manager. I knew at the time it would be a challenge. With the company growth there have been many unknowns in IT. I have always been responsible and a team player but with my promotion came a higher level of expectation from the department. The demands for IT have increased from all sides. Over the last year and a half I have learned to be a leader to my staff in difficult times and have gained confidence in being a decision maker. At first it was hard looking at your assessment of my skills.

With you and mentoring I have been able to make significant improvements, however I still have plenty of room for development and growth. Thank you for your invaluable help and guidance.

I’ve read countless self-help books focused on goal-setting, but up until this point there wasn’t a real concrete change. I contacted Harris as a career-focused college student, now after working with him I’ve defined exactly what I’m working toward and have gotten closer on a daily basis. It’s now evident to me that truly successful people have both clear goals and clear paths toward them – Harris helps you build both.”

Those who I feel impact me the most, are the ones who strive to make every second worthwhile and who inspire me to do the same with them. They are someone who truly knows who you are and work to push you to be your best self. 

My mentor and life coach Harris Kern has embodied that figure in my life. Over time he began to understand who I am as a person and what my goals are in life. Since then he has worked to help me develop structure, discipline and focus on a day to day basis. Whether morning wake up time logs or SAT prep plans, Mr. Kern has committed himself to my well being and self-improvement. We have spent numerous hours, exchanged hundreds of text messages and emails, collaborated on dozens of plans, and charts and gotten to know each other better through the entire process. 

When considering the impact someone hasn’t made on my life, I believe that imagining where you would be without them is a great measurement of their value. I truly feel that without Mr. Kern in my corner, I would not be as disciplined, motivated and focused as I am today. Harris has been my mentor, my coach and most importantly a quality friend through and through. 

My story takes place some 15 years ago at a small Silicon Valley startup.  To an outsider looking in, I appeared to have it all.  Cursed with a charismatic personality that would open any door I wanted to enter was later determined to be my down fall.  However, behind that facade laid a very distraught individual, a person with no focus, no established plan, and no motivation.  The cause for this displacement was due to a very nasty divorce, which resulted in a very active social life, which left me basically, paralyzed professionally. 

Harris Kern, for some unknown reason had taken a liking to me.  As I indicated my charming disposition could capture any one’s attention.  At first, I wondered what could be his motive for taking such an interest in my well-being, my career and professional growth.  The only thing he and I had in common was the small startup we happened to be employed at.  However, that was the catalysis that united him and me.  Harris’s approach to my recovery was nothing short of a premeditated attack with a very defined plan of action to put me back on track.  But what track?  He had no idea what track I needed to be on or wanted to be on.  But that’s where observation and a genuine concern for individuals plays out time and time again. 

Harris introduced me to concepts that became a way of life for me.  Yes, a DISCIPLINE way of life.  He introduced concepts like: drive for results, show work commitment, foster teamwork, provide direction and influence others.  I had no idea what those terms meant, and I certainly didn’t think I manifested any of those qualities, however he did. 

Harris showed me how the hallmark of an effective leader is clear focus and direction.  Successful people operate with a vision of where they are going, and they use that vision to inspire other people and their organizations.  Because he didn’t know me that well, his analogies were geared around work related situations.  It was later when he bridged the gap and connected the concepts to my personal lifestyle. 

Those months of being in my face (literally) quickly turned into years.  Harris’s methods for me were severe because I was really on a self-destructive course.  Again, he informed me that people are most productive when they have a clear idea of what is expected of them, both on a daily basis and over a longer term.  Being clear about organizational priorities enabled me to make appropriate decision that would affect me professionally and eventually personally. 

His methods have proven to be lifelong skills I’ve used in many situations.  He and I no longer work together.  But those skills and qualities he drove in me play out every day.  I am a better person for it socially and professionally. 

It is a structured and effective plan based on your own personal goals. The program includes an organized plan that will provide you with a “roadmap” of how to achieve self-discipline, outline your attributes and challenges (which was helpful for me to see one paper), add perspective to where to place focus within the goals you’ve established for yourself and most importantly, for me, Harris’ program helped to establish realistic time frames for which to complete these goals.  
 
