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Success is a Choice - Podcast

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 or scroll to the oldest episodes (as they've been archived with 2016 dates)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.

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Update frequency
every 5 days
Average duration
24 minutes
Episodes
570
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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Episode 141: Toronto Raptors Adrian Griffin

Episode 141: Toronto Raptors Adrian Griffin

Adrian Griffin won a World Championship as the lead assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors in 2020. He played in the NBA from 1999-2008 after a stellar career at Seton Hall University. In 2010 he wa…

00:38:34  |   Mon 06 Apr 2020
Episode 140: Ben Curtis, 2003 British Open Champion

Episode 140: Ben Curtis, 2003 British Open Champion

Ben Curtis won the 2003 Open Championship at Royal St. George's as a rookie in only his 16th start on the PGA Tour. He became the first golfer in 90 years to win a major championship in his first t…

00:42:26  |   Mon 30 Mar 2020
Betsy Butterick, Communication Specialist  (replay)

Betsy Butterick, Communication Specialist (replay)

Hope you are all staying safe, positive, and encouraged during these unprecedented times. We are replaying episode 13 with Betsy Butterick. She is one of my favorite people to listen to. Every time w…

00:33:11  |   Fri 27 Mar 2020
Episode 139: Rising Coaches C.E.O. Adam Gordon

Episode 139: Rising Coaches C.E.O. Adam Gordon

Adam Gordon spent 17 years in the coaching industry, making stops from the JUCO level to High-major Power 5 basketball. In 2010, along with Andy Farrell, he co-founded a company called Rising Coaches…

00:25:32  |   Tue 24 Mar 2020
Episode 138: Mike Lombardi, former NFL General Manager

Episode 138: Mike Lombardi, former NFL General Manager

Michael Lombardi spent three decades in the NFL as an executive with the 49ers, Browns, Eagles and Raiders. From 2014-16 he was also an assistant to the coaching staff of the Patriots. In addition to…

00:31:36  |   Tue 17 Mar 2020
Episode 137: Mark Immelman, PGA Golf Broadcaster

Episode 137: Mark Immelman, PGA Golf Broadcaster

Mark Immelman is currently the host of the "On the Mark" podcast on pgatour.com. He also covers live golf for the PGA TOUR on their live-streaming mobile app, PGA TOUR Live, on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radi…

00:34:42  |   Tue 25 Feb 2020
Alicia Jessop, TheAthletic.com & Sports Law Professor  (replay)

Alicia Jessop, TheAthletic.com & Sports Law Professor (replay)

This is a replay of one of our more popular episodes (#47 with Alicia Jessop). Alicia recently gained a great deal of attention when her $22 Maine lobster roll was stolen out of her hand by a seagull…

00:38:04  |   Thu 13 Feb 2020
Episode 136: Lori Thomas, Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioner

Episode 136: Lori Thomas, Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioner

Lori Thomas is the commissioner of the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Prior to leading the HAAC, she was the Senior Vice President for Membership and Character Initiatives at the NAIA. Thoma…

00:25:52  |   Mon 10 Feb 2020
PGA Caddie Paul Tesori  (replay)

PGA Caddie Paul Tesori (replay)

Webb Simpson won this past week's Waste Management Phoenix Open in a playoff against Tony Finau. As usual, Simpson's trusted right-hand man (Paul Tesori) was by his side the entire time. In fact, it …

00:37:13  |   Thu 06 Feb 2020
Episode 135:

Episode 135: "Move The Ball" with Jennifer Garrett

Jennifer A. Garrett is an internationally recognized author, life coach, and motivational speaker. She is the host of the "Move The Ball" podcast and the author of "Move The Ball". Jennifer currently…

00:25:31  |   Mon 03 Feb 2020
2x Super Bowl Champion Gary Reasons  (replay)

2x Super Bowl Champion Gary Reasons (replay)

With the Super Bowl being played in a couple of days, we thought it would be good to replay a popular interview that we had with 2x Super Bowl champion, Gary Reasons.

You can see the complete show no…

00:34:42  |   Thu 30 Jan 2020
Episode 134: Bill Curry, Super Bowl Champion & SEC Coach of the Year

Episode 134: Bill Curry, Super Bowl Champion & SEC Coach of the Year

Bill Curry has been the head football coach at Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, and Georgia State. He was a 2x SEC Coach of the Year, ACC Coach of the Year, as well as the National Coach of the Year …

00:29:27  |   Mon 27 Jan 2020
former Kansas City Chief J.J. Birden (replay)

former Kansas City Chief J.J. Birden (replay)

The Kansas City Chiefs are in next week’s Super Bowl so we wanted to replay our interview with former Chiefs Wide Receiver J.J. Birden. This was a fun conversation as we talked about a lot of great t…

00:40:19  |   Thu 23 Jan 2020
Episode 133:

Episode 133: "A Coach and a Miracle" with Jim Johnson

Jim Johnson won more than 400 games as a high high school basketball coach. He only had one losing record in his 30 years of being a head coach. However, he is probably best known for what he did in …

00:30:21  |   Mon 20 Jan 2020
MOTIVATIONAL MINUTE | Michael Phelps Habits

MOTIVATIONAL MINUTE | Michael Phelps Habits

In today's "Motivational Minute", leadership expert Jamy Bechler reminds us of how dominating Michael Phelps was in the Olympic swimming pool and how we can replicate some of his mindset in our daily…

00:01:01  |   Mon 30 Dec 2019
Emily Chapman Richards - Executive Director of Show Hope (Replay)

Emily Chapman Richards - Executive Director of Show Hope (Replay)

Episode 075 with Emily Chapman Richards was one of our most popular episodes. Since appearing on our podcast, Emily was named the Executive Director of Show Hope. If you originally heard the episode,…

00:33:21  |   Mon 16 Dec 2019
Episode 132: Compete Every Day with Jake Thompson

Episode 132: Compete Every Day with Jake Thompson

Jake Thompson is the Founder & Chief Encouragement Officer at the global lifestyle brand Compete Every Day.  He is a speaker, writer, & active participant in life. Prior to launching CED, Jake spent …

00:28:52  |   Thu 12 Dec 2019
Episode 131:

Episode 131: "The Bus Trip" (a modern-day sports leadership fable)

"The Bus Trip", Jamy Bechler's third book, was released on 11/25/19. The modern-day sports leadership fable can help student-athletes understand how to be better teammates and more positive leaders. …

00:11:26  |   Wed 27 Nov 2019
Episode 130: U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott

Episode 130: U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott

The U.S. Marshals is the oldest American Federal law enforcement agency. The service was created way back during the presidency of George Washington.  Joining a long and storied list of American law…

00:30:52  |   Fri 22 Nov 2019
Episode 129: Jon Beck, Pure Sweat Basketball

Episode 129: Jon Beck, Pure Sweat Basketball

Jon Beck is a must-follow on twitter for coaches and athletes. After his stellar playing career at Division I Arkansas State University, he went on to have a successful career as both a boys and gir…

00:32:13  |   Thu 17 Oct 2019
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