Design Your Future with Steven Gaffney

08/22/23 • 48 min

In this interview, you’ll learn how to let out your emotional disturbances to move forward in your business. Steven Gaffney is a communication expert, speaker, and author that loves sharing his struggles so people can grow from them. I enjoyed the story about how he designed his future to grow his career and business.

Highlights from the interview:

Steven shares why he started his business.
Why he doesn’t subscribe to “feel the fear and do it anyway” methodology.
Being better after taking failure head on.
How Bill Clinton recovered from a terrible speech four years before he become president.
How to “Let It Out” so we can move forward.
Dealing with our ego, so we build a better relationship with ourselves.
What happened when he delivered a terrible workshop and how he grew from this rough experience.
Focusing on the present to improve our future.
Designing your future.
Seeing what you want in 3D instead of just 2D so it’s more likely to happen.
We are the product of the five people we surround ourselves with.
Learning how to believe in yourself.
Changing your inputs to get better output.
Embracing concepts that can help teach you to grow.
Why the blame game is a waste of time.
Turning yourself into a magnet to attract the right people to you.
Discovering what you love to do.
Asking yourself questions so you continue to focus on what you love to do.
How are you with criticism?
Making corrections requires having people that will tell us the truth.
What he did when he messed up an MSNBC interview.
Finding the right method that works for you.
You don’t want to put someone in a role just because they are good at it.
Resources you can use to help you grow your business.

You can learn more about Steven over at Steven Gaffney’s website. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Highlights from the interview:

Steven shares why he started his business.
Why he doesn’t subscribe to “feel the fear and do it anyway” methodology.
Being better after taking failure head on.
How Bill Clinton recovered from a terrible speech four years before he become president.
How to “Let It Out” so we can move forward.
Dealing with our ego, so we build a better relationship with ourselves.
What happened when he delivered a terrible workshop and how he grew from this rough experience.
Focusing on the present to improve our future.
Designing your future.
Seeing what you want in 3D instead of just 2D so it’s more likely to happen.
We are the product of the five people we surround ourselves with.
Learning how to believe in yourself.
Changing your inputs to get better output.
Embracing concepts that can help teach you to grow.
Why the blame game is a waste of time.
Turning yourself into a magnet to attract the right people to you.
Discovering what you love to do.
Asking yourself questions so you continue to focus on what you love to do.
How are you with criticism?
Making corrections requires having people that will tell us the truth.
What he did when he messed up an MSNBC interview.
Finding the right method that works for you.
You don’t want to put someone in a role just because they are good at it.
Resources you can use to help you grow your business.

You can learn more about Steven over at Steven Gaffney’s website. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

Previous Episode

Expensive Pain with Terry Rice

In this interview, you’ll learn about how powerful reframes can help you in business, so you can focus on what truly matters. Terry Rice is an entrepreneur, staff writer for Entrepreneur magazine, and consultant. One of my favorite stories is how he explains how losing his son at a very young age influenced his decisions.

Highlights from the interview:

Terry shares how he felt like he needed to climb the corporate ladder.
Why he felt disconnected in his corporate roles.
We dig into the fears of building a business.
How do we deal with all the pressures of a business.
Why a personal philosophy is so important to making decisions.
Why asking yourself, “How do you want to be remembered?” can be a powerful question to help you make better decisions for your future self.
How writing down the difficult things that you overcame in life can help you grow your career.
The idea of frontloading our skills.
How to focus on the little wins to help you improve your ability to get bigger wins.
How Stoicism has influenced his life.
Getting through the struggles and use it for growth.
The tool of reframing difficult moments.
Understanding other people so you don’t take rude behavior as personal attacks.
How do deal the experience when someone wrongs you.
Generating revenue that is aligned with the vision of your life.
Dealing with death in his family.
Building his confidence in his business.
Why he doesn’t get nervous before he speaks to a group of people.
How he is able to get over setbacks so quickly.
Studying people’s works (writing, talks, etc.) so you get coaches at every level.
Giving yourself the opportunity for success.

You can learn more about Terry Rice over at his website. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn and check out his articles over at Entrepreneur website where he is a staff writer. He also had a podcast called Launch Your Business.

Next Episode

Doing Less Better with Randi Roberts

In this interview, you’ll learn about how our inner voices can hold us back. Randi Roberts is an executive coach who speaks from her truth. One of my favorite parts of this interview is when she talks about taking a step back from her planning, so she makes time to notice how she is making a difference. She explains how she uses this technique to do less better.

Highlights from the interview:

Randi Shares why speaking your truth will lead you to the right place.
Being in the moment during a conversation will help you get better outcomes.
Understanding what is true for you.
The shame of regret is a powerful tool to help you make better decisions.
Why she managers her career in two year chunks.
Building relationships that is about giving more than getting from others.
How her inner voice was holding her back and what she did to overcome this issue.
Why fear drives many of our decisions.
The importance of checking in with yourself to make a proper plan.
Digging into where you are at with your goal so you can make wiser decisions.
Sometimes it’s about doing less stuff, so you can do the important things better.
Thinking about where we want to be in our life.
Taking a step back in your planning so you are noticing where you are making the biggest difference.
Understanding the role that money plays in our lives.
What is the most common career struggle.
How to get out of our own way.
Why rejection should not bother us as much as it does.
How to make taking the risk easier next time.