Harris is extremely dedicated to this program and expects me to be as well. He has been diligent in holding me to my target dates for completing goals and has been a great motivator when challenges would seem to shift my attention. I can see a difference in the direction of my life and finally have confidence and hope that I will be able to achieve any goal I set for myself now that I have been able to discipline myself through Harris’ guidance. 

In my first year, I lost about 30 lbs. (mostly water weight doing cardio). Then one day, I saw Mr. Harris Kern at the gym. I noticed how dedicated he was at the gym with his workouts.  At this time, I was only going 5 days a week, when I realized how dedicated he was I said “I can do that and be good at it.”  So, I then started going 6 days a week working out 2 hours per day (cardio & training with weights).  By the second year, I had lost an additional 20 lbs.  When I started following Mr. Kern’s lead, I started losing more weight and gaining muscle tone.  Then I approached Mr. Kern, we started talking about discipline, I told him “I will get back into shape by your disciplinary actions, which we have talked about.”  This was in 1998 when we first spoke.  Now I have known Mr. Kern for 4 years, since I have lost 100 lbs.   

Mr. Kern and I worked out together often and also have become good friends.  I have used discipline even in my diet.  This has been harder for me because I enjoy the “bad foods,” but I have disciplined myself to overcome this obstacle.  Now, my doctor cannot believe how I have recovered from my heart attack. He took me off my blood pressure pills a year ago and has said my blood pressure is like that of a 19-year-old man. Also, my cholesterol medication has been dropped by 2/3rds from what it was.  I have to thank Mr. Kern for leading me into his discipline program and for being my best friend. 

Thank You, Harris 

And those simple changes have made a powerful impact on my thoughts & life because Harris teaches DISCIPLINE which forces you to take Responsibility AND to act.  

Harris let me know right off the bat that this was something that he takes very serious and I too must be ready to make the commitment for this or he will be unable to work with me.  
  
Harris got me to understand the value of time and what it was truly worth. Installing a mental alarm in my head that goes off when I start getting lazy or slacking off. This is not something that I have perfected yet or have even came close to perfecting yet. But I have made very good progress since we first started.  
 
Since we started working together I’ve been able to wake earlier and now am getting up at 6am to get a head start on my day. Cook all my meals, being very health conscious of what I consume. Also, I am in the middle of a body transformation and have been committed to going to the gym daily in the mornings. Harris even gets together with me once a week to personally train me in the gym. 
 
I definitely recommend Harris to anyone who is serious about making changes in their life. He has been a great mentor and coach for me and I look forward to our future together. It helps so much to have someone by your side to give you that extra push that you need in life. 

I thought, “Who better to teach me how to have a successful working relationship with my boss than a coach who was most like my boss?”  I actually feared working with Harris because he said he would be relentless until I improved.  I am so glad I picked him.  Harris calls me at 7:00 AM East Coast time, which means he is up at 4:00 AM on the West Coast!  He wants to make sure I get to work on time and am ready to own the day.  What comes through in every pep talk with Harris is his genuine interest in my personal and professional growth.  He won’t let you down, and just as critical, he won’t let you let yourself down.  Harris rocks! 

Soooo yesterday, I had to grow some big Kahunas. I asked my husband to try and take care of it because they made the deck wrong-it was the wrong material and it was the wrong elevation. It needed to be pulled down and they had to start over.

My husband said everything is fine, we can’t do anything about it. And I said, No, it’s not fine. They messed up. It needs to be done right. I had to take care of it myself. Before you came into my life there was no way I could deal with this problem. I had ZERO confidence when communicating to others.

I walked outside to speak to the construction guy while having a friend of mine who was a designer on the phone who’s been helping me. And after I finished talking to the guy, she said, I’ve been doing this for many years and you just did that so gracefully. And you got the construction boss to come around. Then I sat down and I thought to myself, how did I learn to do that and I remember you mentored me and I developed my non-existent self-confidence.

