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TERRI: Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of dreams.
I pray, as you invest in yourself today, your captivated,
and your catapulted to live your dreams. If you've never
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dreams. In fact, today, I want to talk to you about quitting.
This is titled, I Quit. My husband had a distant relative
who was playing the lottery one day and won, I think, it was
$1,000 playing the lottery. She went up to her boss, she worked
at a convenience store, she went up to her boss, and she held up
the ticket, and she told her boss, "I quit." That's not what
I'm talking about, that type of quitting, because then, I think,
a few weeks later she went and got the job back, bless her
heart. Anyway, I'm not referring to not having stickability and
the art of staying with things until they succeed, there's so
much truth in that. Some of you have heard how it took me six
years to get one million views on this podcast. Well, now we
have a million views every six weeks. Well, I had to learn to
not quit. That's not what I'm referring to when I say, to
quit. There is a plus side to quitting. Now, let me explain.
Sometimes, the best thing you can do to win is to quit
something. Here's what I mean by this message. Brendon Burchard
is an amazing success coach. He's interviewed the highest
performers in any field, I'm talking about sports,
entertainment, sales, real estate, business, in order to
write a book on the performance habits. Now, these are things
that he repeatedly observed as the top six career and business
habits that lead to longterm success. Well, after dozens and
dozens of interviews and three years writing this book, this
was the first habit ... Now, keep in mind, a habit is
something you do repeatedly. This was the first habit he
discovered that is so shocking and so hard to do, but it leads
to massive success. He said they have a habit of quitting the
wrong things fast, quitting the wrong things fast. "Now, when
you talk with the world's highest performers, they have a
pretty obvious pattern," he said, "of quitting." He said,
"And frankly, they quit faster than other people." He said it's
an actual observable pattern. Well, it was so obvious that
they were conscious of what was right for them and what was
wrong for them. When they felt something was wrong for them,
they cut and run, he said. Well, of course, we're taught things
like, quitting means choosing to lose, quitting means you're
taking the easy way out, quitting means you don't have
perseverance, or you didn't try hard enough, or quitting means
you're unclear about your vision. Well, I firmly believe
that not quitting is an admirable trait. I'm the
cheerleader of dreams, who teaches discipline. The secret
of your future is in your daily routine. I even have a magazine
called, The Routine. Keep doing it over, and over, and over, and
never stop. However, there are some things that you may need to
quit or stop doing, because God has something different. You've
learned what you need to learn from this endeavor, and in order
for you to go to the next level, you need to quit something.
Here's the distinction that Brandon pointed out. He said
these high performers didn't quit because it got difficult.
He said that's not what this is about. They're not quitting due
to hardship. They're quitting because it's the wrong thing.
See, they understand that struggle is just part of the
journey. They aren't quitting because of a lack progress.
They're quitting because it's not right for them. In fact,
Joyce Meyer says, "When you're trying to discover God's will
for your life, you have to step out and find out." I have
friends who have started churches, and a couple years
into it realized it wasn't God's ultimate plan for them, but they
had to step out and go for it. They learned so much from that
experience that is total preparation for the bigger
picture that God has. I admire that. I'd rather take a risk and
find out than just wonder my whole life. It it's wrong, quit,
stop, don't force it to work. Go find what it right for you. I
have other friends who always aspire to have their own Italian
restaurant. They took a big risk and stepped out, opened a
bistro, and hated it. Well, that's great. They took a big
step of faith to see if this is really what God had for them. I
admire that. You know what? It prepared them for having an
amazing business now. My husband, he has done so many
things, I could just list them. He sold boot beer cups at a
carnival. Boot beer floats, not root beer, boot beer. They were
in a boot cup. Heat warmers, foam cards, t-shirts. Well, now
he has one of the largest arcade distributors in the south. He
buys and sells real estate, and properties, and develops it, and
stuff. One time, I remember, he branched out and he opened a
retail shop for home entertainment. He hated it. You
know what? He quit. He quit doing that. Well, my point is, I
admire people for stepping out in faith, but I also admire
admitting when it's the wrong thing and get out. Thomas Edison
said, "I failed my way to success." Oprah says, "When you
stumble, it just means, oops, detour." God has a way of taking
what went wrong and turning it into success, because we all
make mistakes. In fact, I have, right here, Ivory soap. Do you
