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- I heard Steve Harvey talking about fleas in a jar.
He said that at the beginning of the experiment,
they get a number of fleas,
let's pretend this is one,
and they place them in a jar.
And he said, fleas have the ability
to jump 200 times their size vertically.
It's crazy.
They put these fleas in a jar with a glass lid
placed on top.
The fleas fly up, they hit the lid
and they fall back down to the jar.
Well, after a short time,
the fleas adjust to the lid and they begin jumping lower
until they start jumping slightly below the glass lid,
so they don't hit it anymore.
After three days, the glass lid is removed.
Now, since the fleas had already learned
to limit themselves from jumping high,
they stayed in the jar and there was no longer a lid needed
to keep them inside.
They just stopped jumping.
They had already been conditioned
to the fact that they can't escape their environment,
so they don't even try.
Now, no matter whether the lid is on or off,
the fleas will stay in the jar forever.
I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of dreams,
and I wanna talk to you about taking the lid off your jar.
I want you to be, do, and have all that God has for you.
And I'm gonna show you how I learned
to take the lid off of my jar.
And I want you to take this quick little quiz
to tell if your lid is on.
In other words, you're not progressing
towards a better life.
But first, before we go over this quiz,
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Okay, Steve Harvey says, these are the signs,
like those fleas in the jar,
that your lid is still on the jar
and it's time to take it off.
So listen to this questions,
or these are actually statements.
If you're not excited about waking up in the morning,
if you're sitting around everyday bored out of your mind,
if you have time to do everything
that anyone asks you to do,
if you have time to watch all your scheduled TV programs,
every week and not miss an episode,
if you're getting plenty of sleep,
if your dreams make sense to everyone around you,
and last one, if you can achieve your dreams by yourself,
if so, it's time to take the lid off the jar.
You know, I used to identify with so many on that list.
And finally, I took the lid off the jar
and started moving on with my life in a new direction.
And the way I did it was not by some big gigantic event
that took place in my life.
No, it was making very small, tiny improvements
in my daily routine that changed everything.
My habits, you know, one of my habits
was to force myself to start reading.
Now, if you followed me for any length of time
you know this,
but I had to decide to read books
that could actually improve my life.
You know, Joel Osteen said,
"Too many people suffer from destination disease."
You know, we reach a certain level
and we just wanna coast on what we already know.
Well, that was me.
In fact, studies have shown that 50% of people
after they graduate from high school
will never read an entire book again.
Well, one reason is that we see learning
as a period of life, instead of just a way of life.
You know, I think I just didn't see a need to grow anymore,
because you tend to think I've gpt a job,
I don't need to keep learning,
but I'm telling you, if you want your life to grow,
you have to grow.
So this is how you start removing the lid in your life.
You know what Jim Rohn say,
that your money will only grow to the extent that you grow.
And now I know that to be true.
When I started making it a habit to read books,
which I used to hate doing,
within months my income significantly grew.
I got promoted, then promoted again, and it hasn't stopped.
So I bought a book that told me why only 5% of people
are truly successful,
and if I did what they do,
I could move out of the 95%
who are either unhappy in their marriage or at work.
They aren't reaching their financial or physical goals,
and on and on.
In fact, the book said successful people do simple things
that are easy to do over and over and over.
And I was like, what?
Come again.
It said if these are things anyone can do,
why are only 5% successful?
Well, here's the answer,
because they're also easy not to do.
And while anyone can do them, most won't.
So the difference is successful people are aware
of how their simple daily habits give them a slight edge
that leads to a very successful life.
You know, here's one example
that's guaranteed to change your life.
If you just read 10 pages of a good book,
a book aimed at improving your life everyday,
could you do that?
Well, of course you could,
but what's easy to do is also easy not to do.
In fact, Jeff Olson says, if you read 10 pages
of a good book today, will your life change?
Of course not.
If you don't read 10 pages of a good book today,
will your life fall apart?
Of course not.
See, when you make the right choice,
you won't see the result, at least not today.
And we live in this instant gratification world
where we wanna see a bam become a boxing champion
within two hours, right.
Cue the rocky music.
But success comes from the boring, unsexy Monday routine
each day, that 95% won't do.
Bottom line, little changes compounded over time
do make a difference.
See, the things that don't look like they matter,
they do matter.
They not only make a difference,
they make all the difference.
For example, going for a 20 minute walk
versus watching TV for 20 minutes,
you might think it doesn't matter.
But in a year, trust me,
you're gonna see dramatic changes.
In fact, Jeff Olson says most people
are waiting for that quantum leap to success,
but that's not how it happens.
He said, most people don't wanna do the little things
that add up to success
because at first they don't add up to success.
He explained it like this.
He said, when you commit to reading
10 pages of a book each day,
you're not gonna wake up tomorrow thinking like a success.
But if you do that for a year, that's 3,650 pages,
or about 15 books.
He said, that's how you start seeing drastic changes.
It's in your simple daily habits.
In fact, do you remember that scripture
that says to whom much is given, much is required?
Well, you could say it like this,
much is required in order for much to be given.
So I had this big guy, this buff, muscular guy
who was on that TV show, "Big Brother,"
he asked me the other day
if I had read a certain book on habits
because he wanted my opinion.
Well, I told him I had read that book,
but this is the book I recommend he read
because it's so easy to read.
It's life-changing and it will convince you
that your simple disciplines will turn into massive success.
So, I put the title of this book in your free download,
along with my top five recommendations
for your reading list.
So this book, "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson
will inspire you in such a simple way
to make some changes in your daily routine.
It's never too late to start,
but it's always too late to wait.
So don't forget, I am cheering you on to live your dreams.
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