Success is a Choice

Thank you for listening to the Success is a Choice podcast network. This week is the Open Championship at Royal St. George's Golf Club in England. It is the last major of the PGA season. It also marks the 18th anniversary of Ben Curtis winning the Open Championship at this same course. The open championship rotates courses each year and Royal St. George's has only hosted the Open Championship one...

In today's LEADERSHIP NOW episode, Jamy Bechler shares his two takeaways on the U.S. 100m dash champion (Sha'Carri Richardson) getting disqualified and banned from the upcoming Olympics for using marijuana. The LEADERSHIP NOW episodes examine a current topic in the world of sports and leadership in less than five minutes. - - - -  The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible, in part,...

Today's guest on "The Coachable Coach" series is Missy Bilderback, the highly successful women's basketball coach at Jones College in Mississippi.  "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. Jamy talks with coaches who value growth, improvement, and leadership – not just with their...

Jim Knight is a keynote speaker, author, podcaster, and entrepreneur, Jim Knight teaches organizations of all sizes how to attain their own "rock star" status. Although his illustrious career started at Gatorland Zoo (he has the scars to prove it), Jim cut his teeth in the hospitality industry and eventually led Global Training for Hard Rock International for two decades. His customized programs s...

The PGA Tour's "On the Mark" podcast is one of Jamy Bechler's favorites to listen to and so he was excited to appear as a guest and talk with host Mark Immelman.   EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jamy Bechler is a former College Basketball Coach and Professor turned Professional Speaker, Leadership Trainer and Executive Business Coach. He is "John Maxwell Team" certified and travels the USA to motivate and co...

Richard A. Johnson, Ed. D. , is the director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Booker T. Washington Initiative which examines the effects of public policy on African-American communities. Click here to read Dr. Johnson's complete bio. In today's episode, we discuss: Educating today's youth The importance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Thoughts on race Beating Hall of Famer David Robinson in a ba...

On this week's episode of The Leadership Playbook Live Show, John Brubaker (a high-level business coach and the author of "Stadium Status") fills in for Tristen Foote as Jamy Bechler's co-host. Coach Bru and Jamy discuss ... How we can be successful during rough times (like a pandemic) Getting fired on his birthday Writing a book with no words The meaning of "Stadium Status" and why we should be s...

The Leadership Playbook is a live weekly show in which co-hosts Jamy Bechler and Tristen Foote provide insights on leadership, life, teamwork, culture, and success. They also interview a guest each week and Jamy answers mailbag questions. You can also watch this episode on Facebook , YouTube , or Linkedin . 1:45 - Jamy and Tristen start off the show talking the new "2-Minute Drill" segments that J...

Jake Kelfer is the 2x bestselling author of Elevate Beyond and Elevate Your Network , as well as a motivational speaker and the founder of Professional Basketball Combine . His first book Elevate Beyond, released in 2016, originally began as a series of blog posts for his friends and is a real-world guide to standing out in the job market and discovering your passion. Elevate Your Network, his fol...

The Leadership Playbook is a live weekly show in which co-hosts Jamy Bechler and Tristen Foote provide insights on leadership, life, teamwork, culture, and success. They also interview a guest each week and Jamy answers mailbag questions. You can also watch this episode on Facebook , YouTube , or Linkedin . 1:45 - Jamy and Tristen start off the show talking about a recent speech Jamy gave to some...

Laura DiBenedetto is a TEDx Speaker, #1 best-selling author of The Six Habits: Practical Tools for Bringing Your Dreams to Life , and a life mastery coach. Laura teaches others how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love. As founder and CEO of Vision Advertising, a company that she built aged 19, she has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs build and grow profitable enterpris...

Thanks for joining us today on the Success is a Choice podcast network. When my most recent book "The Bus Trip" came out, I was asked by Mike Klinzing , the host of the Hoop Heads podcast to come on his show. Mike Klinzing is a former Kent State basketball player who played there a few years before I arrived as a Graduate Assistant back in the 1990s. If you are a basketball coach, this is a great...

