Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.
I love Mondays!
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Not only is it great to see any day of the week because that means I’m alive, but it’s also a chance to have a fresh start. It’s a chance to set a new tone for the rest of the week. [Read more…]
The story is told of a farmer who grabbed his shotgun to shoot at a flock of pesky crows. Unfortunately, he didn’t see that the family’s sociable pet parrot had joined the flock of crows.
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After firing a few shots, he walked over to the fallen birds and was surprised to find the family parrot had been one of the casualties. The farmer’s children had heard the noise and came running. When they saw the parrot, they asked their father what had happened.
The farmer simply replied, “Bad Company.” [Read more…]
This week, I was reminded of a short little story by Portia Nelson entitled There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk: Autobiography in Five Chapters.
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are just around the corner and athletes everywhere are seeing the rewards and fruit of their years of sacrifice and hard work.
This is especially true in the individual sports – gymnastics, swimming and diving, and track and field come to mind immediately. As Americans, Track and field is a sport that has long held our fascination.
We love powerful athletes. We love fast athletes. We love the fact that the best can be measured by objective means.
There are no playing time issues. If you think you are better than someone else, then this can be proven by throwing farther, jumping higher, or running faster.
That is why what happened in the hammer throw competition at the U.S. Track and Field Trials is so awesome and so impressive.
DeAnna Price set an American record with her throw, which also happened to be the second-best in history.
Just one month after the death of her biological mother, Sha’Carri Richardson accomplished a lifelong dream of winning the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic trials in Oregon.
However it would soon come crashing down and her lifelong dream would become a nightmare as Richardson tested positive for a chemical found in marijuana.
The 21-year old was disqualified and received a one-month ban. America’s fastest woman would not be participating in the upcoming Olympics.