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Dec 04 2017

Episode 032: The Speaker Lab Creator Grant Baldwin

Grant Baldwin is a successful speaker, podcaster, author, and entrepreneur. He has spoken at 500+ events to nearly 500,000 people and has earned close to $2 million in speaking fees. He created “The Speaker Lab” to help train others how to speak better and get paid for it. His most famous program was called “Booked and Paid to Speak”. His podcast is one of the best for those aspiring to be a public speaker. Grant has spoken in 45 of the 50 U.S. States. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and three daughters.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How Grant went from youth pastor to high-demand professional speaker
  • What to do if you miss a flight to a speaking gig
  • Tips for people when they have to speak in public
  • Whether you should use power point the next time you give a presentation

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Fear of Speaking, Grant Baldwin, Humor, Podcast, Power Point, Presentations, professional speaker, public speaking, Seinfeld, The Speaker Lab

Nov 02 2017

Episode 018: Best-Selling Author and Former NFL Cheerleader Kelly Roach

Kelly Roach is the CEO and Founder of Kelly Roach Coaching, where she provides Business training, coaching, and consulting to Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Executive Leaders to create rapid and dramatic sales, productivity and profitability improvements. She is the host of the top-rated podcast “Unstoppable Success Radio”. Kelly also is the author of the Internationally #1 Best-Selling Book Unstoppable: 9 Principles for Unlimited Success in Business and in Life.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How her experiences as an NFL Cheerleader helped her in business
  • What motivates her every day
  • Mistakes that most business owners make

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Books, Business Building, Business coach, Business woman, cheerleader, Corporate coaching, fortune 500, gary vaynerchuk, gary vee, give her courage, Itunes, Kelly Roach, life coach, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, Podcast, podcast episode, Unstoppable, unstoppable radio success, unstoppable success radio

Oct 19 2017

Episode 001: Toronto Raptors Head Coach Dwane Casey

We couldn’t be more excited to have Dwane Casey as our first-ever guest. He has had a remarkable career that has spanned from the University of Kentucky to coaching the Japanese National Team to being a successful NBA coach. He is the all-time winningest coach in Toronto Raptors history.  The Raptors enter this season with high hopes as they are coming off of three straight 50 win seasons and last year finished tied for 2nd with the Cleveland Cavaliers just one game behind the Boston Celtics.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • His outlook on the upcoming season
  • Working in the coal mines growing up and the value of hard work
  • How being falsely accused of NCAA rule violations shaped his career
  • George Karl giving him his start in the NBA

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Annie Brock, Coal Mines, George Karl, head coach, HostGator, Itunes, Jamy Bechler, Japan, kentucky wildcats, NBA, NCAA, Pete Carroll, Podcast, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Success is a Choice, The Growth Mindset Playbook, The Leadership Playbook, Toronto Raptors, University of Kentucky, Win Forever

Oct 06 2017

Episode 004: Orlando Magic Senior V.P. & Co-Founder Pat Williams

Pat Williams is a co-founder and the Senior Vice President of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. He is the father of 19 children, including 14 of whom are adopted. He has climbed Mt. Rainer and run more than 50 marathons. In 1996 he was named as one of the most influential people in NBA history. He played professional baseball before becoming an executive. In 1983, he won the NBA World Championship as the General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. Williams has authored more than 100 books, with his most recent book being “The Intersection of Success”.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • The secret of success
  • How to parent and raise kids in today’s culture
  • Why people don’t always live up to their potential
  • How he finishes at least 1 book per day

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Basketball, Books, Coaching, google play, Itunes, Jamy Bechler, Leadership, NBA, Orlando Magic, Pat Williams, Philadelphia 76ers, Podcast, Potential, secret of success, soundcloud, stitcher, Success, Success is a Choice, Talent, wasted talent

Oct 04 2017

Episode 003: Performance Coach Alan Stein, Jr.

Alan Stein, Jr. is a world-class performance coach that has trained some of the top stars in the NBA. He is now turning his attention to working with top CEO’s as an executive business coach. His popular Pure Sweat Basketball podcast has had such guests as Coach K, Tom Izzo, Kevin Durant, Jay Bilas, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Mark Cuban.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • His transition from world-class performance coach to executive business coach
  • What “success is a choice” means to him
  • His time with Jesse Itzler at his summer camp getaway for adults
  • What he has learned working with and interviewing some of the top players and coaches
  • …and plenty more!


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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: 29-0-29, Alan Stein, Business coach, Coach K, executive coach, gary vaynerchuk, gary vee, Guy Raz, Headspace, HostGator, How i built this, Jesse Itzler, mark cuban, Meditation, performance coach, Podcast, pure sweat, pure sweat basketball show, Self-Awareness, Success is a Choice, Tom Izzo

Sep 14 2017

Episode 025: Actor Bill Coelius

Bill Coelius has been in numerous television shows including American Horror Story, Criminal Minds, Parks and Rec, Modern Family, The Office, Desperate Housewives, Law and Order, and many others. His movies include Taking Woodstock directed by Ang Lee, and Brave New Jersey with Tony Hale. He has also booked over 50 national commercials which has allowed him to visit Buenos Aires, hang out with James Gandolfini, and get naked on 43rd Street. He also teaches acting in New York, Los Angeles, Portland, and Detroit with his Working Actor Solution courses.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Getting his throat slashed by LadyGaga
  • What he really thinks about reality television
  • When he was a bigger star than George Clooney
  • Not getting cast for any school productions while in college

