The Smart Thinking Podcast

Take a listen as Ted explores how we can grow our ability o respond to situations with solutions instead of complaints. You see, complaining and criticizing is easy if you don't have the skills to seek solutions or strategies. Everyone has a response when they are squeezed and Ted shares with you his "8 is Enough" tactics to help you as well as help you help others.
 
 

There are three things that we all control: our happiness, our engagement, and our choices. On this episode Ted talks about how we can increase our own engagement by empowering ourselves and checking our mindset while using tools to find empowerment. Ted explains how to use AI to help you increase your engagement in areas where you may struggle and/or how to coach others to higher levels of engagement. 
He coaches you with these steps:
Stop blaming others
Control what you can control
Check your biases
 
 

This fall Ted has compiled a great reading list to help you, help yourself. Help you grow skills as a parent or to support parents and one book to increase your perspective.
This fall's collection:
Aristotle’s Guide to Self Persuasion: Jay Heinrichs
The Happiness Files: Arthur Brooks
Fight, How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America: John Della Volpe
Good Inside, A Guide To Becoming The Parent You Want To Be: Becky Kennedy
Raising Mentally Strong Kids, Daniel Amen and Charles Fay
Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes, Alvin Josephy Jr.

Join us for a conversation with author and leader Rainey Briggs as we explore the impact of others in our formation and leadership evolution. Learn how tenacity rules the day as we move forward through our lives and discover some great tactics for life and leadership.
Book: Beyond the Label: A Leaders journey from IEP to EdD
Purchase HERE
 
 
 

When you are new to an organization or team, it is critical to understand the landscape. Too often leaders forget to employ a process to help them create a map and end up stepping on system or individual landmines. Take a listen as Ted shares a process to help you collect the things that trigger organizational frustration and individual frustration so that you can create a proactive map and find success. 

The new book MindCraft, by Aaron Sadoff is a wonderful text that describes all of the positive ways in which you can approach your daily leadership. Join Ted and Aaron as they discuss the highlights of his new book and also reflect upon the ways in which they have both grown as leaders. Aaron shares many ways to grow your leadership, mindset, and strengths. 
 
Purchase Book Here: MindCraft, The Art of Positive Thinking RIGHT NOW

Why do most initiatives in schools and the workplace fail after only a few months? Answer: We ignore the needs of the people or students. People are not going to adopt new ideas unless they can grow together through shared experiences. Take a listen as Ted explores the impact and importance of taking a field trip and seeing, hearing, and feeling the world around you.
Experiences shared together create lasting change. 

For 350 episodes Ted has suggested reflection in your daily practices. On this milestone episode, he describes a process and shares tools to help you increase your well-being through intentional reflective practices. Why? If you don't fill your brain, it'll fill itself with all the wonderful weirdness it is capable of creating. 
Tools can be found here

In this conversation Bob and Ted (not a morning radio show) have a great discussion around leadership, life, and Bob's two new books. Bob is a creative, humble and gifted architect who describes his process for getting the most out of other people with inspirational ideas and mindsets. This conversation will help you learn, grow, and go into the storm! 
 
Books:
The Story in Your Head & Along for the Ride can be found here

Too often we get stuck because of the culture and we need to find ways to support ourselves and others so that we can collect wisdom from the amazing people around us. Join Ted as he shares a great teaming tool to help you build a stronger and safer classroom, teaming environment, meeting or board room. Less judgment and more investment! 
 
If you could share one piece of advice with your past self or in your first year of your career -- what would you tell yourself.
What was the the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
When you struggle with balance, what works to get you aligned again?
What is one thing you hope your future self figures out?
Where did you waste time in the past that you’ve learned to approach differently?