Jamy Bechler

Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.

Motivational Minute: Losing Your Legs

“Positive people plus positive energy create positive results.” (Jon Gordon)

Retired Army staff sergeant Joey Jones lost both of his legs when an IED exploded in Afghanistan.

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He has said that sometimes people will ask him how he stays so positive about life even though he doesn’t have his legs.
Sometimes he’ll just shake his head and wonder how they can be so negative about life even though they have both of their legs.

We’ve probably all known a Debbie downer or someone like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. Nothing is ever good, there is no hope, everything is bad, negativity is a constant companion.

The author Charles Swindoll said that what happens to us makes up 10% of our life but how we react to those things that happen to us is 90% of our life.

We are constantly faced with a choice of how we’ll react to things.

We are typically about as joyful or sad as we want to be.

Being positive doesn’t mean that we ignore challenges or problems but rather that we don’t let them rule our life and dictate our mood.

I encourage you to see today’s challenges as opportunities and instead of fixating on problems, focus on solutions.

Speaking of opportunities to be positive, you could possibly start today in a small way by leaving a nice little ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review on Apple podcasts for our “Success is a Choice” podcast. 😀

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Remember that success is a choice. What choice will we make today?

Jamy Bechler is the author of four books including The Captain and The Bus Trip, host of the Success is a Choice Podcast, professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator.  The Leadership Playbook is Bechler’s online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team’s culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by clicking here.

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