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: American Horror Story, Audible, Bigger than Clooney, dallas travers, eastern michigan university, Eckhart Tolle, George Clooney, HostGator, john osborne hughes, Lady Gaga, Marc Maron, New York Jets, NFL, Podcast, Radio Labs, The Leadership Playbook, the working actor solution, WTF

Sep 13 2017

Episode 022: The Super Coach Micheal Burt

Micheal Burt is known as “The Super Coach,” for his unique blend of being a former championship coach who has an entrepreneurial mindset. He has authored 12 books, including the best-seller Zebra and Cheetahs, as well as his newest book Everybody Needs a Coach in Life. As a basketball coach, Burt won 221 games in a nine-year period, including the school’s first-ever State Championship. He now speaks, coaches, trains, and leads some of the top companies in the world. His biggest coaching program has over 150 entrepreneurs and sales professionals enrolled in MONSTER PRODUCER and his new virtual training interactive platform is called “The Monster Growth Academy” which houses over 400 web based interactive lessons for you to absorb on any device anytime.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Why everybody needs a coach in life
  • How successful people become successful
  • Advice on writing a book and telling your story
  • Mistakes the people make when trying to grow their business

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: 10x Growth Conference, Alan Stein, basketball coach, Business coach, Championship Coach, Chris Voss, Coach Burt, Everybody needs a coach in life, executive coach, Grant Cardone, Itunes, life coach, Marcus Lemonis, Micheal Burt, Monster Producer, Podcast, podcast episodes, seven habits of highly effective people, Stephen Covey, super coach, The Greatness Factory, Zebras and Cheetahs

Aug 22 2017

Episode 027: Rusty Kennedy

Rusty Kennedy arrived at Midway University as the Athletic Director in January 2016.  Kennedy has been responsible for overseeing the dramatic changes that have taken place within the athletic department.  Within the span of a mere three months the university went from single gender to co-educational as well as adding six new sports, four of those the first male sports in school history, while growing the number of athletes from 92 in the Spring of 2016 and 260 to the Fall of 2016 to 340 in the Fall of 2017.  For his efforts his peers voted him 2016-2017 River States Conference Athletic Director of the Year.  The Fall of 2017 has also seen the addition of three more sports which has brought the total number to 17.  Rusty came to Midway with 18 years of experience as a Coach, Instructor and Athletic Administer at the NAIA, NCAA, and NJCAA levels.  Most recently he was the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at NCAA Division II member Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM.  Kennedy has also held various positions at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Central Baptist College, Bacone College, Clarendon College, North Arkansas College and Our Lady of the Lake University.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • His buying a house on a credit card
  • Transitioning Midway University to a Coed athletic department
  • Earning the 2017 River States Conference Athletic Director of the Year Award
  • When he did his best coaching job despite having one of his worst win-loss seasons of his career

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Athletic Department, athletics, basketball coach, Bill Belichick, Business, Clarendon, Coed, College coach, Detroit Tigers, Harry Turtledove, Itunes, justin verlander, Leadership, Man vs. Food, Midway University, Money Ball, NAIA, Podcast, River States Conference, Rusty Kennedy, St. Catharine College, Travel Channel, Western New Mexico

Aug 19 2017

Episode 011: CoachTube Founder Wade Floyd

Wade Floyd is the founder of CoachTube.com, which is the world’s #1 marketplace for online sports education.  CoachTube empowers coaches to create courses online by providing tools, technical support and guidance, so they can quickly and easily get their content online. There are thousands of online courses at CoachTube.com for all sports. Both coaches and athletes can benefit from these on-demand online videos.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Ideas for starting a business and being an entrepreneur
  • Why CoachTube fills a strong need that coaches and athletes have
  • How to better build your business

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Abilene Christian University, Business Building, calendly, championship rebounding, Coaching, entrepreneur, Google, Jamy Bechler, need to, online course, Podcast, podcast episode, professional development, rebounding, Success is a Choice, trello, videos, wade floyd

Aug 16 2017

Episode 009: Voice America Radio Host Rick A. Morris

Rick A. Morris is the President of RSquared Consulting and a Radio Host on Voice America Talk Radio. He is also a John Maxwell certified leadership trainer, speaker, and coach. Rick is an ITIL Practitioner, consultant, author, mentor, and evangelist for project management. Rick is an accomplished project manager and public speaker. His appetite for knowledge and passion for the profession makes him an internationally sought-after speaker delivering keynote presentations for large conferences and PMI events around the world. He holds the PMP, MPM, PMI-ACP, CSAM, Six Sigma Green Belt, MCITP, MCTS, MCSE, TQM, ATM-S, ITIL, and ISO certifications.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Favorite interviews he has done on his live radio show
  • Common traits that successful people share
  • Why he joined the John Maxwell Team
  • His experiences with the John Maxwell Team and his trip to the most recent conference
  • The difference between an entrepreneur or a freelancer
  • Who would he love to get on his radio show

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Brittany Wagner, Business Building, business consulting, Christian Simpson, effectiveness, efficiency, GIANT worldwide, Itunes, Jamy Bechler, jeremie kubicek, JMT, JMTDNA, John C. Maxwell, John maxwell team, Last Chance U, Leadership, leading, Podcast, project management, Roddy Galbraith, VoiceAmerica

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