I have been asked many times to speak to groups about hope and how to bring more hope into the world around us. This week I met with a new coaching client, and his first words to me were, "Ted, I have lost all hope. My wife has filed for a divorce, and she has applied for full custody of the kids." I wish I could say that this is an unusual scenario in the world that we live in, but in the business world it is so easy to get our priorities in the wrong order. It is easy to fo

For whatever reason, my coaching clients and my consulting clients have all been talking about baseball lately. I love the game having played it for over 20 years and coached for equally as many years. There are a lot of similarities between coaching a baseball team and coaching a client. In fact, there are a number of lessons learned in baseball that are transferable to business and life in general. Last weekend was a huge baseball tournament in the Minneapolis area. My olde

How do we fill people around us with hope? The world around us is full of people who are suffering from grief, depression, anxiety, worry, strained relationships, etc. How can we lift them up? Last weekend I watched my youngest grandson play in a baseball game. After the game, I saw him across the field talking to one of his teammates. When he came over to where I was sitting, I asked him what they were talking about. He said, “I threw a ball from short to first base, and he

Much of my business consulting and coaching has been focused on making businesses run more efficiently, improving teams, making processes more streamlined, increasing performance, etc. But this week, I received a different request. It was, “My family is a mess. Help me make it better. I have been so focused on growing the business, building net worth, and accumulating assets that I have totally lost track of my family. When I do spend time with them, I feel like a total stran