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.

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1:45 - Jamy and Tristen start off the show talking about a recent speech Jamy gave to some graduating senior scholarship winners and that spun off into a discussion about perspective and how we see things differently from others. Jamy emphasized that we need to understand others and see points of views other than our own.

9:45 – Brandon Podgorski was the show's guest. He is a sports management professor at Trine University in Angola, Indiana. He is also a former college basketball coach and was the athletics director at Indiana University at Kokomo. He talks about the world of sports opening up after Covid, the future of sports, athletes transferring, and why the sports industry is so exciting.

Jamy and Brandon also have a conversation about the importance of coaches developing strong connections with their athletes. They explored whether coaches can win and build relationships at the same time.

39:30 - Jamy answers listener questions from social media. If you want to submit questions for future shows, please do so @CoachBechler on Twitter, JamyBechlerLeadership on Facebook, or by emailing us at Podcast@JamyBechler.com

This week's 6-pack of questions are...

• When did you first know that you were worth a million dollars as a speaker and writer?
• When will you be dipping your toes in the Tik Tok pool?
• Who is your least favorite athlete?
• When you work with a sports team, what do you do with them? What does it look like?
• What is your golf handicap and what would be your dream foursome?
• What is your opinion of Twitter and secondly, have you ever bought Twitter followers?

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Jamy Bechler is the author of three published books including The Bus Trip and The Leadership Playbook, host of the Success is a Choice Podcast, professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. Bechler spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator. He has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by clicking here.