like sands through the hourglass so are
the days of our lives
I know it's deep well I'm going in deep
today you all want to talk to you today
about why successful people spend time
alone by the way I'm Terry Seville Foy
thank you so much for watching
I believe you're watching by divine
appointment because I don't want you to
keep repeating the same stuff year after
you're wondering why other people are
moving on with their lives and you're
still in the same spot you know you may
have heard me share some things about
five years from now imagine your life
five years into the future and maybe
you've heard some stories about Arthur
Blank and Bernie Marcus listen to this
they were fired from their jobs they
created a business model for a
home-improvement store and went public
with their little idea within five years
of losing their jobs their annual sales
were 1 billion dollars when they founded
Home Depot all within 5 years time
listen to this at age 30 Jeff Bezos was
living in a 500 square foot apartment 5
years later his net worth was 10 billion
dollars when he found in Amazon five
years you know like to say that the next
five years of your life could be the
most amazing most rewarding most
productive years of your life or just
another five years it's completely up to
you and that's what I'm talking about
today
why successful people spend time alone
and here's why they spend time alone to
think
thinking precedes achievement these
people I just told you about they spent
time thinking they invested time and
thinking about their future well it's
the same with me you know I was meeting
with my dad a while back and just
sharing with him some of the things that
God had done in our organization in such
a short time and I was telling him
numbers you know about how years ago we
had like 43,000 visits to the website I
said within five years time it was a
quarter of a million visits I said you
know YouTube we had 34,000 people
viewing the YouTube podcast I said
within five years it was 1.2 million
which we far surpassed that but that was
all within five years time I said dad we
had 12 countries visiting the website
within five years it was a hundred and
ninety two countries and my dad said to
me he said Terry this isn't normal
he said things have been accelerated in
your life and then he said you need to
teach this what are you doing to see
such acceleration well that word
accelerate means to hasten the progress
to move faster to speed up and to
complete in less than usual time see I
believe things can be accelerated in
your life but it requires one major
thing spending time alone thinking
that's why successful people spend time
alone it's to think listen to this Henry
Ford said thinking is the hardest work
there is which is probably the reason so
few engage in it I'm telling you like
John Maxwell says thinking is not sexy
but it is a prerequisite for success
John Maxwell also says thinking precedes
achievement
he said nobody just stumbles upon
success and then says wait how did I get
here no the greater your thinking the
greater your achievement this is the
number one step in achieving your dreams
is thinking about your future when was
the last time you just sat quietly and
just thought I mean no distractions no
TV no phone no kids
lock the door go somewhere by yourself
and just think about your future I'm
telling you this is what gives you
direction to achieve what God's put in
your heart to do the big dreams the
goals that you have I was listening to a
story about a girl named Sara Blakely
and she said I invested time thinking
she said I just sat there and thought
what am I good at well the answer was
sales so she wrote it down I'm good at
sales then she asked this question what
can I create that women would want
well she said women want to be skinny so
all of a sudden she got an idea to
invent Spanx now thank the Lord because
of her we don't have to suck it up today
but she thought about her future she
thought she invested time thinking you
know a lot of times people say you've
heard
phrase don't just sit there do something
I always say don't just do something sit
there and just think meditate listen
imagine your life in the future another
story about a a well-known man named
Peter Daniels he said he was a third
generation welfare recipient born and
raised in Australia he said he had a
learning disability well he said his
teacher miss Phillips would stand him up
in front of the class and say Peter
Daniels you're a bad boy and you will
never amount to anything just hard for
me to comprehend he said he failed every
grade in school long story short after
he finally got home school he decided to
go into business for himself and he said
it failed miserably and he was broke
within one year again and again he went
broke three times in five years he said
he would not give up today Peter Daniels
is an internationally acclaimed
businessman he's a philanthropist he has
successful ventures in many countries
his friends include royalty heads of
state um the leading movers and shakers
of the commercial world anyway he has a
portfolio worth several millions and
millions of dollars but he was asked in
an interview they said Peter Daniels
what turned your life around from triple
indebtedness to unprecedented success
listen to his response I scheduled time
to think he said in fact I reserve one
day a week on my calendar just a thing
he said all of my greatest ideas
opportunities and money-making ventures
started with the days I took off to
think wow well you know the same
strategy used was used for Einstein he
said he did his thinking and a special
thinking chair he had a thinking chair
where he would go and just ponder and
think about his future listen to this
from the Bible it says be still and know
that I am God God wants to talk to you
about your future but you have to listen
there's another scripture that says my
sheep know my voice so you can hear the
voice of God he wants to tell you his
massive plan for your life but you'll
never know his plan if you don't just
sit and think and listen I heard someone
say God gave us two years in one male
for a reason that we should be listening
twice as my
as we talk now here's a key when you
spend time thinking always take a pen
and some paper or an iPad and write down
what you think listen to this from CEO
of chick-fil-a dam Kathy he said I take
half a day every two weeks to think one
whole day out of a month I spend time
thinking so these are some of the most
successful people in the world Success
Magazine they were saying the other day
that successful people take about 15 to
20 minutes a day to think before they
start the day well I want to give you a
challenge this is something that I've
done in my life couple years ago I just
felt impressed to take 20 minutes a week
not a day just 20 minutes a week for 52
weeks out of the year to just think I
would go in my guest bedroom with my
iPad I would turn off the radio the
phone lock the door tell the family I
just need 20 minutes that's all I need I
would go in there and if usually it
worked on a Sunday night the best and I
would just think and so many times I
would get like one little thing but I
would just write it down that 20 minutes
I'll be looking at my phone dear Lord
when is 20 minutes gonna be up but the
more I did this the more practice I got
and just thinking and imagining what I
would just start writing tons of stuff
well after doing this for 52 weeks you
sort of get in a little groove well just
two days ago sitting with my daughter
got my iPad out my said Cassidy listen
to this this was two years ago look what
I wrote I read something to her and she
said mom that's exactly what you're
doing today I said I know and two years
ago it was just a dream it was just a
thought then I read something else too I
said listen to this she was mom that
just happened to you last week I said I
know and I wrote about this two years
ago thinking precedes achievement so why
successful people spend time alone is to
think about their future so I'm
challenging you take 20 minutes yes you
can do this it will be the greatest
investment you will ever make because it
will provide direction for your life so
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