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Sep 24 2025

Making Your Bed

“If you want to change the world, then start by making your bed.” (Admiral William H. McRaven)

I woke up this morning running late and the last thing I wanted to do was take 30-seconds to make my bed.

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Maybe you’ve been right there with me struggling between listening to that pesky little bed-making devil on one shoulder and that cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness angel on the other shoulder.

After all, that bed is just going to get messed up again that night, anyway, who will ever see it?

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Chip Kelly, doing the right thing, Gandhi, Leadership, Make your bed, making your bed, Mike Lindell, MLK, My Pillow, Navy SEALs, Steve Nudelberg, Success, Success is a Choice, Wife, Win the Day

Dec 16 2021

Honor Them

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America.” (President Bill Clinton)

Since the Tragic shooting in Michigan on November 30th that took the lives of four Oxford HS students and injured 7 others, political opportunists have wasted little time weaponizing the situation and crafting their talking points.

But my thoughts today aren’t about politics.

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My thoughts on the Oxford tragedy aren’t about who’s right, who’s wrong, who’s to blame, or even how this could have ever happened in the first place.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Crisis Management, crisis preparedness, doing the right thing, Education, Football player, Honor, Integrity, Kids, Legacy, Making a difference, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Media Coverage, MLK, Oxford High School, Oxford Strong, politics, Positive leadership, School Shooting, student leadership, Students, Tate Myre, Team Captain, Today's Youth, Tragedy

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