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Feb 01 2020

Teacher’s Pet

Believe it or not, I was voted “Teacher’s Pet” in my graduating class. To this day, I don’t know how that was the case. Regardless of whether I agreed with it, I had to take a yearbook picture with Judith Shannon, my dreaded English teacher. 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Education, english class, High School, Jonesville, Jonesville High School, Learning, mentors, Motivation, Mrs. Shannon, schools, Student-Athletes, Students, teachers, teaching, The Bus Trip, The Leadership Playbook

Dec 11 2018

3 Things You Can Do with the Past

Everyone has a past.  Often times, the things that have happened to us shape our future.  We can do three things with our past.  We can LIVE in the past, we can DWELL on the past or we can LEARN from the past.  Whichever category you fall into may go a long way toward determining your future.

Just be careful not to end up like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite in the following video clip . . .

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Anger, Buddha, Coach K, Fail Forward, Forgive, Forgiveness, future, Growth, jason romano, John C. Maxwell, Leadership, Learning, Napoleon Dynamite, Past, Uncle Rico

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

Jul 01 2016

5 Leadership Lessons from the 2016 NBA Finals

The 2016 NBA Finals was one of the most memorable series in recent history.  It truly was historic.  In fact, last night ESPN re-aired their 30 for 30 entitled “Believeland”, but this time had a new ending.  Cleveland has been the poster child for bad luck and hard times when it comes to sports having not won a championship in any sport since 1964.

“Believeland” pointed this out, agonizingly so, for Cleveland fans.  But all of that changed on Father’s Day when the Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers completed the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history and won the NBA Championship.  The Cavs were down 3-1 to the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors.  The Warriors were the overwhelming favorite with Steph Curry, the league’s first-ever unanimous MVP winner (that’s right…Magic, Bird, MJ, Shaq…they never were unanimous).

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports · Tagged: John Maxwell, Kevin Love, Learning, Lebron James, NBA, Perseverance, Steph Curry

Jun 27 2016

Summer Reading Bucket List

“The education of a man is never complete until he dies.” (Robert E. Lee)

I’m an avid reader of motivational, success and leadership books. I have written about some of the best leadership books and coaching books that I have read.

Each summer, I try to knock out a few new ones.  This upcoming summer, I plan on reading the following 16 books to further develop my thinking.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Books, Dale Carnegie, John Maxwell, John Ortberg, Jon Gordon, Learning, Michael Lewis, Patrick Lencioni, Robert E. Lee, Seth Godin, Stephen Covey, Timothy Ferris, Todd Gongwer, Urban Meyer

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