Dan Hughes retired yesterday from the Seattle Storm. He has had a great career coaching and is now going to focus on the USA Women's Basketball Team. This was one of my favorite episodes when it first aired and so I wanted to release it again with the news of his retirement. Click here for the ESPN article about his retirement.   ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES: Dan Hughes is the head coach of the WNBA's Seat...

The Leadership Playbook is a weekly show in which co-hosts Jamy Bechler and Tristen Foote provide insights on leadership, life, teamwork, culture, and success. They also interview a guest each week and Jamy answers mailbag questions. You can also watch this episode on Facebook , YouTube , or Linkedin . 1:10 - Jamy and Tristen start off the show chatting about Tim Tebow's return to the NFL and whet...

Today's episode is a fun conversation that Jamy had recently with Mateen Cleaves and Justin White on the "Power Forward" podcast . Mateen Cleaves is a legend when it comes to college basketball. He is Michigan State's only three-time All-American and was the Big Ten's player of the year twice. He led the Spartans to the 2000 NCAA championship before playing six seasons in the NBA. Mateen's co-host...

The Leadership Playbook is a weekly show in which co-hosts Jamy Bechler and Tristen Foote provide insights on leadership, life, teamwork, culture, and success. They also interview a guest and Jamy answers mailbag questions. You can also watch this episode on Facebook , YouTube , or Linkedin . 1:55 - Jamy and Tristen start off the show talking about Tom Brady overcoming numerous obstacles and surpr...

Jennifer Rothman is the Senior Manager for Youth and Young Adult Information, Support, and Education for NAMI. The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.  Click here for Jennifer's bio page on the NAMI website In today's episode, we discuss: What a...

This is the first episode of "The Leadership Playbook" weekly live show where co-hosts Jamy Bechler and Tristen Foote share insights on leadership, life, teamwork, culture, and success. They also interview a guest and Jamy answers mailbag questions. You can also watch this episode on Facebook , YouTube , or Linkedin . 1:30 - The hosts talk about the way we see life. Jamy shares about doing a leade...

Hugh Freeze is the head football coach at Liberty University. He has won an astounding 18 games in his first two years at Liberty. Prior to his time at Liberty University, he was the head coach at Ole Miss in the SEC. During his time at Ole Miss, they were the only team to beat Alabama in the regular season in both 2014 and 2015. His teams finished with a winning record in four of his five years....

Marc Polymeropoulos served 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before retiring in June 2019.  His positions included field and headquarters operational assignments covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia, and CounterTerrorism.  He is the recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Commendation Medal, and the Intelligence Medal of Merit. Marc is also the auth...

Melahni Ake shares her own influences that have shaped the way she leads today and how she has come to create the Everyday Leaders Platform. Throughout her life and career, Melahni has been striving to show up and add value to others, and she lives out her purpose by supporting leaders to grow and develop. Her Podcast Everyday Leaders 50 in 50 was set up to showcase those people who are making a d...

Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco is the CEO of People Building, Inc., and the powerhouse behind the "What Are You Made Of?" movement. He is a performance coach, author, dynamic public speaker, visionary and thought leader. He is also the author of "Rocket Fuel: Convert Setbacks, Become Unstoppable." He has been featured by Yahoo! Finance as one of the Top Business Leaders to Follow in 2020 and is on a missi...

Bret Burchard is the co-founder of the mindset development company ChampionShift and co-author of " Catching Confetti: Developing the Mindset of a Champion ." He helps athletes and coaches tap into mental states to improve their confidence and resilience. He coached in the NBA for 10 seasons, all with the Phoenix Suns, most recently as the head coach of their minor league affiliate.   Click here f...

Paige Tonz is a mindset mentor for female athletes. She is a former star catcher for Northwestern University in the Big 10. She talks about the entrepreneur side of starting a business from scratch and designing a career built on impacting others while fulfilling a larger purpose. Paige's website is https://www.paigetonz.com This episode is made possible by TheLeadershipPlaybook.com . Great teams...

This is a replay of one of our more popular shows. It might be worth listening to again since there were some good stories and great insights. If you haven't heard it before, you're in for a treat. Since this episode aired, Jason Romano has released a second book entitled "The Uniform of Leadership: Lessons on True Success from My ESPN Life".    SHOW NOTES: Jason Romano is the host and producer of...