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Nov 16 2022

Our Daily Commute

“All battles are first won or lost in the mind.” (Joan of Arc)

🔊 Click here to listen to the 2-minute audio of today’s email about our daily commute.

The American commute is getting longer and longer. 

According to a Washington Post article, the average American spends a total of 52 minutes commuting to and from work each day. 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Attitude, commute, commuting, driving, family, green lights, John Brubaker, Perspective, podcasts, Preparation, red lights, stuck in traffic, Success is a choice podcast, traffic lights, washington post

Jan 27 2022

Motivational Minute: Spark Plugs

“Positive energy and positive people create positive results.” (Jon Gordon)

My dream car is an H2 – a Hummer.

Click here to listen to the 1-minute audio version of this article.

My wife’s dream car is a Jaguar.

You might want a Lamborgini, a BMW, or some kind of vintage car.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: cars, engine, enthusiasm, Jon Gordon, Motivation, Motivational, Motivational Minute, Motivational Mondays, Positive energy, positivity, spark plug, spark plugs, Success is a Choice, Success is a choice podcast

Jan 05 2020

20 Books to Read in 2020

I once read 30 books in an entire summer, including 10 John Grisham novels. Reading is something that I enjoy doing. I am a paperback kind of guy as I will dog-ear pages, highlight passages, and make notes in the margins. My wife, on the other hand, only reads Kindle books or listens to audio books. 

Whatever your preference, it is important that you read. Readers are leaders. As Dr. Seuss said, “The more that you read, the more things that you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

What follows is my recommended list of books in various categories that were published during the last two years. I have previously made recommended book lists of “19 Books to Read in 2019”, “18 Books to Read in 2018”, “15 Best Books for Coaches”, “15 Best Books for Leaders”, and “7 Underrated Books for Leaders”.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Adam Levitan, alan Stein Jr., Audible, Books, books to read, Dr. Seuss, Heather Macy, jason romano, John Brubaker, John Maxwell, Jon Gordon, julian edelman, Kevin Eastman, Mark Fauser, Pat Williams, Success is a choice podcast, The Bus Trip, Tony Dungy, travis daugherty

Dec 22 2018

Books to Read in 2019

I love to read. It wasn’t always that way. We were made to read in 1st grade and I hated it. However, all that changed in 2nd grade. That was when we were able to pick something from the prize box when we read so many pages. I couldn’t tell you a single book that I read that year, but boy do I remember those baseball cards that I picked out and how it motivated me to become a better reader. My teacher allowed me to read football books, baseball books, detective books, really any kind of book that I was interested in.. I read books that interested me … and, yeah I started my huge baseball card collection. Fast forward to present day and I am still reading books. My shelves may be full of books, but unlike many professors or business people, the books on my bookshelves aren’t just for looks, they have all been read. As 2019 approaches, I realized that I need a new batch of books to get me through the year as I ride the stationary bike at the YMCA or read right before falling asleep. Here are the 19 books that I plan on reading in 2019. I just went through Amazon and put them in my shopping cart and can’t wait for them to arrive. I will give you a quick summary of why I am wanting to read each book. Keep in mind, I am not saying these books are good books, like my previous articles Books for Coaches, Books for Leaders, Recommended Books for 2018, Underrated Books for Leaders but rather that these are the ones that I want to read for various reasons. I hope that they are good,otherwise I will have to toss the book and Mrs. Johnson might not give me credit for it thus denying me the next great baseball card from the prize box.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth · Tagged: Kate Fagan, Kevin Eastaman, Kevin Eastman, Lolly Daskal, Rachel Cruze, Scott Alexander, Steven Curtis chapman, Success is a choice podcast

Jan 04 2018

18 for ’18: 18 Books To Read In 2018

“It’s what you read when you don’t have to that will determine who you are when you can’t help it.” (Oscar Wilde)
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” (Margaret Fuller)

It’s often said that all great leaders are readers. John C. Maxwell talks about leadership being about influence, nothing more and nothing less. If this is the case, then in order to be more influential it makes sense that you would want to gain knowledge and a greater understanding of the world that you know and that you don’t know.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Adam Grant, Amy morin, Arianna Huffington, Books, books to read, Coach Burt, Coach wooden, condoleezza Rice, Culture of Good, Extreme Ownership, Frances Hesselbein, gary vaynerchuk, intentional living, Jocko Wilink, John C. Maxwell, John Wooden, Jon Gordon, kareem abdul-jabbar, Kelly Roach, Lolly Daskal, Mel Robbins, Micheal Burt, Pat Summitt, Positive leadership, ryan mccarty, Sheryl Sandberg, Success is a choice podcast, The Huffington Post, The Leadership Gap, The Leadership Playbook, Tim Ferris, Viktor Frankl

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