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May 27 2019

Episode 121: Kevin Eastman, Former NBA Coach & Executive

Kevin Eastman is a corporate speaker and an internationally-known basketball clinician who brings his knowledge and experience in sports to the business world. He speaks on various topics, including championship culture, teamwork, leadership, motivation and individual success.

Over his 40 years in the game, Kevin has coached basketball at all levels, including 13 years in the NBA. He was a top assistant to Doc Rivers with the 2008 NBA World Championship Boston Celtics, and most recently served as an assistant coach and Vice President of Basketball Operations with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Kevin was raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey, and attended the University of Richmond, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He was a scholarship student-athlete at Richmond and in recognition of his unique qualities as a basketball player, the University created the Kevin Eastman Award. The award, which has been awarded just five times in program history, is given to a player who exemplifies the qualities of team leadership, dedication, and outstanding play. He was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame at both Haddonfield Memorial High School and the University of Richmond.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • What makes the best the best
  • The absolute most important word needed for success
  • How to be truthful and “keep it real” with team members
  • Being the best assistant or #2 possible
  • … and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Alan Stein, alan Stein Jr., Boston Celtics, Championship Culture, Coaching, Coaching U, Culture, Culture Building, Don Yaegar, Don Yaeger, dwane casey, Gary Reasons, Geno Auriemma, Gregg popovich, John Wooden, Jon Gordon, Kara Lawson, Kevin Eastman, Kevin Garnett, Leadership, NBA, NCAA, Pat Williams, Seattle Storm, Sue Enquist, Teamwork, UConn, Why the best are the best, WNBA

May 22 2019

The Roadrunner Fooled Me

“Healthy skepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.” (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

John Brubaker, the author of best-selling books such as “Stadium Status” and “Seeds of Success” recently brought something to my attention. I like to think that I am a fairly educated person and have a good grasp on reality but he pointed out that I have believed a lie for many years.

Wait, what?!?

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: assumptions, birds, Coach Bru, conclusions, coyote, disney, fake news, famous, fooled, John Brubaker, jump to conclusions, lies, Looney tunes, making assumptions, media, roadrunner, Social Media, speed

May 08 2019

Episode 120: Dan Hughes, WNBA Championship Coach

Dan Hughes is the head coach of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm. In just his first year with the Storm, he helped lead them to the 2018 WNBA Championship. Nobody has coached more games in the WNBA than Hughes. He has been the head coach of the Charlotte Sting (1999), Cleveland Rockers (2000-2003), San Antonio Stars (2005-2009, 2011-2016), and the Seattle Storm (2018-current). He has also coached both men and women at various college levels. 

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Coming out of retirement to coach the Storm to a championship.
  • What makes Gregg Popovich so good as a coach.
  • How to be a great assistant.
  • Creating a championship culture quickly.
  • His non-traditional coaching journey and how it helped him be a better coach.
  • The male and the female player he would have liked to coach.
  • … and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Championship Culture, Coaching, Culture, Culture Building, Don Yaegar, Don Yaeger, dwane casey, Gary Reasons, Geno Auriemma, Gregg popovich, John Wooden, Jon Gordon, Kara Lawson, Leadership, NBA, NCAA, Pat Williams, Seattle Storm, Sue Enquist, Teamwork, UConn, WNBA

Apr 18 2019

Comebacks Are Fun

Winning is fun. Winning when it is not expected of you might be even more fun. Most of us love a good comeback story and recently, we were treated to a couple of good stories from the world of sports.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Failure, NCAA Tournament, Perseverance, rebounding, Responding, Tiger Woods, Tim Hall, UMBC, Virginia, Virginia Cavaliers

Apr 15 2019

Episode 119: Matt Brauning – Really interesting guy!

As a 2-time best-selling author, Matt captivates all types of audiences with an honest, hilarious, and exciting look into Leadership, Team Building, and Corporate Culture. He has been speaking since 2006 all over the world including the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

Some of his clients include: U.S. Bank, John McAfee (Founder of McAfee Antivirus), New York Life, Project Management Institute (PMI), University of Southern California, Whittier Law School, The Point Church Network, Keller Williams Real Estate, The YMCA, and others.

Matt has been an entrepreneur since 2002, and is the host of The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur podcast. He also filmed in the movie The Journey with training legends Brian Tracy and Bob Proctor.

He is an avid motorcycle rider, church pastor, and rock climber, climbing technical roped ascents of mountains like Mt. Whitney and Halfdome in Yosemite. After spending time in California, he now resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his amazing wife Lola and awesome son Valiant.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Super heroes and leadership going hand in hand
  • Why people do what they do
  • What NLP is and why it matters
  • Assigning meaning to things that happen to us
  • How we can change our attitude or cause of things
  • … and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Aaron Walker, author, Choices, Christianity, Elise Auxier, filters, Josh McDowell, Ken Coleman, mental strength, mental toughness, Michael Catt, Motivation, NLP

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