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Oct 28 2016

Be Obsessed or Be Average

Are you looking for a way to reach your potential and differentiate yourself from other people in your industry?  

Do you have challenges and frustrations in your life? 
Are you dwelling on your problems or committed to finding solutions?
 
Do you have some negative obsessions or passions in your life?  Have you ever thought about embracing them for good?  Have you ever thought about taking any of those and turning them into positives? What are you most passionate about?  What are you most obsessed about?  Turn that energy into solutions and doing things that benefit yourself and others.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Average, Coach Burt, Coaching, Grant Cardone, Growth, Obsessed, Self-Improvement

Sep 19 2016

Are You Growing?

“Do or do not…there is no try” said the Jedi Master, Yoda, to the young Luke Skywalker. 

I was a youngster when The Empire Strikes Back was in theaters. I loved that line then and I love it today. It can be used in a variety of settings.  However, as I have been thinking about leadership the last few weeks, it has become apparent that some of us get stagnant and don’t really commit to growth as leaders. We say we’ll try, but we don’t really.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Doug Dickerson, Growth, Leadership, Star Wars, Yoda

Aug 11 2016

The Daily Routine to Change your Life

“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”  (Madonna)
 
I am probably just as surprised as you are that I started this post with a quote from Madonna.   But hey, I gotta say that she was an underrated actress, an outspoken social critic and she  had some great songs (like “Get in the Groove”, which helped me win a dance contest in 7th grade . . . but I digress).

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Life Management, Matt Crane, Routine, Time Management

Aug 10 2016

Make One Decision that Solves 1000 Problems

 Unless you landed on earth in an UFO and hail from an alien planet, you have some issues that need solving.  Let’s face it . . . we all have problems.  We all are faced with hundreds of choices per day.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Choices, decision making, Jonathan Milligan, problems, solutions

Jul 19 2016

VIDEO: Maximize Opportunities

Whether you are part of a team, business or family, you can improve your locker room, board room or living room.  
Do you want to improve?  Do you want to maximize your opportunities?
Success is a choice.  What choice will you make today? 
Thank you to Coach Micheal Burt and Bruce Lund for graciously allowing me to make this video from Murfreesboro, Tennessee headquarters of Micheal Burt Enterprises, The Greatness Factory.

  
Jamy Bechler was a college basketball coach for nearly 20 years and is now a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, speaker and trainer.  You can contact him at Jamy@CoachBechler.com.  You can also subscribe to his leadership newsletter by clicking here.

Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Bruce Lund, Coachable, Improvement, Micheal Burt, Success is a Choice, The Greatness Factory

Jul 04 2016

Prepare to Win

(Originally written on July 1, 2016)

July is here. That means one month left until the start of official practices for many athletes. How will you spend this month? Will you be prepared when October and November asks you to pay up for what you did in June and July? 

Bobby Knight used to say “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail”.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Attitude, Bobby Knight, Michael Jordan, Preparation, Success is a Choice, Training

Jun 27 2016

Summer Reading Bucket List

“The education of a man is never complete until he dies.” (Robert E. Lee)

I’m an avid reader of motivational, success and leadership books. I have written about some of the best leadership books and coaching books that I have read.

Each summer, I try to knock out a few new ones.  This upcoming summer, I plan on reading the following 16 books to further develop my thinking.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Books, Dale Carnegie, John Maxwell, John Ortberg, Jon Gordon, Learning, Michael Lewis, Patrick Lencioni, Robert E. Lee, Seth Godin, Stephen Covey, Timothy Ferris, Todd Gongwer, Urban Meyer

Jun 21 2016

Branding Yourself on Social Media

It seems that every high school and college student-athlete is using some form of social media almost constantly.  With the advent of smart phones, it is easier now than ever before to communicate and share opinions and thoughts.  With this greater opportunity comes a greater responsibility to be wise.
 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Choices, College Recruiting, IHSAA, Responsibility, Social Media, Student-Athletes, Twitter, Wisdom

Jun 19 2016

Stop Being a ‘BUT’

I heard an interview with MVP Steph Curry the other night after Game 6 of the NBA Finals, in which he made a comment that got me thinking about my pre-maritial counseling.

Wait, what?!?

You mean it’s not natural to associate Steph Curry getting ejected and throwing mouth-pieces with pre-maritial counseling?

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: accountability, Apologies, complaining, excuses, Leadership, marriage, NBA, officiating, Potential, Responsibility, Steph Curry, Success

May 10 2016

The Encouraging Leader

(Originally posted on May 9, 2016)

Five years ago I was inspired by Mike Neighbors, an assistant coach at Xavier University, to begin a newsletter on leadership entitled THE ENCOURAGING LEADER.  Neighbors was doing a newsletter for basketball coaches and I really enjoyed it.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: excuses, Final Four, Mike Neighbors, NCAA, The Encouraging Leader

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