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Exploring how we can all build winning with class lives..for ourselves and for all the teams around us - our families, sports teams, schools, communities...our COUNTRY and beyond...

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June 12, 2026

Damon West: From drug kingpin and life sentence to a new life of Massive Positive Impact

<h2 style="margin-top: 0in; background: white;"> Sentenced to sixty-five years in a Texas prison, Damon West once had it all.</h2> Damon West, M.S. Criminal Justice, is a college professor, internationally known keynote speaker and 3 x Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His bestselling business book, The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change, was listed by Forbes' in the "Top Twenty Books You Need to Read to Crush 2020." His autobiography, The Change Agent: How a Former College QB Sentenced to Life in Prison Transformed His World, vividly tells how he transformed the pot of boiling water that is a Texas maximum-security prison into a pot of coffee. At 20 years old, he was a Division 1 starting quarterback at the University of North Texas, when he suffered a career ending injury. He turned to hardcore drugs to cope with disappointments of life. After graduation, he worked in the United States Congress, was a national fundraiser on a U.S. Presidential campaign and eventually trained to be a stockbroker for United Bank of Switzerland (UBS). One day at UBS, he was introduced to methamphetamines; he became instantly hooked—and the lives of so many innocent people would forever be changed by the choices he made in order to feed his insatiable meth habit. After a fateful discussion during his incarceration with a seasoned convict, Damon had a spiritual awakening. He learned that, like a coffee bean changing with the application of heat and pressure, he was capable of changing the environment around him. Armed with a program of recovery, a renewed faith, and a miraculous second chance at life, Damon emerged from over seven years of prison a changed man. His story of redemption, grit and determination continues to inspire audiences today. The Coffee Bean message has inspired thousands. Damon's clients include hundreds of companies, such as Walmart, State Farm, Wendy's, Stryker, and sports teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Timberwolves, Clemson, Alabama and Georgia. The U.S. Army has even incorporated the #BeACoffeeBean mindset into their resilience training. Damon's story has been featured both nationally and globally. He is passionate about the Coffee Bean message and loves sharing how it changed his life and how it can change yours, too. His most recent book, national bestselling Six Dimes and a Nickel, Life Lessons to Empower Change, introduces the principles and stories that allowed Damon West to rewrite his narrative and become one of the greatest underdog triumphs of all time. His Wall Street Journal bestselling book, The Locker Room: How Great Teams Heal Hurt, Overcome Adversity and Build Unity, is being optioned for film adaptation. His children's book, The Coffee Bean for Kids, is the genesis for Coffee Bean Clubs being started by students at schools all over America. Today, Damon lives a life of recovery and service, sharing his story all over the world. Of all the hats Damon wears, however, the two most important to him are being a husband to Kendell and a stepfather to Clara. Takeaways: <ol> <li class="MsoNormal"> The Darkest of Dark. Hopefully, none of us will ever have to face the type of environment that Damon had to face. In such an environment, survival would be an admirable goal. But remember all that Damon did in prison. He kicked a strong drug habit, he confirmed and brought his faith to a new level, and he sought to transform the environment around him – ALL while having to fight his fights while feeling the fear every single time. This goes to show that even if we've completely lost our way and find ourselves in a dark spot, anchorless – we can ALWAYS fight the good fight, get super intentional and turn things around – for ourselves and for those around us.