Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.
Today is Monday. Yikes!
Nothing like a case of the Mondays to get us down.
Despite breaking the school record for total offense during his senior year with the Kent State Golden Flashes, Julian Edelman was not invited to the NFL combine.
He was a successful college quarterback but NFL scouts did not see much of a future for him. It was looking bleak for this college star but then hope.
At the end of 7th and final round of the NFL draft, he received a phone call.
Retired Army staff sergeant Joey Jones lost both of his legs when an IED exploded in Afghanistan.
Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Kyle Rechlicz, the head women’s basketball coach at UW-Milwaukee.
“The Coachable Coach” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network goes beyond the X’s and O’s as Jamy Bechler talks with some of the best sports coaches.
We are one month into the new year and hope you are still excited about the prospects that 2022 brings.
Ken Coleman is America’s Career Coach, the #1 national bestselling author of The Proximity Principle and From Paycheck to Purpose, and host of The Ken Coleman Show. Ken helps people discover what they were born to do and provides practical steps to make their dream job a reality. The Ken Coleman Show is a nationally syndicated, caller-driven show that helps listeners who are searching for something more out of their career.
For more background and insights on Ken, please listen to our first conversation with him during episode #72.
My dream car is an H2 – a Hummer.
My wife’s dream car is a Jaguar.
You might want a Lamborgini, a BMW, or some kind of vintage car.
Randy Brown is a basketball lifer and ambassador. His 20-year college men’s coaching career is as diverse and successful as any. At the age of 21 he set three goals; become a Div. I assistant, become a Div. I head coach, and coach in the NCAA Final Four. A nail-biting loss in the 2000 Elite Eight to Michigan State kept him from achieving his final goal. 12 NBA players have resulted from Randy’s college coaching, including Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors.
In his book, Rebound Forward, he details tragedy and adversity he and his family have faced. This adversity tangled with personal, emotional, mental, and professional hurdles have made him truly who he is today. In Rebound Forward he unashamedly writes in detail about his struggles, tears, successes and pursuit of purpose, holding back no punches.
Click here to read Coach Brown’s complete bio.
Since the Tragic shooting in Michigan on November 30th that took the lives of four Oxford HS students and injured 7 others, political opportunists have wasted little time weaponizing the situation and crafting their talking points.
But my thoughts today aren’t about politics.
My thoughts on the Oxford tragedy aren’t about who’s right, who’s wrong, who’s to blame, or even how this could have ever happened in the first place.
The great baseball player Jackie Robinson once said that “A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.”
Leadership ISN’T about titles, position, authority, or status. Leadership is about influence. It’s about one person influencing another. You don’t need a title to be a leader. You don’t need a title to be a person of influence.
Anyone can lead regardless of their role because everyone has the ability to influence. If people respect you and believe in you, then your opportunities to influence increase exponentially.
Consider the case of Harriet Tubman.