What Would Ted Lasso Do?

How Ted's Positive Approach Can Help You (Ted Lasso Books)

By: Lucy Broadbent

Narrated by: Lucy Broadbent

Need a little inspiration? Discover how Ted Lasso’s 'Believe' sign can motivate you in your own life, how you can learn to be optimistic and resilient like Ted, and how his core beliefs could even help you live longer. This humorous, easy-to-listen to guide reveals the psychology behind Ted’s life lessons. It’s like having Ted Lasso as your very own life coach.

Ted Lasso has made millions laugh in Apple TV+’s hit comedy, but there is more to the show than just feel-good humor. Ted’s heart-warming philosophies are rooted in the Positive Psychology Movement and take audiences into the world of self-help, sometimes unknowingly. Remember when Ted told Sam to ‘Be a goldfish’ because it has a short memory. Confucius bequeathed his own version: “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.” And remember Ted’s soliloquy during his darts match against Rupert reminding us to be ‘curious, not judgmental’. Many research studies have proven that being curious leads to emotional well-being, better relationships, and higher levels of achievement.

Through plausibly real and difficult situations on the TV show, we see how Ted turns negatives into positives, adversity into acceptance, selfish behavior into self-aware behavior. He ensures we understand that it’s how we react to difficult situations that can make a difference between coming out smiling or not. Mixing TV fandom with psychology, celebrity journalist Lucy Broadbent unearths the wisdom behind Ted’s life lessons, explaining its value and offering tricks to help all of us lead happier, healthier, kinder lives, the Ted Lasso way.

©2022, 2023, 2024 Lucy Broadbent (P)2024 Lucy Broadbent

Succinct Life Lessons

Quick but impactful, just like the show. The author also helpfully provides context to the lessons learned in Ted Lasso with commentary from experts. I appreciated all of it while I'm the midst of healing.

Great life advice from an amazing TV show

I loved Lucy Broadbent’s easy to approach Audible book. Just like the TV show, there were so many great lessons she brought to the forefront.

Short and sweet

It’s a great quick highlight of some of the lessons we can learn from Ted lasso

Instructive and Entertaining

Like the show, this book teaches, inspires, and leads us to create something better. It highlights incredible points from the show and synthesizes the lessons in an efficient and enjoyable way.

God for pop psychology.

It has some good points despite being almost unrailed by the myth of "Toxic Masculinity". Pick and choose what resonates with you but beware fostering snowflakes.