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TERRI: Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, cheerleader of dreams.
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and tips to help you live your dreams. Today I want to talk
about the number one factor to stay motivated, the number one
factor to stay motivated. Let me ask you, have you ever played
that machine at a carnival, or an arcade, where you ... It
measures your passion. You squeeze the handle, and it
lights up and down, and it passes all those lights that
say, "Uncontrollable, hot stuff, passionate, burning, wild, mild,
harmless." Then it goes all the way down to clammy and blah. You
just hope it lands on something steamy in front of your friends.
Well, do you know that game, as accurate as it is, is designed
to rate your passion, right? Well, wouldn't it be interesting
if we could measure our passion for our dreams as easily? Just
drop a quarter in the machine, squeeze the handle, and just see
what your odds for success are. Well, I believe we can measure
our passion. How? By the results in our lives. Do you know the
number one factor behind the achievement of your dreams is
desire? It's desire. In other words, do you have the steam to
reach your dream? See, how bad do you want what you say you
want? Because how badly you want something, it dictates
your behavior, it reflects the level of effort you're willing
to make. The bottom line is, if you desire something badly
enough, you'll get it. In other words, if you really want to
lose weight, you will. In fact, you see people all the time
who have struggled with their weight, maybe you
have, and then go through a painful divorce, and
instantly you lose 20 pounds. Why is that? It's
because of desire. You desire to get in a new
relationship, so instantly you get disciplined, and you
lose the weight. Well, if you really want to get out of debt,
you will. You will come up with ideas and ways to reduce that
debt. If you really want to start a business, you will. If
you really want to go on a European cruise, or a dream
vacation, you will. Also, if you really want to write a book, you
will. You'll stop talking about it and you'll get it done if you
really have a desire to. If you really want to draw closer to
God, you will. It's simple. We do what we really want to do. If
a guy really wants to go out with a girl, he will. He'll
call. He'll text. He'll show up. He'll do those things because he
wants to. If he doesn't desire her badly enough, he won't call.
He won't text. He won't show up. In other words, move on, right?
Well, we do what we really want to do. If you think about that,
you are where you are right this minute because of you. Because
of your levels of desire and how badly you wanted what you have
up to now. Your true desires will be manifested in your
results. Weak desires bring weak results. I want to encourage
you, you desire to see your dreams fulfilled, it can't be
just a hope, or a wish. It has to be a burning desire. You may
have heard me share before about a young girl who, she had such a
desire to go on a European mission trip. They were going
all over different parts of Europe, France, and Italy, and
Germany, and all these places. Well, it was going to cost her
$7,000 to go on this trip. She's 15 years old. She doesn't have a
full-time job. She has no way of making $7,000, but her desire
was so strong she said she printed a map of Europe, she put
it on her vision board, and she just started getting ideas to
make that $7,000 dream a reality. She had garage sales.
She taught dance lessons. She cleaned houses. She babysat. She
made some clothes and sold them. She asked for money, "Do you
want to support me on a mission trip?" A little girl at 15 years
old raised $7,000 in 11 months. How is that possible? Especially
when you think about maybe you have a credit card that's $6,000
and you've been trying to pay it off for two years. She had such
a strong desire and she got what she wanted. I want to encourage
you, push yourself. Do more than others are doing. You've heard
me say that phrase about how people are rewarded in public
for what they practice in private. See, the ones who make
things look effortless are the ones who are practicing the most
when nobody's looking. This causes you to distinguish
yourself. When you practice, you work hard behind the scenes, you
put in the extra hours, it causes you to reach your goals
like never before. I heard somebody say, "Success is not
like going to a restaurant where you pay the bill after you've
enjoyed the dinner. No, the success you want, it requires
payment in full, in advance, every single time." Nobody wants
to model someone who plays Candy Crush and watches soap operas
all day. When you look at people like Larry Bird, apparently he
would shoot 500 free-throw shots every morning before he got on
the bus to go to school. Or you look at people like ... I love
this guy, Jim Carrey. He said he would sit in front of a mirror
contorting his face for hours perfecting his skills. Well,
what does he get like $20 million per picture, or more? He
was doing all that behind the scenes because his desire was so
strong to be one of the highest paid comedians and actors in
America. Or NBA legend, Michael Jordan, same thing. He would
spend his off seasons taking hundreds of jump-shots every
day. I loved this. I heard about Ryan Seacrest. He said that his
dream was to be ... Just as a young child he would dream of
being a classic iconic broadcaster. Well, I don't even
know his full schedule now, but all those years he hosted
American Idol, then he was on E! Entertainment seven days a week,
had a daily radio show from 5:00 to 10:00, on the Today Show. He
runs a TV production company. Now he's on Live with Kelly and
Ryan every weekday morning. This guy's amazing, but his desire to
be an iconic broadcaster is revealed by the massive action
he takes. Socrates said, "To move the world, we must first
move ourselves," right? If you want to turn your wishes and
your hopes into intense and burning desires, it's only going
to require four little words from you. You know what they
are? A little bit more. Just a little bit more. Successful
people do what's expected of them, plus a little bit more.
Charles Kendall Adams said, "No one ever attains very imminent
success by doing only what is required of them. It's in the
amount of excellence of what is over and above the required that
determines greatness." The difference between ordinary and
extraordinary is that little word, extra. I love this poem. I
just wanted to read this to you real quick from poet William
Arthur Ward. Listen to this. He says this is the key to success.
"Believe while others are doubting. Plan while others are
playing. Study while others are sleeping. Decide while others
are delaying. Prepare while others are daydreaming. Begin
while others are procrastinating. Work while
others are wishing. Save while others are wasting. Listen while
others are talking. Smile when others are frowning. Commend
when others are criticizing. And persist while others are
quitting." When you're willing to go the extra mile to turn
your wishes into burning desires, you will see your dream
unfold. I hope that encourages you today. I heard somebody say,
"There are no traffic jams at the extra mile." When you start
going the extra mile, you work a little extra harder, you save a
little extra more, you read an extra chapter, you walk an extra
lap, I'm telling you, you're going to see your dream unfold.
I hope you enjoyed that today. In fact, our YouTube subscriber
this week is Rupali, or Rupali. You might be from
Italy, I'm not sure. Rupali writes, "Thank you Terri for
being such an amazing minister." That was sweet. They said, "You
have taught me so much and have helped me become more confident,
organized, and a more positive person in general. Just keep
teaching like this. Lots of love, Rupali." Thank you so
much. I appreciate you taking the time to write in and I'm so
proud of you, Rupali, for following your dreams. Now, to
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