As The Uncommon Success Coach, I help people design and create successful lives based on their own definitions of success.
In particular, I help people who feel stuck in their jobs get unstuck, and find work that fits. I personally know just how hard it can be to do that. Back in 1980, I accepted a job in healthcare administration that I planned to keep for a year. I got trapped in that job for 14 years!
“Coaching with Ted helped me to be clearer on my priorities; to understand my professional goals and ideas;
to identify and develop strategies to address areas of negative self image; to strategize steps to address professional stagnation.”
– Terri Goldberg, Environmental Association Manager, NEWMOA/IMERC, Boston, MA
In addition, I help people who have been searching for
the
right career for some time find their perfect fit. Again, I’ve been there and know exactly what they are going through. It took me 30 years to find a career that I thoroughly enjoyed. The support I offer now is what I wish I’d had way back then. It would have saved me a lot of time and a lot of grief.
“Due to my work with Ted, I have made very significant
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changes in my life, both personally and in my career. I have accomplished the goal I had set for obtaining two teaching positions, one teaching science at a children’s day camp this summer, the second job as a high school math and science teacher. I am grateful for Ted’s tremendous support and encouragement.”
- Jonathan Byrne, Math and Science Teacher, Sudbury, MA
Finally, I work with people who are at their wits end in trying to bring their life into some semblance of balance. Some are self-employed professionals who believe they have to work long hours in order to be successful. Some are people whose jobs demand too many hours. Some are overwhelmed by all the demands that their family has on their time. And some are people who just consistently over-schedule themselves and don’t know how to stop. All are suffering—mentally, emotionally and, often, physically—and they have decided that they do not want to live this way any more.
“I worked with Ted on work/life balance issues for two years. His approach, guidance, questions and perspective were eye-opening and extremely helpful. He moved me from a workaholic to a happier more balanced person—bridging work and personal life easily and comfortably. He was the best!”
- Lisa Dennis, President, Knowledgence Associates, Cambridge, MA
The specific results you can expect to get are:
- Defining success, on YOUR terms, so that you know when you are heading in the right direction.
- Uncovering your key values so that the choices you make are consistent with what is most important to you.
- Identifying what you are passionate about so that you can bring more excitement into your life.
- Discovering your life’s purpose, so that you can find work that truly fits and make a meaningful difference in the world.
- Creating a compelling vision of the life that you truly want to live, to keep you focused and on track.
- Taking on goal-setting and action-planning as regular habits.
- Getting into action and moving towards your goals one step at a time.
- Creating strategies for dealing with the obstacles that stop you from taking the actions you need to take to get where you want to go.
- Developing a fulfilling way of living and being that is full of laughter and joy.
Our focus:
“Uncommon success” is success based on your own criteria, on the things that are important to you: your values and your vision for your life. By distinguishing what you yearn to do from what you think you “ought to” do, you will be able to create and lead a meaningful and satisfying life.
- You will do work that you are passionate about.
- You will spend your time on those activities that hold the highest value for you.
- You will make meaningful contributions to your community and your world and have fun in the process.
Living your life in this way may lead to the trappings of conventional success, but they are not the goal.
Why should you choose to work with me? Not only am I The Uncommon Success Coach, I am also an “uncommon” coach. By applying my coaching skills as well as my intelligence, wit and years of wisdom, I energize and inspire you to create an uncommonly successful life.
My clients describe me as:
- Energizing, entertaining and fun.
- Edgy and bold, high impact and powerful.
- Make them comfortable in showing up as who they really are, and disclose what they haven't before.
- Open and understanding, dealing sensitively with heavy subjects, lightening burdens and normalizing challenging situations.
- Respectful of their challenges and totally committed to their success.
- Psychologically astute, with a canny intuition that uncovers hidden beliefs, helps them understand what they couldn’t before, and see how they get themselves stuck.
- Creative in helping them develop strategies to move past obstacles that are blocking their progress.
- Sharp intelligence that joins the dots, puts the pieces together differently and opens up new approaches that draw out their wisdom, self awareness and creativity.
- Authentic, doing the same kind of work in my own life that I coach them to do.
“Working with Ted has had a significant impact on my life and on my career—and the changes have been long-lasting. He has both a great ear and a great brain that hears what I haven’t said and helps me to connect to what’s important. He is personable, has high integrity and gets great results.”
- Lisa Dennis, President, Knowledgence Associates, Cambridge, MA
Now that you have a better idea of the results you can expect to get from working with me, check out my Services page to learn about the different services and programs I offer.
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