Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.
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In a 2022 NASCAR race in Phoenix, Joey Logano’s pit crew executed a flawless pit stop late in the race, putting him in the lead.
This crucial moment was the turning point for Logano, as he went on to win the race and clinch his second NASCAR Cup Series Championship.
Today is July 1st meaning it’s essentially the halfway point of the year.
Great teams have great teammates. No disagreements there, but it isn’t easy to find great teammates. Not everybody that makes your team will come in as a great teammate — and that is where your presence and team culture kicks in.
The clearest signal that you have an athlete that is a great teammate is their desire to serve others. When athletes have the mindset of serving other team members, the entire program benefits. Legendary basketball coach John Wooden put it well when he said, “It’s amazing what you can achieve when you don’t care who gets the credit.”
Serving others is at the very core of sports — and it’s paramount to your team’s success.
“Every time I go on Twitter, I get the feeling that I’m being followed.” #DadJoke
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As most of you know, I’m fairly active on Twitter – both before Elon and after Elon.
Despite there being a lot of junk on the platform, it’s still a great way to spread positivity and share messages that people need to hear.
We really try to make the world a little bit better. Gandhi said to “be the change you want to see in the world” and so we try to provide positive insights to help you and those around you.
Some @CoachBechler posts are winners and some are … let’s say underappreciated.
Good enough is sometimes not good enough.
Today, we should be aware of times when we accept mediocrity . . . when we accept less than our best.
Sometimes we take the easy way out.
Sir Isaac Newton had three laws of motion and the first law essentially said that every object will remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force.
Things don’t change by themselves.
This is an important concept to remember today.
My senior research project was to examine whether John Wooden’s coaching style could work in the current landscape of college men’s basketball. I made appointments to meet six different head coaches at their office for a 30-minute interview.
Every coach gave me some great insights and I received an “A” on the project.
Other than Coach Wooden calling me on my dorm room phone (but that’s another story for another day), the thing that stands out to me the most about the project was one particular coach and how he treated me.
An old Cherokee Indian chief sat down to teach his grandson about life.
“There’s a fight going on inside me,” he tells the young boy, “a fight between two wolves.”
“One wolf is evil. It’s full of malice, anger, greed, self-pity, and false pride. The other is good. It’s full of peace, love, joy, kindness, and humility.”
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When Reggie Jackson retired from baseball in 1987, only five people had ever hit more home runs than he had.
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Zig Ziglar said, “You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start in order to be great.”
Nothing in life is accomplished automatically.
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After 12 hours of peeling potatoes for KP duty, an Army private returned to his barracks bone-tired and exhausted.
As he collapsed on his bed, he noticed a letter from his girlfriend on his pillow.