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Oct 27 2022

I Didn’t Quit Running

🔊 Click here to listen to the 2-minute audio version of this article.

As a middle schooler, my mother wouldn’t let me play tackle football. I figured I’d be able to talk her out of it prior to entering high school.

I guess I overestimated my lawyering skills.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Beth Bechler, Coaching, Cross Country, High School Football, High School Sports, Jonesville Comets, Jonesville High School, Maximize potential, Mom, Mr. Peacock, Perseverance, Quitting, Running, Student-Athletes

Apr 05 2022

Episode 182: Jonathan Milligan, Your Message Matters

Jonathan Milligan is the author of Your Message Matters: How to Rise Above the Noise and Get Paid for What You Know. He is also a blogger, speaker, and online business coach. He has spent the last decade guiding and directing creative professionals on how to pursue meaningful work. Since 2009, Jonathan has run his own portable lifestyle business online. Today he teaches others how to build a business with their passion, story, or message. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife, Charity, and their two kids. He is also only the second guest to make an encore appearance on the Success is a Choice podcast as he appeared back on episode 033. 

Get a free copy of Your Message Matters at YourMessageMattersBook.com

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Finding your story to tell
  • Why your message matters
  • How can we turn our passion into profits
  • … and much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Basketball Coaches, Basketball Coaching, Brian Stanchak, Clark Kellogg, Coach K, Coach P, Coaching, Duke, Duke University, Joanne McCallie, Maine, Mental Health, Mental Issues, mental toughness, Michigan State, Tom Izzo, Women's Basketball

Mar 08 2022

Episode 181: Stick Together with Kate Leavell

Kate Leavell is VP of Leadership Development for the Jon Gordon Companies and author of the best-selling book Stick Together. Kate is also a former NCAA lacrosse coach. She has written four books including the very popular Confessions of an Imperfect Coach.

Click here to see Kate’s complete bio.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Making sports fun – even at the higher levels
  • Caring more than our athletes
  • Meeting Jon Gordon
  • What positive leadership is and isn’t
  • … and much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: author, Bradenton, Chip Baker, Coaching, College coach, Cornell, Culture Matters, Culture Wins, Florida, Jon Gordon, Kate Leavell, Lacrosse, NCAA, Sarasota, Stick Together, team building, Team Captains, Team Leadership, The Energy Bus

Feb 22 2022

Episode 180: Chip Baker, The Success Chronicles

Chip Baker is an author, and host of YouTube channel “Chip Baker – The Success Chronicles”, where he has interviewed hundreds of people to share their message with the world. Chip has also worked over 20 years as an educator and football coach. His newest book is The Impact of Influence.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • How we can have an impact 
  • Formulas for life
  • Being a 4th generation educator
  • The six books he’s written
  • … and much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Betsy Butterick, Chip Baker, Coaching, Dr. Richard Johnson, Football Coach, Jon Gordon, Martin Luther King, MLK, Positive leadership, Power of Positive Leadership, Richard A. Johnson, Tami Matheny, texas, The Bus Trip, The Success Chronicles

Jul 14 2021

The Coachable Coach: Dr. Barry Davis

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Dr. Barry Davis, head baseball coach at Rider University, the 2021 MAAC Champions and NCAA Tournament team. 

“The Coachable Coach” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network goes beyond the X’s and O’s as Jamy Bechler talks with some of the best sports coaches.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Barry Davis, baseball, Baseball Coaching, captains, Coaching, Covid-19, Culture, Doctorate Degree, NCAA Tournament, Rider University, Team Leadership

Jul 07 2021

The Coachable Coach: Missy Bilderback

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Missy Bilderback, the highly successful women’s basketball coach at Jones College in Mississippi. 

“The Coachable Coach” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network goes beyond the X’s and O’s as Jamy Bechler talks with coaches who value growth, improvement, and leadership – not just with their athletes but for themselves, as well. They believe that a strong culture doesn’t just happen by accident.

