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Dec 28 2020

Greatest Baseball Player

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will start to change.” (Dr. Wayne Dyer)

“I’m the greatest baseball player in the world,” a little boy boasted as he strutted around his backyard.

Shouldering his bat, he tossed a baseball up, swung, and missed.

“I am the greatest ballplayer ever,” he reiterated. He picked up the ball again, swung, and missed again. Stopping a moment to examine his bat, he stooped down and picked up his ball.

“I am the greatest baseball player who ever lived!” The momentum of his swing nearly knocked him down. But the ball plopped, unscathed, at his feet.

“Wow!” he exclaimed. “What a pitcher!”

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Albert Einstein, Baseball player, Empathy, mentality, MLK, open-minded, paradigm, Perspective, Understanding

Oct 16 2019

Seeing Turtles

As a college student, I spent my summers as a life guard and camp counselor. During the weekends, the camp director would take the staff for boat rides around the lake. It seemed like every five minutes, he said, “See that turtle over there” or “Look at that turtle sunny itself on that log”. I don’t think I saw a turtle before he saw it at any point during that entire summer. Funny thing is that I also never saw a turtle on my own when I went out on the boat out without him.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Abraham Lincoln, boats, Camp Selah, cigarettes, community service, Culture, discernment, Donald Trump, Duane Cross, lakes, Leadership, leadership retreat, lyndon johnson, NCAA, Negativity, open-minded, patience, Perspective, Positive leadership, self-aware, turtles, U.S. Presidents, UAB, Wisdom

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