Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.
The leadership expert and author John C. Maxwell says, “We all need someone to help us in our pursuit of intentional growth and the right mentor helps you take massive leaps forward.”
Even coaches need coaches. Maxwell talks about “intentional growth”. This is when you make the conscious decision to make yourself better.
One of the best ways to do this is with a mentor.
The year 2020 should be your best year ever. Do you plan on setting some “New Year’s Resolutions”. Resolutions are really just goals that we set for ourselves. The following is a list of 25 of my favorite quotes about achieving goals. I hope that some of these inspire you to achieve your goals for 2020.
Justin Maust is a certified speaker, trainer and coach for the John Maxwell Team. His business, athletics, and youth leadership experience provides him a unique ability to connect with any audience. His personal “hold nothing back” style will challenge you to live life full of passion and stay focused on your mission.
In 2012, Justin founded Leader Legacy Inc. with a passion to develop leaders, inspire teams, and build world-changing legacies. Justin is also a Professional EOS Implementer, serving companies across Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. His home base is in South Bend, Indiana, but he travels anywhere within a 4 hour radius to help entrepreneurs implement the EOS system.
In 2004 Justin, along with family and a couple friends, helped launch Five Star, a non-profit organization with the mission to inspire students to live to their fullest potential with an after school leadership program. Starting with five volunteers and 50 students, they grew a dynamic character and leadership youth program that now reaches over 2,000 students annually, delivers a powerful message of hope, while delivering significant improvements in academics, attendance and behavior.
Simply put, Justin will energize your organization. His skills, passion, experience and strong network of professional resources will help any team transform their culture to improve the effectiveness of the entire organization.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
“I hope we do better this year.”
“I hope that I start.”
“I hope that we win the championship.”
“I hope that I get recruited by college scouts.”
Have you ever said any of those statements? Have you ever used the word ‘hope’ in describing something about your athletic team or your athletic career? Have you ever wished that something was different but did nothing about it?
While watching ESPN’s 30 for 30 entitled “Broke”, I heard Herm Edwards say “Every goal needs to have a plan or else it’s just a wish.” The context was regarding athletes and the way they handle money, but I thought it was a perfect quote for more than just money. [Read more…]
The Penn State University scandal is a situation that we all must pay attention to and learn from. I will not be writing an Op-Ed piece, nor passing judgment in this brief column. Rather, I encourage all coaches, administrators, teachers . . . anyone that is reading this to take heed and examine how you would handle this kind of situation. More importantly, how would you handle other situations that may be once in a lifetime situations.