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- I heard a story about a young girl who dropped
out of high school after her freshman year
in 1999 to pursue singing.
In 2001 she released her first gospel album
and sold 200 copies.
Then the record company went out of business.
So she switched gears to pop music,
moved to Los Angeles, signed to Island Def Jam
and then that contract was terminated.
In 2004 she signed with Columbia records.
Then that deal also fell through
when Columbia stopped the project at about 80% completion.
After being dropped from three labels
you would think she would have given up, but she didn't.
She refused to let these obstacles distract her
from her goals.
She continued to pursue her career working odd jobs
doing backup vocals until she was signed
to the newly formed Capitol Music Group in 2006.
That was Katy Perry.
Well, I'm Terri Savelle Foy your cheerleader of dreams.
And I want you to know that no matter how much opposition
you face in your life stay focused on your dreams.
In fact, I put together a very special download this week
for my subscribers to help you stay focused
and just motivated on the dreams
that you have in your heart.
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So just pushing that arrow means a lot.
And I want to say thank you so much for doing that for me.
And about the free download that I put together for you.
I can't talk today.
I put this download together and this is my personal notes
from a message I shared at a success conference.
And the message was called fight for your dreams.
Now this is the talk I gave standing in a boxing ring.
It was hilarious.
I had a robe on, I took it off like I was ready to fight.
So all you have to do to get these notes is click the link
in the description below
to access these notes absolutely free.
It will inspire you to never give up.
Sounds like I need to get a little inspiration myself huh?
When you feel like you are drained of motivation
and you just need that little pep talk,
that's what these notes are going to do.
And I really believe if you will read them
it's going to give you the help
and the steps you need to take to stay in the fight.
Okay, back to our discussion.
Okay, they say the only reason that men fail
is broken focus.
In fact I read where 90% of all first-time businesses fail.
90% of all second time businesses succeed.
But 80% of all people never try a second time.
They give up after the first opposition
and never fulfill what God put in their hearts to do.
Well what has God put in your heart?
What is your dream that looks laughable,
ridiculous, delayed, and just never going to happen?
You know it may even look
like you're going in the opposite direction of your dreams.
In fact, there was a guy, an executive who worked
at a construction company for 30 years.
He helped build it from the ground up.
Well one day he was informed that they no longer needed him.
They terminated his position.
Well, he was devastated.
He could have felt sorry for himself.
Just sat around depressed and hopeless.
But instead he began to dream of new ideas.
One day he got a group of his friends together
and they started a new company.
You know what they called it, the Home Depot.
Think about it.
Without that layoff he would've never achieved
his true dreams, his full potential.
You know it's kinda like the law of the water hose.
Now I don't know if it's really a law
but I just sort of made it up.
But if you ever used a water hose to wash your car
and you hold the hose
and it sprays about three to four feet,
but when you really need it to go further,
you squeeze the end of it.
You put your thumb on the end
of the hose and restrict the water.
Now you would think that restricting would make it come
out less, but it actually makes it go farther
than it did without the pressure.
See Satan thinks the pressure is going to stop you
but it's only going to make you shoot out further.
The pressure is going to give you the focus you need
to shoot out to the next level.
The I believe God is setting you up for a major promotion
but you can't lose your focus.
You know, Viktor Frankl who wrote the book
Man's Search for Meaning?
What a book.
He talked about his experience in Nazi concentration camp
in world war II.
He did a personal study
on why one out of 28 people survived.
He said he observed that those who made it through
weren't the most fit or the most intelligent
but they had a purpose to live.
They had a goal and it kept them going.
It kept them focused.
See, a lot of times we want success to just be easier.
We want to win the lottery and be instantly rich or,
you know, take a diet pill and just be instantly skinny.
But there's no shortcut to excellence.
You can't fast track it.
Today of course everything is microwave, shake and bake,
you know instant rice, soup in a cup.
And I understand.
I used to always get my burritos at fast taco,
but the thing is we have to take the Crock-Pot approach.
That means the time is going to pass anyway.
Why not just invest that time it takes
to achieve your dreams?
In fact, listen to this story to just inspire you
to never give up.
This is about a lady named Kathryn
who was an aspiring writer.
And she said she stopped counting the rejection letters
after number 45.
Think about that.
In fact, one letter, she got said there's no market
for this kind of tiring writing.
But Kathryn kept working on her novel.
Even in the hospital when giving birth
she was still writing her book.
I'm sure like afterwards, but you know what I mean.
But the hard work and the determination paid
off and it inspired this memorable speech.
See if you recognize this.
You is smart, you is kind, you is important.
Kathryn Stockett, she wrote the book, the Help,
that spent over 30 weeks on
the New York Times bestsellers list.
And it was turned into a major motion picture.
Somebody said don't trade your deadline for God's timing.
I love that.
I mean, I don't like it, but it sure helps when it seems
like things are just taking forever.
In fact, God's word says the vision is yet
for a future time, it will be fulfilled.
It says, if it's slow in coming,
wait patiently for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.
That's Habakkuk 2:3.
So no matter how long it takes stay focused.
You know, Joyce Meyer said God did not give us
the Holy spirit to do easy things.
So you have whatever you need to face the opposition
you're dealing with and win.
In fact think about David in the Bible.
David was a shepherd boy when he came up against Goliath
and all he had was a slingshot and a few stones.
In other words, David was saying God, this is all I have.
And God was saying, that's all you need.
He defeated a giant with a slingshot and a few stones.
You've heard that phrase, God doesn't call the qualified.
He qualifies the called.
So I just want to encourage you today.
Don't let the distractions of delays,
rejections, feeling unqualified,
stop you from what God wants to do in your life.
Anybody who's achieved great success
has had to fight for it.
Fight for your dream.
You have what it takes to succeed.
You do.
You just need to stay focused.
So I want to help you today with my special download
that I put together this week.
And this is from my personal notes from a talk I gave,
I told you earlier about it was in a boxing ring.
But the message was called fight for your dreams.
So all you have to do to get this free download
is just click the link in the description below and read it,
read every word.
In fact, every time you get tempted
to just sort of give up on your dream,
look over these notes and say I refuse to give up.
I refuse to feel sorry for myself.
I will fight for my dreams.
And I hope you enjoyed this today.
And remember, I'm cheering you on to live your dreams.
Get ready for a special live your dreams virtual event
with me on May 6th.
This will be a full day of inspiration and motivation
to help you go after the dreams and goals
God's put in your heart.
I'll also be doing by my guest, David Crank,
Dr. Don and Mary Colbert, Hannah Keeley,
Marshawn Evans Daniels, Nick Vujicic, and surprise guests.
Together we're going to show you how to develop the habits
you need to succeed,
how to be effective instead of busy
and how to get real results.
You don't want to miss this special virtual event
happening May sixth.
Go to terri.com/liveyourdreams and register today.
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