Posts by Todd Gifford

Todd Gifford – Success Coach Who likes to be wrong? Nobody! And I don’t think I am wrong when I am doing something or saying something that I think is right. I think I am pretty normal that way. But in recent years, the more I read and the more I learn, and the more I do —…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach Like a lot of you I am sure, our house is full of books. Books everywhere. My wife likes novels, history books, and big encyclopedic type reference books on many topics. I like “how-to” books, automotive/old car reference books, business books, and fitness/sports/wellness books. And then of course our kids have more books and…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach Learning how to motivate myself and manage my daily motivation is something that I feel is not only one of the most important skills one can have, but may be one of the greatest gifts I can give to myself. If you really want to achieve the success in life…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach We all do it. I do it. We tell ourselves how ‘bad’ we are all the time every day. We say to ourselves “I am always late”, “I never can do this right”, “I am terrible at X”, or “there is nothing I can do on this”. This is what I call Internal Dialog…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach You are riding in the car and have a brainstorm great idea. You find a scrap piece of paper, hopefully, and write it down. You are in a meeting and someone in the group identifies an excellent concept or idea, and you make note of it. While taking a shower, an excellent strategic…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach I was recently reading about personal self-improvement, which I do a lot of, and I came across a really great phrase from a gentleman named Craig Ballantyne that describes a state of mind that I think is extremely important for being successful — “Transforming yourself requires you to Become Your…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach I can’t count how many times I have heard someone tell me they are a great multi-tasker. For whatever reason, “multi-tasking” has been turned into some type of badge of honor. There was a time I thought that multi-tasking was a means to get more done in a shorter amount of time,…

DEE President, Todd Gifford, with Walt Disney I believe that mentors and role models are very important, and most people associate those with during your childhood. But I think it is important to continue to have mentors and role models into adulthood, and really your entire life. I think one of the toughest things there is is…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach The holiday season is kicking into full gear, along with which comes a massive amount of stress for most of us. Many of us rush around in an overwhelmed panic trying to cross everything off our lists and get the perfect holiday gifts for our loved ones, also dealing with…

Todd Gifford – Success Coach Taking action — basically this is the only way anything gets done. You can think and think and analyze and analyze all you want, but ultimately it is action that moves the ship forward. It’s common sense, but inside of the topic of Action is a science and methodology for success based…