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Oct 16 2015

Persevering to Finish Strong

Has your season been disappointing? Are you frustrated with your results? Do you have a sense of despair? Do you feel that there is little hope?   If so, then I want to encourage you today to run the race with perseverance and finish strong. Don’t be discouraged.

I am reminded of the Jacob Riis’ quote concerning rock sculptures…

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Abe Lincoln, California Gold Rush, Despair, Finish Strong, Frustration, Jacob Riis, Karl Menniger, Michael Jordan, Moses, Perseverance, R.U. Darby, Stone Cutter

Aug 02 2015

Hope Is Not The Best Strategy

“I hope we do better this year.”

“I hope that I start.”

“I hope that we win the championship.”

“I hope that I get recruited by college scouts.”

Have you ever said any of those statements?  Have you ever used the word ‘hope’ in describing something about your athletic team or your athletic career?  Have you ever wished that something was different but did nothing about it?

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Colin Powell, Goals, Herm Edwards, Hope, Michael Jordan, Planning, Practice, Success

Jan 09 2015

Opportunity Knocks

(originally published on January 9, 2015)

The Oregon Ducks and the Ohio State Buckeyes will battle Monday night in the first-ever College Football Playoffs Championship Game. Both teams have glaring examples of people who took advantage of opportunities presented to them and didn’t quit or become disruptive to their teams. I will come back to these Bucks and Ducks in a moment.

As a long-time coach and now an athletic director, it pains me every time that I see a student-athlete get disgruntled over playing time or their role on the team. In nearly every case, the player quits. Oh, they might not quit the team and they might not even make a visible show but slowly and surely they cash out mentally. Instead of seeing the opportunity in every challenge, as Winston Churchill used to say, they see the difficulty in every opportunity. Unfortunately instead of persevering, they make excuses and take on a victim-mentality.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Braxton Miller, Cardale Jones, Football, Heisman Trophy, J.T. Barrett, Marcus Mariota, National Championship, Ohio State University, Thomas Edison, University of Oregon

Jan 01 2015

Win the Day

(originally published on January 1, 2015)

It’s the first day of the new year.  This is a day of new beginnings.  It is a day that gets people thinking about change.   I went to the gym this afternoon for my normal exercise session.  There were a number of new people there that I haven’t seen before.  I think this will become the new normal…at least for a month or so.  New Year’s resolutions abound.  Promises are made.  Commitments are revealed.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Chip Kelly, Florida State, Football, New Year's Resolution, Nike, University of Oregon

May 22 2014

My Favorite Quotes

(originally posted on May 22, 2015)

In the last issue of THE ENCOURAGING LEADER, we highlighted some of the best books to help you become a better leader.  This issue’s theme centers around quotes.  We asked a number of leaders to write about their favorite quote and what it means to them.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Goals, Inspiration, Motivation, Quotes, The Encouraging Leader

Dec 20 2013

Dave Ramsey’s Cookie Cutter Answers Taste Good

(originally published on December 19, 2013)

Today I read an article by a financial “expert” saying that people should not listen to Dave Ramsey and his financial advice because people’s lives are too complex and important to be boiled down into short cookie cutter answers or platitudes.  Unfortunately, many other financial analysts have also had problems with his method of advising people on how to be financially successful.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Common Sense, Dave Ramsey, Discipline, Financial Advice, Financial Peace, Habits, Larry Winget, Money, Success is a Choice, The Total Money Makeover

Jun 19 2013

Every Goal Needs A Plan

While watching ESPN’s 30 for 30 entitled “Broke”, I heard Herm Edwards say “Every goal needs to have a plan or else it’s just a wish.”  The context was regarding athletes and the way they handle money, but I thought it was a perfect quote for more than just money. [Read more…]

Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Bobby Knight, ESPN, Goals, Herm Edwards, John Ortbert, Leadership, Plan, Planning, Rich Mullins, The Bible, Todd Blackledge

Mar 31 2013

Kirsten Moore Overcomes Adversity

The following excerpt is from Bill Plaschke’s article in the L.A. Times (originally posted on March 31, 2013) about Kirsten Moore, the head women’s basketball coach at Westmont College.  She recently led her team to the NAIA National Championship.  This story is an amazing example of perseverance and overcoming adversity.  Kirsten is a first-class individual and is well-respected in the coaching profession.  She certainly has a bright future ahead of her in the coaching world, but as you’ll see from Plaschke’s great article, it is her past which fuels her present and future.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Adversity, Basketball, Bill Plaschke, Character, Coaching, Kirsten Moore, L.A. Times, Leadership, NAIA, Perseverance, Westmont

Aug 02 2012

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day

Long lines of customers along with protestors converged on Chick-fil-A restaurants all across the country today (originally posted on August 2, 2012).  The unusual attention was in response to former presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, calling today “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day”.  This came after Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A’s president and son of founder Truett Cathy, made comments about traditional marriage and same-sex unions two weeks ago.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Abortion, Al Sharpton, Alabama, Auburn, Barack Obama, Chick-Fil-A, Communication, Dan Cathy, discourse, Homosexuality, Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann, Mitt Romney, opinions, Rachel Maddow, Racism, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Traditional Marriage

Jul 31 2012

Stupid is…as Stupid does

Athletes doing immature or stupid things give other athletes a bad name.  The following athletes did things this week (originally published on July 31, 2012) that make you go hhhmmmm and shake your head.  There are also lots of links to other articles about these topics to further entertain you.  In honor of the huge event starting up this week – NFL Training Camp – we will highlight a trio of diva wide receivers.  Oh, and for the other minor event starting up this week, we’ll lead off with an Olympian.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Bill Belichick, Brandi Chastain, Chad Ochocinco, Coaching, Detroit Lions, Donte Stallworth, Gerry Cleary, Hope Solo, Kenny Britt, Leadership, maturity, NFL, Olympics, Santonio Holmes, selfishness, Soccer, teammates, Terry Bradshaw, Tom Brady

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