Jamy Bechler

Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.

Soar With The Eagles

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…]

Bechler Partners with TeePublic for Merchandise Deal

The “Success is a Choice” podcasting network has partnered with TeePublic to offer merchandise related to leadership, teamwork, culture, life, and success. The partnership includes the podcasting network, Jamy Bechler’s leadership consulting, and his books.

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The Coffee Beans

“Life is 10% what happens to you, but 90% how you react to what happens to you.” (Charles Swindoll)

Once upon a time in a small Italian town, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable.

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She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed like life was one problem after the next.

The next day her father, who was a chef, took her to the kitchen. He boiled three pots of water. He placed potatoes in one, eggs in another, and ground coffee beans in the third.

Of course, the daughter waited impatiently, wondering what he was doing.

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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

“Tough times don’t last but tough people do.” (Robert Schuller)

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Amy Morin was a newly married 23-year-old therapist. Suddenly, her mother died due to a brain aneurysm.

On the three-year anniversary of her mother’s death, her husband died of a heart attack. 

When she remarried years later, her second husband’s father died of cancer.

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The Coachable Coach: Dennis Stanton

Today’s guest on “The Coachable Coach” series is Dennis Stanton, the athletic director at Souderton HS. 

“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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Leaders Growing Leaders: Tiffany Tucker

Today’s guest on the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series is Tiffany Tucker, the Deputy Director of Athletics at UNC-Wilmington.

During the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network, Jamy Bechler talks with leaders about how they are growing and developing other leaders.

The series tries to examine how various leaders are making the people around them better and building a stronger, healthier culture.

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Leaders Growing Leaders: Fran Reidy

Today’s guest on the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series is Fran Reidy, the VP of Athletics at Saint Leo University.

During the “Leaders Growing Leaders” series on the Success is a Choice Podcast Network, Jamy Bechler talks with leaders about how they are growing and developing other leaders.

The series tries to examine how various leaders are making the people around them better and building a stronger, healthier culture.

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Conference Champions

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” (John C. Maxwell)
(editor’s note: Article originally written in March of 2022)

I had the pleasure of speaking with the boys basketball team at my old high school.

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I’m very proud of them and their coach Jeff Turner (he was my JV coach). In fact, they won the conference title this year. 

As I was talking to the guys, it hit me out of the blue that this was 2022 and my team won the championship in 1992.

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The Thief of Joy

“Comparison is the thief of all joy.” (Teddy Roosevelt)

A crow lived in the forest and was satisfied with life, until one day he saw a swan and thought that it must be the happiest bird in the world because it looked so pure and clean.

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When he told the swan his feelings, the swan replied that the parrot must be the happiest bird in all of creation because it had two colors, instead of one.

When the crow tracked down a parrot and told it what the swan had said, the parrot laughed.

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Hole in the Sidewalk

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we really are, far more than our abilities.” (J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

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.

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