know that it wasn't supposed to float, but because a batch was
left in the mixer too long, apparently it had a large volume
of air whipped into it, and the mistake became its unique
selling point. It's the soap that floats. I read where
Kellogg's Corn Flakes, this resulted when boiled
wheat was left in a baking pan overnight. All of a
sudden, they thought, well, let's put milk with it and turn
it into cereal. I've also read where Scott Towels ... Listen to
this. These were launched when a toilet paper machine put too
many layers of tissue together, so they turned the toilet paper
into paper towels. What I'm saying is, no matter what the
outcome is, you will learn from it. It's preparing you for the
right thing or the next thing that God has for you. Remember,
quitters quit because of hardship, winners quit because
of priority and just a sensing inside that this season has
ended. For example, you think about Simon Cowell. He walked
away from what one magazine called the most lucrative job in
the history of television. In fact, one magazine said that his
work has been at the very apex of entertainment. I read where,
last season, the average viewers were 26 million watching
American Idol. Well, in leaving Idol, Cowell walked away from a
crazy compensated job, one requiring very little in return
from him. Now, what I heard was he was paid in the neighborhood
of $50 million a year with much, much, more on the table, if he
had returned to American Idol. Think about that. In fact,
Simon's job description, they say, was four months, each year,
to show up two days away for about three hours at a CBS lot
where American Idol was filmed. He would sit in his chair,
listen to handful of performances, deliver
off-the-cuff opinions, no rehearsal, and from what they
say, within no more than 15 minutes of the credit rolling,
Simon Cowell was behind the wheel of his Bugatti driving
away. His day's work was done. Think about that. In sheer
dollars per hours of work, Cowell's deal is incomparable to
anything else in entertainment. That's from the dailybeast.com.
Still, he quit. Why? Well, in a show I saw called Objectified, I
saw Simon Cowell explain that he quit American Idol because he
was having that Sunday night, Monday morning, dreadful
feeling. He said there was no more passion. He was miserable.
He was bored. He said that's when he knew it was time to
quit. How do these high performers know when it's time
to quit? Number one, there's no peace. Now, I do believe that
God leads us and speaks to us inside. He said in His Word, "My
sheep know my voice." Joyce Meyer says, "One of the biggest
signs that you're out of the will of God is the Holy Spirit
withdraws your peace. You just don't have peace." Number two,
Brendon said, "Identify what makes you bored or miserable."
Number three, identify that which makes you come alive. When
you entertain the thought of quitting this thing, how does it
make you feel? Do you feel light? Do you feel peace? Do you
feel excitement? These can be indicators that God is getting
ready to do a new thing. Now, a major point, real quick, Brendon
Burchard said, "You don't have to know every step along the
way. If you know that this thing is making you miserable, after
you tried to engage in it, you tried to be passionate about it,
you gave it your best, but it didn't get any more fulfilling,
that's when it's time to quit." John Maxwell says, "What are you
going to give up to go up?" Leave or quit that which makes
you miserable or bored for that which makes you motivated and
come alive. Hope you enjoyed this. If God's speaking to you,
just start journaling your time with the Lord and I believe
you'll know what to do. Let me just say real quick, our
subscriber of the week, I'm so proud of you. This is Lilia
Restoseva. Some of these names are just amazing. I love it. She
writes: Hi Terri. I want to tell you a big thank you for your
podcasts, for your books, and now for Vision 101, our online
coaching course. I started Vision 101 and it's really
helpful for me. You teach me how to think successful, how to
change the way I treat myself, and most importantly, how to be
closer to God. You are an inspiration for me, thank you.
Lilia, thank you so much. You melt my heart, and I'm thrilled
to hear that you're changing your whole mindset and getting
closer to God. Now, I firmly believe that not quitting is an
admirable trait. I'm the cheerleader of dreams, like I
said, who teaches discipline and determination. However, there
are some things that you may need to quit or stop doing,
because God has something different. You may be confused
in a certain situation on whether to persevere and not
quit or thinking maybe it's time to do something different.
That's why I put together a free download for you. This will show
you the 10 signs that it's time to quit. All you got to do is
click the link in the description to download 10 Signs
You Need To Quit. This'll not only help you identify what you
need to stop, but it's going to show you what God may be calling
you towards. I think you'll enjoy that. For more consistent
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you for watching, I'll see you next week.
TERRI: Icing means something added
to something good to make it even better.
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