Good coaches may know the X’s and O’s, the tactics, and strategies that should lead to winning BUT great coaches know their athletes. Great coaches go beyond the X’s and O’s. Great coaches know how to inspire their athletes to do their best and maximize their chances for success.

Missy Bilderback and her Jones College team ended the last season 20-1 and were ranked No. 1 in the final NJCAA Division I regular-season poll.

No junior college program in Mississippi has been able to develop and produce four-year talent like Bilderback and the Bobcats. Thirty-three players have moved on to four-year programs, including 28 of those to Division I schools.

Bilderback has led Jones to an outstanding 147-21 (.875) overall record in her six seasons. She has earned NJCAA Region 23 Coach of the Year five different times. 

Follow Coach Bilderback on Twitter @MissyBilderback or visit the Jones College website at JCBobcats.com

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Basketball, basketball coach, Brian Stanchak, Coaching, College Basketball, Culture Matters, Culture Wins, Heather Macy, Jones College, Missy Bilderback, NJCAA, Randy Norton, Robyn Fralick, team building, Team Retreats, UAB

Apr 27 2021

Help Your Athletes Deal with the Haters

Tom Brady dismantled the defending champs and Vegas favorites in Super Bowl 55 to become a seven-time champion. Even though he is my guy, I am afraid I picked the Kansas City Chiefs to repeat and defeat Brady’s Buccaneers.

He had no idea I had picked against him, nor would he have cared.

However, he is no stranger to doubters.

It definitely is strange to see so many haters, doubters, and critics of Tom Brady when he is essentially the unquestioned GOAT – greatest of all time.

We as adults definitely don’t deal with doubters and haters as well as we should sometimes, so there is no question that our athletes will struggle with it.

Since the GOAT has haters, we all will have haters and those who doubt us.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Adam Sandler, Bobby Boucher, Buccaneers, Coaching, Doubters, Haters, Influence, Kansas City Chiefs, Motivation, NFL, Positive leadership, Tampa Bay, Tom Brady, Visionary Leader, Waterboy

Dec 26 2020

Free Leadership Webinars

Start off 2021 on the right foot with these free leadership webinars from author, podcast host, and leadership consultant Jamy Bechler. Listen in as the former college basketball coach and high school athletic director provides insights and tips that can help you create a stronger culture, develop better teammates, and build more positive leadership in your program.

Jamy will be conducting a variety of free webinars during the first two weeks of January culminating with an MLK Day Marathon, in which he’ll do five different presentations that day. Each leadership session will last approximately 45 minutes with an additional 10-15 minutes set aside for questions from those attending the session.

Topics will include “Selecting & Developing Captains”, “Team-Building During COVID”, “Developing Team Leadership”, “Building Culture Through Recruiting”, and “Effective Communication with Players, Staff, and Parents”.

Register today for one of the free leadership webinars at FreeLeadershipWorkshop.com. 

Jamy Bechler is the author of The Leadership Playbook, host of the Success is a Choice Podcast, professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. Bechler spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. He 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.

Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Athletic Director, captains, Coaching, community service, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, high schools, Influence, Social Media, student leadership, Student-Athletes, zoom

Sep 02 2020

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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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: basketball coach, Brian Levenson, Business, Business Building, Chris Wirth, Christopher J. Wirth, Coaching, entrepreneur, No Quit Living, Podcast, positivity

Aug 06 2020

Episode 152: Changing the Game with John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is the CEO and founder of the Changing the Game Project. He is the author of two #1 bestselling books, Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids and Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams.  He is also the host of the popular podcast “Changing the Game”.

Click here to read John’s complete bio.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Dealing with “uncoachable kids”
  • How to stop dealing with parents
  • A different kind of coaching tree
  • The “A-Ha” moment in his coaching career
  • What makes Steve Kerr such a good coach

… And so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Changing the Game, Coaching, Leadership, Podcast, sports parenting, travis daugherty

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