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 or scroll to the oldest episodes (as they've been archived with 2016 dates)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
- 571
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Alabama Sports Psychologist Dr. Bhrett McCabe
This is a replay of one of our more popular episodes from the past. Though this interview took place in 2020, but the insights are still relevant and beneficial today. We hope you enjoy this episode…
Michele Tafoya | Emmy Award Winning Broadcaster
Michele Tafoya is a former American sportscaster winning four Emmy Awards. From 2011 to 2022, she was a reporter for NBC Sports, primarily as a sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football. Today,…
Hugh Freeze, College Football Coach (popular replay episode)
After another successful season, Hugh Freeze just left Liberty University to take the reigns of the Auburn Tigers football program. Coach Freeze is back in the SEC and so we thought we'd replay one o…
Developing a Winning Mindset | TALENT & STRATEGY SHOW
Vera Jo Bustos, a mental performance coach, joined us on "The Talent & Strategy Show". Together with co-hosts Jamy Bechler and Ruston Pierce, they addressed topics such as ...
- Mental toughness
- Devel…
Carol Bruggeman | National Fastpitch Coaches Association
"Success is a Choice" podcast host Jamy Bechler talked with Carol Bruggeman, the Executive Director of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) about ...
- Team-building ideas
- How to grow the…
TALENT & STRATEGY SHOW | Developing a Sales Force
The guests on this week's "Talent & Strategy" Show are Rob Held (BSN) and Rob Murphy (Affinity Recruiting). Together with co-hosts Jamy Bechler and Ruston Pierce, they talk about ...
- Adjusting to th…
Communication tips for your team and work
Betsy Butterick, a communication specialist, was our guest on "The Talent & Strategy Show" on Friday, November 18th. She had some amazing tips for us when it comes to communicating more effectively. …
Son of Legendary Football Coach Talks Michigan-Ohio State Rivalry (Replay)
On Saturday, the greatest college football rivalry continues when #3 Michigan visits #2 Ohio State. In honor of the big game, we wanted to re-release an episode from 2017 that we did with Shemy Schem…
former Duke coach talks mental health
With the holidays coming up and mental health issues being a serious topic, we wanted to re-release one of our more popular episodes from when former National Coach of the Year Joanne P. McCallie cam…
Jamy Bechler on Becoming an Adoptive Dad
Yesterday (November 16th) was Jaylen Bechler's 13th birthday. He is the son of Jamy & Tabitha Bechler. The Bechler's adopted Jamy at birth when they were living in the Chattanooga area back in 2009. …
former TOPGUN Commanding Officer shares insights on the movie and real-life training
This is a replay of one of our more popular episodes. Jamy Bechler interviewed former TOPGUN Commanding Officer Andy "Grand" Mariner. Jamy would later spend a good deal of time visiting with Grand do…
TALENT & STRATEGY SHOW | Productivity
TALENT & STRATEGY SHOW | Leader Development
This week's guests on "The Talent & Strategy Show" are Alan Lowe and Ruston Pierce. Together, with host Jamy Bechler, they'll be talking about ...
✅ Creating systems and processes to grow your busine…
LEADERS GROWING LEADERS | John Gray
Today's guest on the "LEADERS GROWING LEADERS" series is John Gray, athletic director at Kankakee Valley HS in Indiana.
During the "Leaders Growing Leaders" series on the Success is a Choice Podcast…
former CIA Officer Mark Polymeropoulos
This is a replay of one of our more popular episodes when we talked with a former CIA officer about the differences between real-life and what we see in the movies when it comes to the CIA. This was …
TALENT & STRATEGY SHOW | Fundraising
The Talent & Strategy Show | Episode 4 - Successful Fundraising
This week's guests are Scott Garvis, Ruston Pierce, and Tyler Whitcomb. Together, with host Jamy Bechler, they talked about these eleme…
Jeff Hoffman | Priceline.com
This episode with Jeff Hoffman is one of our most popular episodes. He is interesting and insightful. If you listened to this episode when it was first released, it might be valuable to listen to it …
TALENT & STRATEGY SHOW | Strategic Planning
The Talent & Strategy Show | Episode 3 - Strategic Planning
"If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four hours sharpening my axe." (Abraham Lincoln)
This week's guests include RU…
LEADERSHIP NOW | Draymond Green Punch
In this week's LEADERSHIP NOW episode, Jamy Bechler talks about Draymond Green punching his Golden State Warriors teammate Jordan Poole and how we all should use these kinds of stories to examine our…
TALENT & STRATEGY SHOW | Getting Started
The Talent & Strategy Show | Episode 2 - Successful Start-Ups
"You don't have to be great to start, but you do have to start in order to be great." (Zig Ziglar)
This week's guests on the "Talent & St…