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Feb 14 2022

Motivational Minute: Mondays

“Doing the little things can make a big difference.” (Yogi Berra)
Please click here to listen to the 1-minute audio version of this article from the Success is a Choice podcast network.

Today is Monday. Yikes!

Nothing like a case of the Mondays to get us down.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Charles Swindoll, Fail Forward, Good attitude, Habits, Little Things, Make your bed, Monday, Monday Motivation, Motivation, Motivational Minute, Overcoming Adversity, Positive leadership, positivity, Success is a Choice, Win the Day, Yogi Berra

Feb 08 2022

Willing to Adapt?

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. 

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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. 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: adapting, Bill Belichick, Brandon Bostick, Change, Football, Improvement, JJ Birden, julian edelman, Kent State, Kent State University, New England Patriots, NFL, Shemy Schembechler, SuperBowl, Tom Brady

Feb 07 2022

Motivational Minute: Losing Your Legs

“Positive people plus positive energy create positive results.” (Jon Gordon)

Retired Army staff sergeant Joey Jones lost both of his legs when an IED exploded in Afghanistan.

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He has said that sometimes people will ask him how he stays so positive about life even though he doesn’t have his legs.
Sometimes he’ll just shake his head and wonder how they can be so negative about life even though they have both of their legs.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Afghanistan, Charles Swindoll, Fail Forward, Joey Jones, Jon Gordon, Losing Your Legs, Military, Motivation, Motivational Minute, Overcoming Adversity, Positive leadership, positivity

Feb 01 2022

The Coachable Coach: Kyle Rechlicz

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.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Al McGuire, basketball coach, Basketball Coaching, Brian Stanchak, Culture, Culture Matters, Great Teammates, HCTC, head coach, Job Search, leadership retreat, Marquette, Megan Duffy, recruiting, Staff Development, team building, The Coachable Coach, The Leadership Playbook, UW Milwaukee

Jan 31 2022

Motivational Minute: The Past

“There are 3 things we can do with the past: LIVE in it, DWELL on it, or LEARN from it.” (Jamy Bechler)

We are one month into the new year and hope you are still excited about the prospects that 2022 brings.

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There is just something cool about flipping the calendar and feel as if we have a new starting point.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Coach K, Dwell on the past, Fail Forward, Inspiration, John C. Maxwell, Learn from the past, LIve in the past, Motivation, Motivational Minute, Napoleon Dynamite, Rebound, The Past, Uncle Rico

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