Jamy Bechler

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

STAR Financial’s Kristin Marcuccilli

 

Kristin Marcuccilli, the President of STAR Financial Group joined us on the “Success is a Choice” podcast. Kristin and host Jamy Bechler talked about …

  • Playing high school football
  • Working for Notre Dame football
  • Hiring the right team members
  • Leading team members from different departments
  • Overseeing a company that has more than $3 billion in assets

STAR Financial Group, Inc. is the parent company of STAR Financial Bank, an Indiana-based community bank known for its culture of delivering quality service, personalized banking solutions and innovative use of technology. In addition, STAR Wealth Management offers licensed professional services in financial planning, trust and asset management. STAR Financial Group has grown to $3.11 billion in assets with 36 locations in central and northeast Indiana.

The “Success is a Choice” podcast provides positive insights, interesting interviews, and timely inspiration so that you can make an impact on the world around you. The podcast offers a variety of guests and different types of daily episodes. See the entire menu of episodes and guests at SuccessIsAChoicePodcast.com

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Episode 184: Brandon T. Adams, Emmy Award Winning Producer

Brandon T. Adams is an Emmy® Award-Winning Producer and Host of the TV Series Success in Your City. He is a Podcaster, Speaker, Inventor, Advisor, Crowdfunding Expert, and Media Expert. Brandon is a serial entrepreneur, owning a stake in a number of businesses, including the Accelerant Media Group, Live to Grind, Young Entrepreneur Convention, Success in Your City, and more. He has partnered closely with two former “Success is a Choice” podcast guests, Kevin Harrington (021) and Jeff Hoffman (174).

Click here to read Brandon’s complete bio.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Doing a reality show with his fiance
  • What success means
  • Producing an Emmy award-winning show
  • The book “Think and Grow Rich”
  • … and much more!!!

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Episode 169: Laura DiBenedetto, America’s Happiness Coach

Laura DiBenedetto is a TEDx Speaker, #1 best-selling author of The Six Habits: Practical Tools for Bringing Your Dreams to Life, and a life mastery coach. Laura teaches others how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love. As founder and CEO of Vision Advertising, a company that she built aged 19, she has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs build and grow profitable enterprises entirely on their terms.

Click here to read more about Laura DiBenedetto.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • The secret of happiness
  • Why money doesn’t necessarily buy happiness
  • Developing good habits
  • … and much more!!!

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Episode 164: Turn Setbacks into Rocket Fuel with Mike “C-Roc” Ciorrocco

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Mike “C-Roc” Ciorrocco is the CEO of People Building, Inc., and the powerhouse behind the “What Are You Made Of?” movement. He is a performance coach, author, dynamic public speaker, visionary and thought leader. He is also the author of “Rocket Fuel: Convert Setbacks, Become Unstoppable.” He has been featured by Yahoo! Finance as one of the Top Business Leaders to Follow in 2020 and is on a mission to build people. He is driven to Inspire others and he measures his success on how he is able to help others achieve greatness. C-Roc had a fire lit in him at an early age. That fire has ignited him with a fierce desire to compel people to see the greatness inside themselves using past life events to fuel their fire. C-Roc has mastered the ability to zero in on the linchpin of an organization and has helped many businesses exceed their initial goals and expectations. He’s consumed with the passion to help people break free from the confines of complacency and propel them to untapped levels of success. No stranger to setbacks himself, C-Roc has built a highly successful mortgage division with his best friends, twice! In 2020 he was named #1 on the list of Top Mortgage Professionals by Yahoo! Finance. Whether it is his business partners, employees, clients, or anyone looking to excel at their business, personal life or develop a winner’s mentality, C-Roc is ready for the challenge. 

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Overcoming a tough childhood and turning setbacks into successes
  • How he came up with the Rocket Fuel concept
  • What he has learned from Grant Cardone and 10X
  • What coaches can learn from his business success
  • … and so much more!!!

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Episode 154: No Quit Living with Chris Wirth

Christopher J. Wirth is the host of the “No Quit Living” Podcast which has been rated as a top 50 Business Podcast on iTunes. Christopher is a sought after Keynote Speaker. Wirth began his coaching career as an AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Basketball Coach, Collegiate Basketball Coach, as well as High School Basketball Coach. He is also the author of “The Positivity Tribe”. 

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • His top-50 Apple Business podcast
  • Lessons learned from Andre Agassi’s career
  • What is accountability and why it’s so important
  • … and so much more!!!

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Episode 027: Rusty Kennedy

Rusty Kennedy arrived at Midway University as the Athletic Director in January 2016.  Kennedy has been responsible for overseeing the dramatic changes that have taken place within the athletic department.  Within the span of a mere three months the university went from single gender to co-educational as well as adding six new sports, four of those the first male sports in school history, while growing the number of athletes from 92 in the Spring of 2016 and 260 to the Fall of 2016 to 340 in the Fall of 2017.  For his efforts his peers voted him 2016-2017 River States Conference Athletic Director of the Year.  The Fall of 2017 has also seen the addition of three more sports which has brought the total number to 17.  Rusty came to Midway with 18 years of experience as a Coach, Instructor and Athletic Administer at the NAIA, NCAA, and NJCAA levels.  Most recently he was the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at NCAA Division II member Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM.  Kennedy has also held various positions at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Central Baptist College, Bacone College, Clarendon College, North Arkansas College and Our Lady of the Lake University.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • His buying a house on a credit card
  • Transitioning Midway University to a Coed athletic department
  • Earning the 2017 River States Conference Athletic Director of the Year Award
  • When he did his best coaching job despite having one of his worst win-loss seasons of his career

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