The word hope is thrown around a lot – we tend to treat it as more like wishful thinking. I might say ” I hope the weather is nice tomorrow” I am really putting out there that I wish for the weather to be good tomorrow.
Hope = Confident Expectation of Good.
The reality is that hope is a confident expectation of good—a deep-seated security that carries you through life’s storms. As someone who’s navigated the turbulent waters of business collapse, I’ve learned this truth firsthand.
When my business failed, the cost was staggering. Not just financially, but in every aspect of life. Our savings vanished. Our marriage faced unprecedented strain. Our young (at the time) children needed stability while our world was anything but stable. The irony wasn’t lost on me: here I was, passionate about bringing hope to business leaders, yet struggling to find it myself.
True hope isn’t about circumstances—it’s about something deeper.
Hope is the quiet voice that whispers “keep going” when everything else screams “give up.” It’s not blind optimism; it’s grounded confidence that purpose remains even when plans fail. It’s the strength to look at devastating loss and still believe in possibilities.
The reset was necessary. Everything stopped. In that stillness, I had to confront a crucial question: Did I still believe in the purpose that drove me? Could I still hold onto hope while rebuilding from scratch?
The answer, of course was yes. Because genuine hope isn’t built on success—it’s forged in failure. It’s tested in collapse. It’s proven in reset. It finds its fullness in the lessons learned and the success gained.
Today, I help business leaders find their own version of confident expectation. Not the flimsy kind that crumbles under pressure, but the kind that becomes stronger through adversity. The kind that says, “This is still true, even when everything else isn’t.”
Because sometimes, the greatest hope emerges from our deepest resets.