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> The Uncommon Anchor. I think Damon did a good job of describing his uncommon anchor in the teaser at the start of this episode. He told us that we had to be intentional on a daily basis about our mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. Damon was also clear that his parents had given him this anchor with a solid upbringing. Damon didn't maintain it and so he lost it – leading to drugs, crime and eventually a life sentence. As we saw, Damon rebuilt his anchor. And so can we. But it's far better to avoid having to rebuild it by being massively intentional about our mental, physical, and spiritual selves on a daily basis. It may feel like we don't need it – like everything is good and going our way. That's exactly when we need to double down on strengthening our inner anchor based on the right things. So, when life punches – and it WILL punch – as it did with Damon's football career unexpectedly coming to an end – your anchor will be strong enough to keep you on a good path, instead of going sideways like Damon did for that rough period of his life.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> The Coffee Bean. First, what a great life lesson given by Damon's jail friend, Muhammad about being the coffee bean – doing the work to transform yourself for the better and then truly becoming the coffee bean by doing the same for those around you, despite the hot boiling water of adversity surrounding you. This message has influenced millions through Damon's books and speeches. Almost as important was what Damon said about Muhammad himself and the lessons he learned from him. Damon learned so much from this new friend because he was willing to listen to him – despite all the differences between the two including race, religion, and more. As Damon said, if we close ourselves off to people who are different than us, we risk missing these messengers in life from whom we can learn so much. The Coffee Bean lesson has positively impacted millions of lives, starting with Damon's – and none of it would've happened if Damon had refused to listen to somebody because he was different. </li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Fighting your Fights. In addition to the Coffee Bean lesson, Mohammed shared another great life lesson with Damon as he tried to prepare him for prison life. "You don't have to win all your fights, but you must fight all your fights," he told Damon. This is simply a great mantra for life. We all know we won't win all of the challenges that come our way…but, to really live…to truly pursue our most complete and best selves – we need to FIGHT all of our fights…all of the challenges that come our way. If we live like this, no matter our record for all of our fights, we will have built a deep and strong anchor inside us, rooted in confidence, fulfillment, and the peace that comes with an unlimited belief in who we are and how we can handle all that comes our way. </li> </ol> Links: Website: <a href= "https://damonwest.org">https://damonwest.org</a> Instagram/X: @damonwest7

