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Oct 16 2022

Get Started Today

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Zig Ziglar said, “You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start in order to be great.” 

Nothing in life is accomplished automatically.
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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: chinese proverb, get started, Goals, journe, journey, Motivation, Motivational Monday, Motivational Quotes, Setting goals, start today, thousand miles, Zig Ziglar

Oct 14 2022

Goal of a Conversation

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu used to say, “Don’t raise your voice, rather just improve your argument.”

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Arguments, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Communication, conversation, Learn to Listen, Listening, MLK, Nobel Peace Prize, Perspective, respect, Seek First to Understand, Stephen Covey

Oct 12 2022

Episode 171: Dr. Richard Johnson, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Richard A. Johnson, Ed.D., is the director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Booker T. Washington Initiative which examines the effects of public policy on African-American communities.

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In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Educating today’s youth
  • The importance of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Thoughts on race
  • Beating Hall of Famer David Robinson in a basketball game
  • … and much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: BLM, Booker T. Washington, Critical Race Theory, Diversity, Education, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, houston, Jr., Martin Luther King, MLK, politics, Race Relations, Racial Issues, Richard Johnson, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Wiley College

Oct 11 2022

Help With The Heavy Lifting

“A leader is one who knows the way, shows the way, and goes the way.” (John C. Maxwell)

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During the American Revolutionary War, a rider on horseback came across a group of soldiers under the command of a corporal who was out to show he was in charge.

The soldiers were moving timber trying to build a wall alongside a road.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: George Washington, Heavy Lifting, Helpful, Helping, Leadership, Martin Luther King, MLK, servant leadership, Serving

Oct 10 2022

Make This Week Great

I love Mondays!

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Not only is it great to see any day of the week because that means I’m alive, but it’s also a chance to have a fresh start. It’s a chance to set a new tone for the rest of the week. [Read more…]

Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Associates, Bad Company, Character, Choices, decision making, Eagles, Friends, Good Character, Jim Rohn, Joel Osteen, Leadership, Personal Growth, Personal Responsibility, positivity, Success is a Choice, Thanksgiving, Turkeys

Sep 27 2022

Soar With The Eagles

The story is told of a farmer who grabbed his shotgun to shoot at a flock of pesky crows. Unfortunately, he didn’t see that the family’s sociable pet parrot had joined the flock of crows.

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After firing a few shots, he walked over to the fallen birds and was surprised to find the family parrot had been one of the casualties. The farmer’s children had heard the noise and came running. When they saw the parrot, they asked their father what had happened.

The farmer simply replied, “Bad Company.” [Read more…]

Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Associates, Bad Company, Character, Choices, decision making, Eagles, Friends, Good Character, Jim Rohn, Joel Osteen, Leadership, Personal Growth, Personal Responsibility, positivity, Success is a Choice, Thanksgiving, Turkeys

Sep 25 2022

A Soldier’s Determination

“There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.” (Vince Lombardi)

After 12 hours of peeling potatoes for KP duty, an Army private returned to his barracks bone-tired and exhausted.

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As he collapsed on his bed, he noticed a letter from his girlfriend on his pillow.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Army, Determination, Funny, Giving All, Lou Holtz, Military, Motivation, Motivational Minute, Usain Bolt, Vince Lombardi

Sep 23 2022

Bechler Partners with TeePublic for Merchandise Deal

The “Success is a Choice” podcasting network has partnered with TeePublic to offer merchandise related to leadership, teamwork, culture, life, and success. The partnership includes the podcasting network, Jamy Bechler’s leadership consulting, and his books.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: News · Tagged: affiliate, apparel, clothing, cuco, merchandise, partnership, Success is a Choice, t-shirts, teepublic, The Leadership Playbook

Sep 22 2022

The Coffee Beans

“Life is 10% what happens to you, but 90% how you react to what happens to you.” (Charles Swindoll)

Once upon a time in a small Italian town, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable.

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She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed like life was one problem after the next.

The next day her father, who was a chef, took her to the kitchen. He boiled three pots of water. He placed potatoes in one, eggs in another, and ground coffee beans in the third.

Of course, the daughter waited impatiently, wondering what he was doing.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Adversity, boiling water, Charles Swindoll, Choices, coffee bean, decisions, fable, Podcast, reaction, response, Responsibility, Success is a Choice, two-minute drill

Sep 20 2022

The Coachable Coach: Tom Shaw

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Tom Shaw, the men’s golf coach at Abilene Christian University. 

“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.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Abilene Christian, ACU, Building Relationships, Coachable Coach, College Athletics, connecting, Culture Matters, Developing Students, Golf Coach, Golfing, Leadership, NCAA, PGA, student leadership, team building, Tom Shaw

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