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May 22 2024

9 Barriers Coaches Face When Communicating

Communication is perhaps the most important skill you can possess. It can make or break your relationships, friendships, and partnerships — and it’s the difference between your team reaching their potential or not.

Billionaire businessman Richard Branson says “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.”

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Arrogance, bad coaches, Communication, Confusion, connecting, Distractions, Emotions, Motivating athletes, Negativity, Perspective, Richard Branson, Sports Parents, Stephen Covey

Jan 16 2023

Coach Wooden and Me

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” (John Wooden)

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA’s all-time scoring leader and a few years ago he wrote a book entitled “Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-year friendship on and off the court”.

John Wooden was the legendary basketball coach at UCLA when Kareem (then known as Lew Alcindor) played there.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Coach wooden, connecting, John Wooden, kareem abdul-jabbar, labels, Lew Alcindor, Positive leadership, pyramid of success, Relationships, seek to understand, UCLA

Sep 20 2022

The Coachable Coach: Tom Shaw

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Tom Shaw, the men’s golf coach at Abilene Christian University. 

“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: Abilene Christian, ACU, Building Relationships, Coachable Coach, College Athletics, connecting, Culture Matters, Developing Students, Golf Coach, Golfing, Leadership, NCAA, PGA, student leadership, team building, Tom Shaw

Apr 26 2021

Episode 165: Everyday Leaders with Melahni Ake

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Melahni Ake shares her own influences that have shaped the way she leads today and how she has come to create the Everyday Leaders Platform. Throughout her life and career, Melahni has been striving to show up and add value to others, and she lives out her purpose by supporting leaders to grow and develop. Her Podcast Everyday Leaders 50 in 50 was set up to showcase those people who are making a difference through their leadership.

Click here to see Melahni and her company’s “about” page.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Why she became a John Maxwell Leadership Coach
  • Interviewing 50 “Everyday Leaders” during her 50th birthday year
  • Making great connections
  • … and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: connecting, Everyday Leaders, Gary Sanchez, Indianapolis, JMT, John C. Maxwell, John Maxwell, John maxwell team, Kay and Shi, Kay Salerno, Know Your Why, Making Connections, Networking, Podcasting, Proverbs, Rachel Cruze, Shila Morris, Simon Sinek, Why Institute, Y institute

Mar 15 2020

BORED Yet?

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” (Albert Einstein)

You’ve stocked up on more toilet paper than one person should own at one time.

You’re starting to wonder if your hands will ever smell like something other than hand sanitizer.

You’re binge-watching shows you would never be caught dead admitting to viewing.

You’re watching all of ESPN’s 30 for 30’s again.

Sound familiar?

BORED yet?

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Books, bored, Coaching, Communicating, Communication, connecting, Coronavirus, Culture, Dan Tudor, Evaluation, Growth, Leadership, recruiting, Skinny mirror, Student-Athletes, Students

Dec 31 2018

Episode 110: Former White House Speechwriter John Corcoran

John Corcoran has worked in Hollywood, written speeches for President Bill Clinton and lost his job when Arnold Schwarzenegger became the Governator. Even though he’s lived in California most of his life, he is the world’s worst surfer, although he does speak Valley Girl fluently. His day job is working with small business owners and entrepreneurs as a lawyer and business advisor. He created a website called SmartBusinessRevolution.com where he shows small business owners and entrepreneurs how to use relationships to attract more clients, customers and revenues. John’s podcast has been named by Inc. Magazine as one of the “Top 10 Podcasts for Entrepreneurs to Learn Personal Finance From.”