May 27, 2026

Amy Morin: Mental Strength Training for Life

Amy Morin is a licensed psychotherapist, a mental strength trainer, keynote speaker, award-winning host of the Mentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin podcast, and an international bestselling author of six books on mental strength, including the globally acclaimed 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do. These books have sold over one million copies and have been translated into more than fifty languages. Her 7th book, The Mental Strength Playbook, just released in April of 2026. Her expertise has been featured by major outlets such as Good Morning America, Today, Oprah, Tamron Hall, and BBC and her TEDx Talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, has been viewed over 24 million times. Amy's passion for teaching mental strength stems from a personal place. After enduring almost unimaginable loss of three loved ones in her twenties, she realized the traditional tools of therapy weren't enough to manage her grief. She's practiced therapy for over twenty years, and she's a sought-after speaker whose Ted Talk, "The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong" is one of the most viewed talks of all time, with more than 25 million views. Amy lives on a sailboat in the Florida Keys. Books: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"> 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don't Do.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> 13 Things Mentally Stron Parents Don't Do.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> 13 Things Strong Kids Do.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do Workbook.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> 13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don't Do.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> The Mental Strength Playbook.</li> </ul> Takeaways: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"> Keep. Moving. Forward.: One of my favorite movie lines is from the last Rocky movie where the aging boxer tells his son about how life isn't about how hard you can hit – it's about how hard you can GET HIT and keep moving forward. Amy's hits were about has hard as life can punch. Losing a loved one is difficult. Losing THREE in a relatively short period of time, at a relatively young age, is almost unimaginable. Not only did she keep moving forward, but Amy also made a CHOICE to be mentally strong about it – and now she's as good a model of that as there is – and millions have benefitted from it. </li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Life hits everybody. As Amy tells us, she seemingly had it all figured out and was set up for a great life path. Great parents. Solid faith. Solid education and training. Her own family off to a great start. Life would be "easy" right? The problem is – we are ALL susceptible to life's hits. Life doesn't discriminate when it takes its swings at people with adversity. What we CAN control is the extent to which the adversity affects us – and how long those effects stay with us. If we are ANCHORED to the right things, we will have the ability to handle the adversity and keep moving forward. When asked what made her sit down and write that list of 13 things mentally strong people DON'T do, Amy pointed to her parents and her faith – two very strong anchoring elements. When life punched – and kept punching Amy, "why me" was an option. This is an always-available option for all of us. However, if we want to keep moving forward – that's not going to help us. As we just discussed, it's a choice – and if we have the right anchor inside us, that choice will be easier to make.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Mental strength. Amy explains mental strength as how we think, feel, and behave. She then went on to share that we have control over all of these. As Amy said, we can REFRAME our negative thoughts, we have WAY MORE control over our emotions than we think, and we can ALWAYS take ACTION – even when we don't feel like it. Amy also says this is a life-long thing – it's a PURSUIT. So, we have to be consistent with this choice. Finally, I love how Amy tells us to coach ourselves which is very empowering for ALL of us. One of the main aspects of this self-coaching is being intentional about assessing ourselves – how are we doing? How did I do today? You might even ask – did I win this day with class? Or did this day strengthen or weaken my ANCHOR? So, mental strength is within our control – and every day matters.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Know your values and priorities. I liked how Amy challenges herself by asking – if people saw a snapshot of my life, would they know what my priorities are? This is a great takeaway for all of us. If people look at our lives will they know our values and priorities? Our standards? So, the first step is to explore and define your standards and priorities. Then, the second step is to LIVE according to your standards and priorities. As Amy showed us, as long as we're living our lives according to a strong set of standards and priorities – and we become anchored to them - we can live and even thrive no matter what life throws at us.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> The 13. You need to go get Amy's book so you can really dive into the full list of the 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do and we hit on them briefly in our discussion. Some of my favorites: Mentally strong people don't get stuck in self-pity. We all get in ruts – the secret is to not STAY there. Also, mentally strong people don't live in the past and related to that, they don't repeat mistakes. We are all human and we all screw up and have bad patches in our lives. However, as Amy says, there is really very little in life we can't UNDO. We just need to learn from our experiences and then choose, as Amy did, to be strong and move forward. Lastly, a theme that covers a couple on the list – mentally strong people aren't afraid to take the time to be intentional about building and preserving their inner peace. This is what we're all chasing and we can all get there – but, we have to be intentional with our time and attention to ourselves – putting the phone and other distractions to the side and checking in with ourselves, figuring out what that inner peace looks like based on our values and priorities, and then pursuing that on a consistent basis.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> The choice is clear: To sum it all up, as Amy says in her book, "When you become mentally strong, you will be your best self, have the courage to do what's right, and develop a true comfort with who you are and what you're capable of achieving." Sounds like a pretty good way to live an anchored, winning with class life. So, let's coach ourselves every day to be mentally strong. It worked for Amy despite severe and very real, life adversity. And it will work for us too.</li> </ul> Links: Website: amymorinlcsw.com Instagram: @amymorinauthor X: @AmyMorinLCSW Podcast: Mentally Stronger, with Therapist Amy Morin

April 6, 2026

Frank Martin: Coaching basketball and LIFE.

