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Sep 24 2025

Making Your Bed

“If you want to change the world, then start by making your bed.” (Admiral William H. McRaven)

I woke up this morning running late and the last thing I wanted to do was take 30-seconds to make my bed.

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Maybe you’ve been right there with me struggling between listening to that pesky little bed-making devil on one shoulder and that cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness angel on the other shoulder.

After all, that bed is just going to get messed up again that night, anyway, who will ever see it?

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Chip Kelly, doing the right thing, Gandhi, Leadership, Make your bed, making your bed, Mike Lindell, MLK, My Pillow, Navy SEALs, Steve Nudelberg, Success, Success is a Choice, Wife, Win the Day

Sep 10 2025

Honoring Fallen Teammates

“Did you ever know that you’re my hero and everything I’d like to be? I can fly higher than an eagle for you are the wind beneath my wings.” (Bette Midler, Wind Beneath My Wings)

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Dustin Hale was only a year older than me, but I thought the sophomore basketball player was a pretty cool guy. We didn’t really hang out away from the basketball court, but he meant a lot to me.​

That summer he passed away as the result of a freakish accident.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: 9/11, Bette Midler, Captain, death, Dustin Hale, Funeral, High School, Honor, Influence, Jersey, Jonesville, Legacy, Soccer, student leadership, Teammate, Terrorists, Todd Pelini, Wind Beneath My Wings

Sep 04 2025

I Didn’t Quit Running

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As a middle schooler, my mother wouldn’t let me play tackle football. I figured I’d be able to talk her out of it prior to entering high school.

I guess I overestimated my lawyering skills.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Beth Bechler, Coaching, Cross Country, High School Football, High School Sports, Jonesville Comets, Jonesville High School, Maximize potential, Mom, Mr. Peacock, Perseverance, Quitting, Running, Student-Athletes

Aug 30 2025

Labor Day

“Whatever you are; be a good one.” (Abraham Lincoln)

For many of us in the United States, Labor Day is the unofficial end of the summer and is filled with cookouts, pool parties, and college football.

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But Labor Day began as a way to recognize our nation’s workers and their accomplishments.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Abraham Lincoln, Bechler Family, Beth Bechler, Example, Frank Bechler, Hard Work, Holiday, Industriousness, Instill Values, Labor Day, Mackinaw Bridge, Martin Luther King, Maximize potential, MLK, Mr. Frank, role model, Work Ethic

Jul 09 2025

Freedom to Choose

Last week we celebrated the 4th of July here in the United States. That date marks our nation’s birthday – our Independence Day. Besides the usual array of hot dogs, parades, and fireworks, many of us took time and were reminded of the concepts of freedom and sacrifice. 

However, I have a different kind of freedom on my mind today. 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: 4th of July, Choices, decisions, Fireworks, Forgiveness, Independence, Independence Day

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