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Oct 26 2022

Episode 174: Jeff Hoffman (Global CEO, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist)

Jeff Hoffman is an award-winning global entrepreneur, proven CEO, worldwide motivational speaker, bestselling author, Hollywood film producer, producer of a Grammy Award-winning jazz album, and executive producer of an Emmy Award-winning television show. Jeff has been part of a number of well-known successful startups, including Priceline.com, Booking.com, uBid.com, and more. Jeff is the CEO of Driving Force Enterprises, a strategic consulting firm that teaches exponential growth to business owners and entrepreneurs, as well as teaching innovation strategies to corporations and governments worldwide.

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In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • William Shatner becoming the face of Priceline
  • How to build a strong team
  • Making the world better – with or without money
  • Using a whiteboard to build culture
  • … and much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Business, Leadership, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Brad Lea, Brandon T. Adams, Culture Matters, Culture of Good, Dropping Bombs, entrepreneur, Giving, Hiring, Hiring Process, Jeff Hoffman, Kevin Harrington, Micheal Burt, Millionnaire, Philanthropy, Priceline, Ray Lewis, Shark Tank, team building, UBid, Whiteboard

Oct 24 2022

Strikeout King

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When Reggie Jackson retired from baseball in 1987, only five people had ever hit more home runs than he had.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: chinese proverb, get started, Goals, journe, journey, Motivation, Motivational Monday, Motivational Quotes, Setting goals, start today, thousand miles, Zig Ziglar

Oct 20 2022

The Draymond Green Punch

You’ve probably seen (or at least heard about) the video of Draymond Green punching Golden State teammate, Jordan Poole, during a practice last week. There are lots of opinions about what should or shouldn’t have happened to Draymond.

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Anytime something like this happens I always wonder how would you respond and what would you do in your position.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Bad Teammates, Basketball Player, Culture, Discipline, Draymond Green, Fighting, golden state warriors, Good Teammates, Handling discipline, Jordan Poole, NBA, Punch, Punishment, Steve Kerr, Suspensions

Oct 19 2022

The Good Samaritan

Early Sunday morning on January 13, 2019, a snowstorm hit Kansas City. Several cars ended up in the ditch because of the icy conditions. Fortunately for Dave Cochran, he was not one of those that wiped out.

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Not only did Dave not end up in the ditch during the treacherous weather, but he helped a couple of people by hooking up a chain and pulling people out of the snow with his 20-year old Suburban.

This wasn’t just any vehicle, though. This was also his home. You see Dave’s life has been a mix of poor choices and some unfortunate situations.

However, he didn’t let that stop him from helping others that day.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Character, Do What's right, Good Samaritan, Homeless man, Integrity, Jeff Allen, joe delaney, Kansas City Chiefs, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, NFL, Poor, Snow

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

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