Massachusetts head basketball Coach Frank Martin was named the 23rd head coach in men's basketball history in March of 2022. Martin brought 15 years of head coaching experience to Amherst after spending 10 seasons prior as the head coach at South Carolina, where he led the Gamecocks to the program's first ever NCAA Final Four in 2017. Martin began his 10-year run in Columbia, S.C. prior to the 2014-15 season and went on to match the program's record for wins in a season as his team finished the 2015-16 campaign with a 25-9 record. The squad rose to as high as 15th in the USA Today Coaches Poll following the Gamecocks' best start since the 1933-34 season. Under Martin, South Carolina broke the record for wins in a single season with 26 in 2016-17 on the way to the best NCAA Tournament run in program history. Martin led the Gamecocks to their first NCAA Tournament win since 1973 and to the program's first-ever Sweet 16, Elite Eight, and Final Four. The No. 7-seed squad defeated No. 2 seed Duke in the round of 32 and earned wins over Baylor in the Sweet 16 and Florida in the Elite Eight before falling to Gonzaga in the national semifinals. He was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year. The Gamecocks were ranked in the AP Poll for nine weeks and the Coaches Poll for 10 weeks and finished as the No. 6-ranked team in the final USA Today Coaches Poll. Sindarius Thornwell was named a CBS Sports First-Team All-American and the NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player. Martin got his first head coaching opportunity at Kansas State in 2007-08 and brought the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament in four of his five seasons at the helm. He guided the Wildcats to their first win over rival and No. 2-ranked Kansas since 1983 and took the team to its first NCAA Tournament since 1996. In 2009-10, Martin led Kansas State to a 29-8 record and an Elite Eight appearance. The Wildcats earned their first win over a No. 1-ranked team in Texas since 1994 and finished the year ranked inside the top 10 in both major polls. Kansas State went into the 2010 NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed and defeated North Texas, BYU and Xavier in postseason play. He was recognized as the Big 12 Coach of the Year. A Miami, Fla. native, Martin began his coaching career in the high school ranks in Miami, earning his first head coaching job at North Miami High School before moving to Miami Senior, where he led the team to three straight state championships. His first collegiate coaching job came in 2000 as he was named an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Northeastern University. From there, he joined Bob Huggins' staff at Cincinnati and was part of Huggins' coaching staff at Kansas State during the 2006-07 season. A fixture off the court and in the community, Martin and his wife, UMass track and field alumna Anya (nee Forrest), have hosted numerous philanthropic events and have been key investors in the UMass women's track and field program. In 2019, Martin was introduced into the Naismith Coaches Circle that was created by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to recognize coaches who have impacted their communities, players, other coaches, and society in a positive manner. Martin earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Florida International in 1993. He and his wife, Anya, have three children: Brandon, Amalia and Christian. Takeaways: <ol> <li class="MsoNormal"> Coach's anchor. From listening to him, it's clear to see what makes up Coach's anchor or internal foundation. Family – starting with his grandmother, a rock-solid work ethic, his faith and, related to and largely gained from his work ethic – a clear knowledge of how to treat people. It's not hard to see how Coach is so admired and respected. </li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Don't worry about what you don't have. What a great lesson for us all. This one started with his grandmother – the source for a lot of his lessons as you heard. Coach Martin mentioned it in the context of telling young coaches to just take care of the job they have and not to worry about chasing that next job. He also mentioned that this came from growing up and building furniture with his grandmother, noting that they didn't have much at all – but they didn't know it because they just appreciated what they DID have. What a great lesson for all of us – especially in today's comparison world led by social media. We all need to stop, appreciate what we DO have and take care of the people around us NOW. Like Coach said, it's far better to do it this way and more often than not, ascension up that mountain will come. And, even if it doesn't, the genuine peace and fulfillment that comes from enjoying the journey and the people around you are worth it.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Spirituality and the Pursuit of Complete. As you heard, Coach had a couple of amazing experiences that made it very clear to him that God has a plan for him. It's now very clearly a part of his life's pursuit of complete – a main part of his set of priorities - as he continues to impact lives. Another great reminder to, at the very least pay attention to the spiritual side of ourselves as we build and maintain our own pursuit of our complete selves.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Culture. This one is hard to beat. Coach Martin mentioned that his culture is based on four building blocks - honesty, loyalty, trust, and love. I love how he explained how each building block built off the previous one. I also love how he started with honesty and the truth as the first building block, or foundation, for it all. Then, if you get to love – that's when you arrive at a family…and, if you get there, you can deal with the storms. When it comes to culture, it's hard to say it all any better than that.</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Winning + Class. Coach Martin described this by saying it's about how we should strive to focus our energy on uplifting the lives of those around us. As coach said, when we can show up the next day excited regardless of the previous day's outcome because we're inspired this way, that's winning with class. It's clear that Coach lives this notion and it's a great one for all of us to follow as well.</li> </ol> Links: Website: <a href="https://umassathletics.com/sports/mensbasketball/roster/coaches/frankmartin/2452">https://umassathletics.com/sports/mensbasketball/roster/coaches/frankmartin/2452</a> Instagram: @frankmartinumass; @umassbasketball

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