48. Tri-Cities Influencer Podcast featuring Lance Kenmore Tri-Cities Influencer Podcast with Paul Casey

Michelle Oates:
A promise tomorrow is worth a lot less than trying today. I am Michelle Oates, and I'm a Tri Cities influencer.
Paul Casey:
The love of comfort is the enemy of greatness. Okay, you can choose one or the other. You can't choose greatness and comfort. You have to choose one or the other.
Speaker 3:
Raising the water level of leadership and the Tri Cities of Eastern Washington, it's The Tri Cities Influencer Podcast. Welcome to the TCI Podcast, where local leadership and self leadership expert, Paul Casey, interviews local CEOs, entrepreneurs and nonprofit executives to hear how they lead themselves and their teams, so we can all benefit from their wisdom and experience. Here's your host, Paul Casey of Growing Forward Services, coaching and equipping individuals and teams to spark breakthrough success.
Paul Casey:
Thanks for joining me for today's episode with Lance Kenmore. He is owner of the Kenmore Team. And I'm going to let him tell you his fun fact that he even asked his wife and assistant about.
Lance Kenmore:
Yeah. So that was a great question that you said, something quirky about me. And I don't know if it's all the years of going in different people's houses or what, but I do not like lingering food smells in the office. I mean, if someone goes to Bruchi's or something, or Burger King, leaves some fries in the office, I will take the garbage out myself to get rid of it. And so the office is always laughing at me, and whenever we hire somebody new, they always tell them, "Watch yourself with the food you put in the garbage," and so-
Paul Casey:
That's your onboarding thing to remember.
Lance Kenmore:
Yeah. So I'm slightly OCD about that. And there was talk that it might be more than slightly.
Paul Casey:
Well, thanks. That's one of the best ones yet.
Lance Kenmore:
Okay, well, good. It smells great in your studio, so I'm not concerned about it.
Paul Casey:
No distractions.
Lance Kenmore:
Yes.
Paul Casey:
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Well, welcome, Lance. I have heard so much about you, and it's great to meet you here today. And glad you could be on the podcast.
Lance Kenmore:
Yeah. Absolutely. I'm excited to be here. I'm not used to being on this side of the question asking, so hopefully I can stammer through it.
Paul Casey:
That's right. You've got your own show, right?
Lance Kenmore:
Yeah. I do a weekly radio show, and we have some guests on occasionally, so it's kind of fun to be nervous again. I'm used to doing this every week, and the last day or two, my wife is like, "You're actually prepared and you seem nervous." So thanks for putting me in an uncomfortable position.
Paul Casey:
We're stretching you.
Lance Kenmore:
Absolutely.
Paul Casey:
Yes. Well, so our Tri City Influencers can get to know you, take us through your past positions that led up to what you're doing now.
Lance Kenmore:
Yeah. So before real estate, I mean, I'm a local Tri City guy, so born at Lourdes. I don't even think you can be born there anymore, but I was. And grew up on a farm north of Pasco, and then ended up going up through the school system, Richland School District, and graduated Richland High. And so past positions, I guess growing up, I always ... I was in farming and ag, but I ran a lawn care business in high school, and I just happened to live across the street from the owners of what used to be the Prudential Real E