We also published another new book!

Steps to Build A Better Life:

Timeless Principles for Growth, Character, and Purpose

You were not meant to drift. You were meant to grow, build, and encourage the growth of other people.

Rooted in real experience and hard-won wisdom, this book is a practical and deeply personal guide for anyone who wants to rise above confusion, stagnation, and modern distractions to live with purpose, strength, and character.

Read Our Essays:

“Climbing Wisdom - Preparing to Climb or Hike Difficult Mountains”

“Misinformation” - A Detailed Look At Misinformation and Deceptive Arguments

Rocky says, “This is great stuff. I checked-out the pages, and I loved them.”

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We provide great Ideas on Leadership, Decisions, Educational Leadership and much more.

Photography

Essays (New Essays Monthly)

Short Stories

Podcast: Keep Questioning

Books on Relevant Topics

Leadership

Personal Growth

Skiing Experiences

Mountain Climbing

Mountain Biking

Steps to Build A Better Life

Written from the recollections and inspirations of rebuilding a life after struggles, Steps to Build a Better Life begins with the foundations of change—moving forward, learning to listen, receiving help, choosing who you will be, and living with appreciation. From there, it unfolds intoThirteen Deliberate Stepsthat teach readers how to live actively, grow continuously, develop honest character, think positively, tear down internal walls, love deeply, give generously, lead themselves, and live for something greater than personal comfort.

Everyday Leadership (Coming Soon)

Ted offers is a collection of insights and traits useful for personal growth and for leadership. Use this book to enhance your character, and assist you in personal and group leadership.

My wife and I are available for Public Speaking, Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Coaching, and Life and Growth Coaching. Active Leadership works!

Leadership - We are all leaders

What have you learned from people with whom you have disagreed?

How often have you treated your opposition with courtesy and friendship? Have you won the hearts of those who think differently, or have you merely laughed and attempted to nullify them?

Have your differences been opportunities and avenues for successful unity, or a reason to increase your own indifference?

How you manage and lead yourself is the key to leadership in the world. You must grow and change like a waterfall at Glen Onoko.

But Wait, There’s More:

Photos - Essays - Stories - Mountain Adventures

Check out my climbing journal entries for climbing Long's Peak, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Yale and other 14,000 footers. Find reflections and essays on the ideas of life. View pictures of hiking, climbing and adventuring in life.

Climbing Long's Peak via the Keyhole Route was my favorite, and most intense. But there is much more. If you plan to climb Long’s Peak, do your homework and read my page first. Long's Peak, Mt. Yale and other mountains can be very rewarding, challenging and dangerous, so collect all of the information and climbing reports you can.

“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” C.S. Lewis

Get outside. You need to see the world. Lift your head a few degrees - look and breathe. Put down the screens and enjoy the created beauty that is free to all. There is real beauty out there, and it is free. Just imagine if everyone saw the world from the top of a mountain.

Do you want to get better? It is time to use this natural healing.

Thank God for life, love, this beautiful world and that we are able to venture into a portion of it.

Prove You Are Alive

Static equilibrium is impossible.

Life is dynamic.

Prove You Can Think

Truth

Are you honest with yourself?

Go - Be the change in your world.

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New Children’s Book!