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Jan 17 2018

Episode 055: Best-Selling Author & Business Strategist Matt Morse

Matt Morse is the author of the #1 best-seller “Mental Game VIP” and co-author (with Brian Cain) of “Mental Conditioning for Baseball.” He is a former NCAA Division-I baseball player turned innovative entrepreneur, author, speaker, consultant, and coach who equips top businesses, authors, speakers, coaches, athletes, and teams with the tools and strategies needed to maximize their impact. Matt is also the founder of Kaifect, a full-service impact agency that specializes in online marketing, branding, web development, social media, content creation, copywriting, graphic design, audio/video production, product creation and launches, live events, Facebook Ads, affiliate marketing, research and reporting, and digital strategies.

During his third year as a college baseball player, he got injured and had to redshirt. As an aspiring college baseball coach, Matt used his time while recovering to create an interview series with 21 of baseball’s top mental performance coaches, which evolved into a book and audio program called Mental Game VIP.  At the same time, peak performance coach Brian Cain asked Matt to co-author his next book, Mental Conditioning for Baseball, to add a student-athlete’s perspective and insight on the mental game. Following the success of Mental Game VIP, Matt created a similar project focused on leadership that became Leadership VIP. His passion for coaching quickly shifted from on-the-field coaching to business coaching when he saw the opportunity and demand for business development in the sports arena. Matt has had the incredible privilege to be surrounded by great coaches throughout his life, including Don Beebe, Brian Shoop, and Brian Cain.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • The importance of social media and personal branding
  • Getting started as an entrepreneur while in college
  • Using drones in his business

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: athletes, author, baseball, Branding, Brian Cain, Brian Shoop, Collegiate Athletes, Division I, Drones, Entrepeneur, jason romano, Jeff Walker, Jon Gordon, Kaifect, Leadership VIP, marketing, Matt Morse, Mental Game VIP, NCAA, podcast episodes, Speaker, The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim Ferris, UAB

Jan 15 2018

Episode 054: Larry Winget – The Pitbull of Personal Development

Larry Winget is known as “The Pitbull of Personal Development”. He was the star of A&E’s “Big Spender” reality show and is the author of many books, including 6 New York Times/Wall Street Journal best-sellers. Larry is the host of the “Grow a Pair” podcast and is popular expert guest on stations such as Fox Business, Fox News, and MSNBC. He has spoken to more than 400 of the Fortune-500 companies. Larry is the best branded, most recognizable speaker in the business. Many speakers claim to be original, but Larry Winget is THE original. He has established himself as an icon in the world of personal development and self-help. You won’t find many people who don’t know or who won’t recognize him as a result of his six national bestsellers, his thousands of on-stage appearances or his many regular television appearances. Larry was the first to be willing to take on the “positive attitude” motivational speakers and the Law Of Attraction bozos with his common sense, back to the basics approach. Larry still believes that hard work and excellence are the keys to success and communicates that like no other person on the planet can! Larry makes you think. He makes you uncomfortable. He offers common sense solutions that are impossible to argue with. On top of all that, he is hilarious.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • His awesome books with great content and creative titles
  • What he considers his best book and his most important book
  • How you can have more money
  • Why personal responsibility is important
  • How we should be making choices in life

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: A&E, Big Spender, Choices, decisions, Financial Advice, Fox News, Grant Cardone, Intergrity, Kevin Harrington, Larry Winget, Lavar Ball, Micheal Burt, Parenting, Podcast, Reality TV, Responsibility, Rich, Work Ethic

Jan 12 2018

Episode 053: Cory Dobbs, The Academy of Sports Leadership

Dr. Cory Dobbs is the Founder & President of The Academy for Sport Leadership. A former basketball coach, Cory’s coaching background includes experience at the NCAA DII, NJCAA, and high school levels of competition. Cory has worked with collegiate athletic programs and high schools teaching leadership and team building as a part of the sports experience and education process. Cory is an accomplished researcher of human experience–a relentless investigator of team building and leadership behavior.  A skilled researcher, Cory actively engages the process of naturalistic inquiry seeking in-depth understanding of social phenomena such as leadership and team building in their natural setting.  A “teamologist,” Dr. Dobbs is an author, speaker, teacher, trainer and a consultant. Cory has been a recognized educator teaching at institutions such as Northern Arizona University, Ohio University, and Grand Canyon University.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Ways coaches can better develop their team leadership
  • How parents can help their child be a better leader
  • Why we need a leader in every locker room
  • What his thoughts on captains are

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Academy for Sports Leadership, Alan Stein, Books, Brian Robertson, Cal Newport, captains, Cory Dobbs, Itunes, Leaders, Leadership, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Lewis, podcasts

Jan 11 2018

Episode 052: Tim Selgo, 3x National A.D. of the Year

Tim Selgo is the author of the book “Anchor Up: Competitive Greatness the Grand Valley Way”.  He was the athletic director at Grand Valley State University for 20 years. During that time, the Lakers won the Director’s Cup as the top collegiate athletic department an astounding 10 times. Lakers teams won 18 national championships. He was named the national A.D. of the Year three times. He is now teaching part-time at Davenport University and is a Senior Consultant with Athletics Staffing and Consultants.

In addition, GVSU won 18 straight Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Presidents’ Cup titles as the top athletic program in the 16-team GLIAC. The Lakers’ 23 all-time Presidents’ Cup titles top all GLIAC institutions. Grand Valley State, which won 45 GLIAC titles prior to Tim’s arrival, has won 174 GLIAC titles since he was appointed Athletic Director in 1996.

A well respected leader in college athletics throughout his career, Tim served on the NCAA DII Management Council for four years (2007-11), including serving as Chair of the Management Council in 2009. A term on the NCAA DII Management Council is the highest position is DII athletics. He was named the NACDA Division II AD of the Year for the Central Region (2012-13), while also being named the Division II Central Region Astroturf AD of the Year (2006-07). He was also honored as the Central Region AD of the Year in 2002-03. In addition, Tim was President of NACDA for the 2015-16 year. Before getting into administration, Tim served as the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Toledo for three years.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • The “secret sauce” of building culture
  • Working with great coaches like Nick Saban, Brian Kelly, and Gary Pinkel
  • His new book and why all business leaders need to read it
  • How to surround yourself with the right people

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Anchor Up, Athletic Director, Brian Kelly, Camp Elevate, College Athletics, Daniel Hare, Grand Valley State, Hiring, John Wooden, NCAA, Nick Saban, Podcast, team building, Tim Selgo, University of Toledo

Jan 10 2018

My First Time on an Airplane and I had to Jump Out

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” (Mark Twain)

 

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Guest Blog Post written by Melanie Williams

The day was December 12, 2014.  I will never forget it.  It was my birthday.

My boyfriend said that he had something good planned for me but wouldn’t tell me where we were going.  I had nervous anticipation.  I was soon to be caught completely off guard.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Adventures, Airplane, Life, Life experiences, Melanie Williams, Skydiving

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