What do you get when you combine a busy legal practice with motivational education, goal-setting workshops and meditation? A curious outcome: personal injury lawyer Richard P. Hastings of Ridgefield.

An enthusiast of motivational speaking and education materials — such as the global, nonprofit scholarly set of conferences that make up TED Talks — Hastings has given motivational goal-setting "talks" to the Chamber of Commerce, high school students and entrepreneurial businesses.