Success is a Choice
Host Jamy Bechler is a speaker, leadership consultant, and author of 9 books. The former college basketball coach and high school athletic director helps high-level individuals, organizations, and teams maximize their potential in the areas of leadership, culture, and teamwork.
The "Success is a Choice" podcasting network provides inspiring insights to help you grow your team, strengthen your culture, improve yourself, or add value to those around you. It features a variety of episodes (The Coachable Coach, Leaders Growing Leaders, 2-Minute Drill, Weekend Wisdom, Motivational Minute, Leadership Now) as well as conversations with guests ranging from professional sports coaches to actors to business executives to reality TV stars.
To listen to all of the past daily episodes, please visit JamyBechler.com/Podcast ... or scroll to the oldest episodes (as they've been archived with 2016 dates)
Some of the more popular guest episodes have included Michele Tafoya, Riley Gaines, the Babylon Bee's editor-in-chief Kyle Mann, Phil Hellmuth, Clark Kellogg, Rachel Cruze, and Shark Tank's Kevin Harrington.
Subscribe and listen in as the best of the best share their stories to help inspire you as you choose to maximize your potential.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 570
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Detroit Pistons add a new logo to their jersey | The Leadership Playbook
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 w…
Episode 170: Jake Kelfer, Professional Basketball Combine
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 Beyon…
Singing Kumbaya, winning games, and athletes transferring | The Leadership Playbook live
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 w…
Episode 169: America's Happiness Coach, Laura DiBenedetto
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 …
Jamy talks teammate accountability | Hoop Heads Podcast
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 h…
Dan Hughes, WNBA Championship Coach (replay)
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 firs…
Tim Tebow is back in the NFL & Jamy gives us 3 ways EVERYONE can be a verbal leader
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 a…
Jamy talks with former Michigan State basketball legend Mateen Cleaves on the "Power Forward" podcast
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…
Tom Brady goes from 9th grade bench warmer to the GOAT and Jamy talks about how Drake had a part in making him nervous for the only time in his speaking career
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 an…
Episode 168 - Jennifer Rothman, National Alliance on Mental Illness
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…
World premiere of "The Leadership Playbook" live weekly show
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 int…
Episode 167 - Hugh Freeze, Liberty University Football Coach
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 Ol…
Episode 166: Former CIA Officer Marc Polymeropoulos
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 E…
Episode 165: Everyday Leaders with Melahni Ake
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 …
Episode 164: Turn Setbacks into Rocket Fuel with Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco
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 th…
Episode 163 - Bret Burchard, former NBA G-League Head Coach
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 men…
Episode 162: Paige Tonz, Athlete Mindset Mentor
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 a…
Jason Romano, Sports Spectrum Host (replay)
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. S…
Episode 161: Rachel Cruze, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author & Ramsey Personality
Rachel Cruze is a two-time #1 national best-selling author, financial expert and host of The Rachel Cruze Show. Since 2010, Rachel has served at Ramsey Solutions, where she teaches people to avoid de…
Episode 160: Michael Kelly, VP of Athletics at South Florida
Michael Kelly is Vice President of Athletics at the University of South Florida. Prior to taking the reins of the Bulls athletic department, he was the Chief Operating Officer for the College Footbal…