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Nov 28 2024

2 Flat Tires

“When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.” (Sam Lefkowitz)

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A couple of years ago, my family returned from a long Thanksgiving trip in which we rented a car, we found our actual car right where we had left it in the rental company’s parking lot … but it had 2 Flat Tires!

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Attitude of Gratitude, Bad Attitude, flat tire, Good attitude, Gratitude, green lights, Illness, joyful, Perspective, positive attitude, right lights, Success is a Choice, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, traffic, traffic lights, Travel, trip

Nov 23 2024

Only Thankful Person

“It’s not happy people who are thankful, but rather thankful people who are happy.”

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Back in Ancient times, leprosy was one of the worst illnesses a person could have. Not only was it a nasty skin disease that caused extreme pain, but it was also contagious.

Lepers were social outcasts as everyone shunned them and avoided them at all costs.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Attitude of Gratitude, Bad Attitude, Bible, flat tire, Good attitude, Gratitude, green lights, Illness, Jesus, Jewish, Jews, joyful, lepers, Luke, New Testament, Perspective, positive attitude, right lights, Samaritan, Success is a Choice, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, traffic, traffic lights, Travel, trip

Jun 08 2023

Adrian Griffin’s Preparation Pays Off

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” (Thomas Edison)

Adrian Griffin was hired as the head basketball coach of the Milwaukee Bucks just two years after the Greek Freek (Giannis Antetokounmpo) led the team to an NBA World Championship.

His path to becoming the head coach was less conventional than we’ve come to expect, but there are some lessons from Adrian’s story that we can learn from.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, News, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Adrian Griffin, Basketball, basketball coach, Basketball Coaching, Coaching Search, Developing Players, dwane casey, Fred Vanvleet, head coach, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, Persistence, Seton Hall University, Success is a Choice, Toronto Raptors, University of Illinois, Work Ethic

Jun 07 2023

Bechler Inspires Rotary Leaders at District Conference

Kennewick, WA (June 1, 2023) – Leaders and members of Rotary District 5080 and District 5100 joined forces to host a remarkable Joint District Conference, centered around the theme “Friends and Neighbors: the Magic of Rotary.”

This event was held May 18-21, 2023 in Kennewick, WA, and consisted of Rotarians from the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Canada). Among the many highlights of the event was the captivating keynote address delivered by renowned leadership expert and former college basketball coach, Jamy Bechler.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, News, Personal Growth · Tagged: Conference, Events, exchange students, Inspiration, inspirational speech, making good choices, Motivational Speaker, motivational speech, Oregon, positive impact, positive influence, professional speaker, rotary, Speech, Success is a Choice, Washington, Youth

Jan 17 2023

The Coachable Coach: Patrick Murphy

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Patrick Murphy, the legendary softball coach at the University of Alabama. 

“The Coachable Coach” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network goes beyond the X’s and O’s as Jamy Bechler talks with some of the best sports coaches.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Athletic Director, Basketball Camps, basketball coach, Coachable Coach, Dennis Stanton, leaders growing leaders, Leadership Development, Podcast, Podcasting, Professional Athlete, Souderton, Success is a Choice, The Leadership Playbook

Jan 11 2023

Most Popular Tweets of 2022

“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.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Basketball Coaching, Coaches, Great Teammates, Inspiration, inspirational quotes, Motivation, Motivational Quotes, parents, Players, popularity, Social Media, Success is a Choice, tweets, Twitter, YouTube

Nov 14 2022

Motivational Minute: Good Enough

“The beautiful thing about today is that you get the choice to make it better than yesterday.” (Robin Sharma)
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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.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Charles Swindoll, Fail Forward, Good attitude, Habits, Little Things, Make your bed, Monday, Monday Motivation, Motivation, Motivational Minute, Overcoming Adversity, Positive leadership, positivity, Success is a Choice, Win the Day, Yogi Berra

Nov 07 2022

Motivational Minute: Thoughts Into Action

 

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.

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Things don’t change by themselves.

This is an important concept to remember today.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Charles Swindoll, Cherokee Indian, Fail Forward, Feed the dog, Feed the good wolf, Good attitude, Habits, Life Lesson, Little Things, Make your bed, Monday, Monday Motivation, Motivation, Motivational Minute, Overcoming Adversity, Positive leadership, positivity, Success is a Choice, Win the Day, wolves, Yogi Berra

Oct 30 2022

Motivational Minute: The Wolves

 

An old Cherokee Indian chief sat down to teach his grandson about life.

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“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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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Charles Swindoll, Cherokee Indian, Fail Forward, Feed the dog, Feed the good wolf, Good attitude, Habits, Life Lesson, Little Things, Make your bed, Monday, Monday Motivation, Motivation, Motivational Minute, Overcoming Adversity, Positive leadership, positivity, Success is a Choice, Win the Day, wolves, Yogi Berra

Oct 10 2022

Make This Week Great

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…]

Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Associates, Bad Company, Character, Choices, decision making, Eagles, Friends, Good Character, Jim Rohn, Joel Osteen, Leadership, Personal Growth, Personal Responsibility, positivity, Success is a Choice, Thanksgiving, Turkeys

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