Today in America, we celebrate Thanksgiving.
Maybe you love it because you’ll sit on the couch all day watching football, or stuff yourself full of yummy foods, or get a game plan for Black Friday shopping or spend time with family.
Motivational Minute: Our Choices Today
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” (Aristotle)
Most choices that we have in life are simple.
Knowing the right thing to do is not the hard part rather choosing to do the right thing is the difficult part.
Click here to listen to the 1-minute audio version of this article.
I love Diet Dr. Pepper, Kit Kats, and Twizzlers. These are my favorite snacks.
What Really Matters in Life
In a NY Times interview, Walt Bettinger, the Chief Executive of Charles Schwab talked about the lessons he learned in college:
“A business strategy course in my senior year stands out. I had maintained a 4.0 average all the way through, and I wanted to graduate with a perfect average. It came down to the final exam, and I had spent many hours studying and memorizing formulas to do calculations for the case studies.
Bechler Speaking in Florida
The Manatee County Fellowship of Christian Athletes is pleased to announce that one of the nation’s top experts on leadership and teamwork will be speaking in Bradenton on Saturday, October 23rd.
The event will take place from 12:30-2:00pm at the Youth for Christ’s 180 House.
Jamy Bechler is the host of the “Success is a Choice” podcast and is a certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach. He has also written three books, including The Leadership Playbook. His fourth book, The Captain, is set to be released this Thanksgiving.
Saturday’s topic will be “Influencing Today’s Generation of Kids.”
Episode 176: Lauren Johnson, former New York Yankees Mental Coach
Lauren Johnson is an athlete-turned-mental conditioning coach, who is highly motivating, and relatable with a passion for developing the minds of the elite. Lauren trains professional athletes, military personnel and business professionals through national speaking engagements, educational training workshops and consulting.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Lauren served as the Mental Conditioning Coordinator for the New York Yankees, where she was responsible for aiding in the development of athletes and staff through education, application, and support.
From the playing field to the boardroom, Lauren helps elite performers develop mental toughness so they can be their best regardless of circumstance. Her practical, straight-forward advice and performance strategies provide tangible results and skills that help individuals push through the inevitable challenges life throws at us.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
- Why soccer players flop
- How to break out of a slump
- “Coaching” her professional golfing husband
- What we all can do better mentally to be successful
- Helping the New York Yankees with mental performance
- … and much more!!!
Piles of Mail
“First get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats, and then they can figure out where to drive it.” (Jim Collins, Good to Great)
During the summer of my first year as an AD, we hired a brand new secretary. On her first day, she put all the mail that had been piling up for the last month into a big black trash bag and threw it in the dumpster.
In all fairness, it looked like a big pile of trash with all of the catalogs from equipment, award, and apparel businesses. But there were a few letters and other important stuff mixed in.
Obviously, I was not happy. However, she was just trying to help out and we were in the midst of redecoration and redesign of the athletic department so she thought this was right in line with what we were trying to do.
Regardless, I went dumpster diving and also learned a great lesson.
DeAnna Price Sets an American Record
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are just around the corner and athletes everywhere are seeing the rewards and fruit of their years of sacrifice and hard work.
This is especially true in the individual sports – gymnastics, swimming and diving, and track and field come to mind immediately. As Americans, Track and field is a sport that has long held our fascination.
We love powerful athletes. We love fast athletes. We love the fact that the best can be measured by objective means.
There are no playing time issues. If you think you are better than someone else, then this can be proven by throwing farther, jumping higher, or running faster.
That is why what happened in the hammer throw competition at the U.S. Track and Field Trials is so awesome and so impressive.
DeAnna Price set an American record with her throw, which also happened to be the second-best in history.
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America’s Fastest Woman Banned from the Olympics
Just one month after the death of her biological mother, Sha’Carri Richardson accomplished a lifelong dream of winning the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic trials in Oregon.
However it would soon come crashing down and her lifelong dream would become a nightmare as Richardson tested positive for a chemical found in marijuana.
The 21-year old was disqualified and received a one-month ban. America’s fastest woman would not be participating in the upcoming Olympics.
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Episode 172: Leadership that Rocks with Jim Knight
Jim Knight is a keynote speaker, author, podcaster, and entrepreneur, Jim Knight teaches organizations of all sizes how to attain their own “rock star” status.
Although his illustrious career started at Gatorland Zoo (he has the scars to prove it), Jim cut his teeth in the hospitality industry and eventually led Global Training for Hard Rock International for two decades. His customized programs show how to amp up organizational culture, deliver world-class differentiated service, and build rock star teams and leaders.
Known for his edu-taining programs (in person, virtually and in print), Jim is the best-selling author of Culture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture and was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the “5 Books That Will Help You Transform How Your Do Business”.
Jim’s newest book, Leadership That Rocks (May 2021), is the first in the 3-part “Culture That Rocks” series.
A portion of Jim’s book sales, podcast revenue, speaking fees and training program proceeds goes to No Kid Hungry and Cannonball Kids’ cancer.
Click here to read Jim’s bio.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
- The best and most underrated bands of all-time
- A musician that is overlooked for his talent
- Building strong teams
- Creating cultures that rock
- … and much more!!!
Speech to Scholarship Winners
This is the transcript of a speech Jamy Bechler gave to the 2021 Barberton, Ohio Kiwanis International scholarship winners.
Some of us see a 6. Some of us see a 9.
Sometimes whether we see a 6 or a 9 is based on our perspective. Our point of view.
We sometimes see things differently than others. It doesn’t mean that they are right and we are wrong, but it also doesn’t mean that we are right and they are wrong. Sometimes people just see things differently.
Sometimes it’s not just people but situations or things that we see differently. We might see a 6, but the reality is that the situation is a 9.
Our point of view or perspective may not always be right, but it also may not always be wrong. Sometimes we just see the world differently.
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