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 

  • Building a network without being sleazy
  • How to be the most interesting person in a room
  • What it was like to write speeches for President Clinton
  • Contributing to an episode of “The West Wing” TV show
  • . . . and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: click funnels, Communicating, connecting, email marketing, Entrepeneur, Grant Baldwin, John Corcoran, Jonathan Milligan, Lawyers, Networking, Relationships, small business, smart business, The West Wing, White House

Nov 20 2018

Episode 102: Tracie Hitz, Dating & Branding Strategist

Tracie Hitz is a personal and professional branding strategist with more than 20 years of branding, marketing and sales experience in the sports industry. She launched Hitz & Branding, LLC in June 2018 after twenty years in the sports industry. In this new endeavor she helps people set goals, tell a story, land a date, land a job, or land anything they want. 

Immediately before founding Hitz & Branding, LLC., Tracie was the Director of Championships & Alliances at the NCAA. In her first year, she oversaw the 2014 Women’s Final Four sales efforts that led to a sold-out arena in a first-time host city, and the following year she led the charge to record the largest attendance at a Women’s Final Four since 2010. Tracie came to the national office after working in the C-Suite as the Chief Marketing Officer at Old Hat Creative for 3.5 years where she doubled its annual revenue each year working with over 80 professional and collegiate sports organizations.

She was named to the C-Suite for the NACMA Board of Directors in 2008 and was the Board advisor from 2010-2013. She has been a member of the UNC Center for Research in Intercollegiate Athletics Board of Advisors and the IUPUI Tourism, Conventions and Event Management Advisory Board since 2015. She received her bachelorʼs degree in Communication (Journalism) from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri in 1997 and her masterʼs degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University in 2003.

In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Different branding and marketing strategies for individuals and businesses
  • Career journey in athletics
  • Using social media to tell a story
  • Dating and relationship advice
  • … and so much more!!!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Advertising, Alicia Jessop, Andy Carter, anton goff, Ask Questions, Branding, Brian Stanchak, Chad Briscoe, Communication, connecting, Dan Migala, Dan Tudor, Dating, Girl Scouts, Jeff Bain, Kevin Deshazo, marketing, NACMA, Nashville, NCAA, Northwestern University, person of interest, PR, Questions, Relationships, Seth Godin, Social Media, Sue Enquist, Tim Hall, tinder, Tracie Hitz

Dec 11 2017

Episode 035: Begin to Win President Jeff Raver

Jeff Raver is a John Maxwell Certified National Sales and Leadership Coach, motivational speaker, as well as the founder and president of Begin To Win. Jeff previously held the position of Director of Training for over 20 years, as well as the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing, at CVS Systems, a national electronics distributor. He recently spent 2 1/2 years growing an electronics retail company from a small start up to one of the fastest growing Dish retailers in the Midwest. As Vice President of American Wireless Entertainment, Jeff was responsible for hiring managers and sales people, as well as opening 6 locations in a year and a half. He has experience in every aspect of the sales business and knows the process very well. Jeff is passionate about everything he does and he is an excellent choice as a coach, trainer, or consultant for you or your company.  Jeff spent most of his life in central Indiana with his wife and three daughters, but Jeff and his wife Penny recently moved to North Port, Florida, allowing Jeff the freedom to travel the nation as a coach and consultant.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Why he left a 6-figure corporate job to become an entrepeneur
  • How the John Maxwell Team has played a role in his life
  • What mistakes people make when trying to sell
  • Why his sales training philosophies and strategies are unique

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Begin to Win, Chopped, connecting, CVS, Dish Network, executive coach, Indiana, Jeff Raver, John C. Maxwell, John maxwell team, Learning, Les Brown, life coach, Listening, Marion, Michael Gerber, Sales, Sales Training, Selling, Survivor, The Collins Group, Zig Ziglar

Apr 17 2017

Everyone Communicates; Few Connect

“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.” (John D. Rockefeller)

My brother and I can chat for 30 minutes on the phone and when I hang up, I can’t answer any questions from my wife about my brother’s family or what’s really going on in his life.  But, boy can I tell you his opinion on Michigan football or the Detroit Tigers. [Read more…]

Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Books, Communicating, Communication, connecting, Influence, John D. Rockefeller, John Maxwell, Leadership, Listening, Napoleon, Robert E. Lee, Stephen Covey

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