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- I heard of this unbelievable story of someone,
this will shock you, true story,
of a guy who could have given up
and just quit pursuing any of his dreams.
Just listen to this and see how it makes you feel
about your situation.
This is a guy named Dean Rhodes,
a man who missed opportunity after opportunity
but he refused to give up.
One day, Dean Rhodes, met a guy named Dave,
who had a lot of potential.
In fact, Dean admitted that he always knew
the young Dave would someday do something big.
But when Dean was given the opportunity to invest
in Dave Thomas's first restaurant called Wendy's,
in its infant stage, he turned it down.
Later, Dean met an older man with a big dream.
Again, he was given an opportunity to buy stock
in his company before it went national,
but he turned that down as well
because he didn't agree with some of the Colonel's ideas,
Colonel Sanders, KFC.
As if that's not enough, when Dean Rhodes was in
the restaurant equipment business,
you often had equipment salesman in his office trying
to sell him one of their machines, you know,
well, one of them was a guy named Ray,
who was a pleasant person.
However, he chose not to invest
in his little hamburger stand called McDonald's.
That was Ray Kroc.
It keeps going, for years later, Dean was on a cruise
and he met an attorney from the Pacific Northwest
who suggested that Dean invest in his son's
brand new computer company on the ground floor.
It had a funny name though, Microsoft, Dean Rhodes declined.
Most people would not only pull their hair out
and totally quit if they missed only one
of those life-changing opportunities,
they would give up on ever trying to succeed at anything,
but not Dean roads.
Maybe he knew Micah 7:8 from the Bible, it says,
when I fall, I shall rise.
He saw his mistakes for what they were
and he focused on pursuing his dreams and goals
and simply would not give up.
Eventually, Deans started his own business
and he saw his name on the Forbes list
of the 400 most successful business owners in America.
What am I saying?
Never, never, never throw in the towel.
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I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader dreams
and I want you to know that you have come too far to quit
or to throw in the towel.
In fact, that phrase means to give up the struggle
or to quit the fight.
You know, somebody said it's always too soon to give up.
Well, I don't believe you're watching by accident today.
I want you to know that no matter how many opportunities
you've missed, or mistakes you've made,
dreams have gone unfulfilled, goals never reached,
this could be the very moment when things turn around
in your life, because you refuse to give up.
You know, before I go on,
I put together a very special download this week
for my subscribers to help you stay focused
and motivated on the dreams you have in your heart
no matter how many obstacles you face.
So, I wanna ask you real quick to do a favor for me,
would you take one second and just subscribe to our channel?
You know, when you subscribe it means you're gonna get
consistent motivation from God's word
to help you achieve every dream in your heart.
Plus, it lets me know that you want me
to continue putting out these videos every week.
So, I do wanna say thank you so much for doing that for me.
And, I wanna give you this special download
that I believe will truly help you stay motivated this year.
It's my personal notes from a message I shared
at a success conference and the message was called
Fight for Your Dreams.
I got the pink boxing glove and everything.
Now, I seriously gave this talk, standing in a boxing ring,
it was the cutest thing, but the message
is gonna give you clear steps to stay focused all year long.
So, all you have to do is just click the link
in the description below to access my personal notes
absolutely free, and just refer to them every time you feel
like giving up, you feel like you're drained of motivation,
and you just need a little pep talk, okay?
So, back to our discussion.
President Roosevelt said, "He who makes no mistakes,
makes no progress."
Robert Kiyosaki said, "In my own life I've noticed
that winning usually follows losing."
Well, do you remember the story in 2 Kings
of the four lepers who were just sitting outside
the city gate, year after year, nothing's changing,
and then one of them just piped up and said,
"Are we just gonna sit here until we die?"
Well, finally, they got up
and they went after what belonged to them.
Well, you may have been put down all your life.
I'm telling you today, it's time to get up and fight.
You know, you may have made some bad choices in the past,
we all have, and your mind is tormented by past failures,
get up and fight back.
You may have had some very precious things stolen from you,
your family, your husband, your children, your dignity,
your career, get up and fight back.