Thank you so much for always being my number one supporter and fan-for always believing in me…

I could never see it when we first started working together but I’m starting to see the fruits of everything we worked on together because life is just getting more and more hectic as I started to grow older. Because of you I’ve been able to effectively manage my emotions, my household obligations, my work and my new baby girl.

Thank you for always calling to check up on me. Your words of encouragement really would ring through in my mind and give me the push I needed when things are really difficult.

I don’t even know how I managed the patio issue-it was all because of your training and help. Thank you so much.

You were always really caring for me like a daughter. You are truly my hero! 

As a result of his insight and guidance during the planning stage we have very successfully merged our IT and Broadcast Engineering Teams into one Television Technology Group based around a formal service management framework.”

Going into the class I was predisposed to the notion that this would be another dry seminar and at the end I would walk away with a few new ideas, but nothing I could not have figured out by myself. 

When the class started, I was immediately struck by Mr. Kern’s positive attitude and understanding of some the typical issues we face in the corporate world.  His approach and enthusiasm quickly captured my attention and kept my attention for the duration of the 2-hour session. His approach to time management; leadership; motivation, communication gave me a better insight on how to approach these challenges with my team.  After the class was completed I found myself reflecting on what Mr. Kern had taught us so much so, that I decided to bring Harris back in for some one on one situations with some of my team members. After 15 years of management, this was a first.  I brought Harris in to mentor some of my junior staff on time management.  Time management was key to some of the staff simply because we are constantly being asked to do more with less and by utilizing Mr. Kern’s approach to time management, we found that our productivity went up.  The second class we brought Harris in for was leadership.  I had some brilliant engineers, but being a brilliant engineer does not make a brilliant leader.  Once again, with Mr. Kern’s leadership and a one on one setting, we ended up making a couple of brilliant engineers, excellent leaders.  

While this worked well enough to meet the company’s short-term needs, it did not provide a strong foundation for long-term growth. Specifically, the Weather Channel needed a solution that would allow for the rapidly growing number of platforms and technologies and the deployment of new services. With offices spread across the Western Hemisphere and a commitment to remain the industry leader in providing accurate and timely weather information to consumers, The Weather Channel re-focused its efforts toward getting its IT infrastructure in place in order to provide the backbone for future growth.  

Solution: 

The Weather Channel sought guidance from Harris Kern Working as a team with The Weather Channel’s IT staff they set out to transform its operations into a world-class IT infrastructure that operates 24×7 and can withstand nearly any disaster, whether wrought by Mother Nature, technology failure, or human error. 

This was a daunting task.  To build The Weather Channel’s IT infrastructure from the ground up without interrupting day-to-day operations along the way. We met with The Weather Channel employees (from all levels of expertise and various functions) to produce an assessment of the company’s current and future IT needs. As a result of this assessment, we recommended that The Weather Channel move from fragmented IT “silos,” mainly departmental in nature, to a centralized IT infrastructure. This move would enable the company to scale its IT operations and leverage its IT investment to allow for future growth. 

The result:  

In a little less than a year the loose-knit IT staff of 20-plus employees grew to a 100-plus person IT staff that keeps the U.S. and Latin America on top of the weather, in addition to the millions of people who access www.weather.com on a daily basis. 

Specific Solutions: 

• Designed a complete IT Organization structure 

• Recruited a VP of Operations 
• Implemented a Company-wide “Solutions Center” to provide Technical Support 
• Implemented a Change Management Process 
• Implemented a Production Acceptance Process 
• Provided Interim Operational management of the IT function 

• Provided 1×1 performance coaching to management and staff 
• Provided 1×1 leadership coaching 

At the turn of the 21st century competition emerged over night and when our employees wouldn’t grasp change immediately I located Harris kern. Mr. Kern assessed the enterprise, facilitated a presentation on change/self-discipline, designed a new strategy and roadmap, and mentored key individuals and management. The results were improved customer service and a highly productive and even more profitable enterprise.