Are You Living Your Life—or Just Staying Busy? | Ted Kopecko

The Thought Atlas Podcast · Sep 3, 2026 · 35m

What if being busy isn’t the same as actually moving your life forward?

In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down with Ted Kopecko, author of Finding JOY… Journey of You and a commercial real estate broker with a background in architecture, entrepreneurship, and business.

Ted shares how he built a successful career, eventually sold his architectural practice to a national firm, and moved into commercial real estate so he could have more control over his time. He also reflects on watching his father spend 42 years working for a corporate company before suffering a massive stroke two years…