You may have had some big mistakes, you know,
you've wasted some years, you have a lot of regrets,
I'm telling you today, it's time to fight for your dreams.
So, how do you fight back?
How do you get your fight back?
Well, let me tell you this.
Whoever has your ear has your focus.
You know, that's why in boxing you'll notice
the fighter always has a corner man in the ring with him,
what's he doing?
He's keeping the fighter focused.
He speaking life into him.
He's refreshing him and telling him he's got what it takes
to win this thing.
So, you absolutely must have somebody coaching you
and just speaking into your life.
You need a mentor to start building you up on
the inside first.
You know, today you often hear that phrase, "success coach".
In fact, I'm often introduced as one,
and I love that word, "coach".
Well, in Kevin Hall's book "Aspire",
he explains how the word coach originated
from the horse-drawn coaches that were developed
in the town of Cox during the 15th century.
Now, these vehicles were used to transport,
not only royalty, but over time they carried valuables,
mail and common passengers.
Well, Kevin Hall said, a coach remain something
or someone who carries a valued person from where they are
to where they wanna be.
In other words, if you had a coach,
you knew you would end up at your destination.
Well, you need your very own coach.
You need somebody helping you grow, improve,
increase, enlarge and reach your destination,
and keep you focused on your dreams, right?
In fact, Andy Stanley, he said,
"You will never maximize your potential
in any area without coaching."
He said it's impossible.
So, let me ask you, who is speaking into your life?
You know, what I thought I'd lost my dreams, my future,
I just lost hope for a season in my life,
I immediately began listening to
the Word of God from Joyce Meyer in particular.
And she became my coach during that season.
I was mentored by her through audio and books.
I did my laundry listening to her.
I drove to work listening to her.
I had added mascara, lots of it, listening to her.
And I remember the first time I ordered her CDs,
I spent $60 and I was shocked.
Then I thought, I would easily spend that
on clothing or eating out.
But then I thought this has the power to change my life.
And I would hear her say things like
stop letting your emotions vote.
Stop living by your feelings
or you're gonna live a life of devastation.
I remember hearing her say, you can't make one right choice
and get out of the mess you've created.
It's gonna take a series of right choices.
She said it wasn't one wrong choice that got you into
the mess, it was a series, right?
In fact, I remember her saying this,
a wise person does right now,
what they're gonna be happy with later on,
a foolish person does whatever feels good right now,
and almost always regrets it later on.
And those phrases would stick with me
and help me make right decisions.
Well, John Maxwell became my coach on leadership.
Joel Osteen, he coaches me with hope and encouragement.
Jack Canfield, different ones begin to teach me success.
Well, let me ask you again, who is speaking into your life?
Find someone you connect with
that you can receive from consistently,
not just after this podcast, do it on a continual basis.
You know, that's why I ask you to subscribe,
so it becomes automatic for you to just stay full
of hope and vision and encouragement.
Whoever has your ear has your focus.
So, just like a boxer can't train once a week
and expect to be a champion,
you can't listen to one podcast
and expect to be highly successful.
It needs to be a part of your daily routine.
In fact, the University of Southern California,
they studied, you know, just the habits
of the average American and how that we drive typically
12,000 miles every year on our car.
That's how many miles we put on.
Well, they said if you were to take that time
and listen to motivational teaching,
on your way to work, on your way home,
after three years time you would have the equivalent
of a college education.
Ain't that amazing?
Let me close out with this story.
I love the story of John Asah Rath
who was simply a street kid who had been involved
in the world of drugs and crime and gangs.
And he said, when he was a teenager, he was hired
for a job at a gym in the Jewish Community Center
across the street from his apartment in Montreal.
He said from that simple job, his entire life changed
by the principle that you become like the people you spend
the most time with.
He was only earning $1.65 per hour back then
but he was also given access to the men's health club
which is where his destiny began to emerge.
John says that he received his early education in business
in the men's sauna.
He said every night after work for about 45 minutes
he would go sit in the steam room and just listen.
He wanted to learn all he could
from these successful businessmen,
who were discussing their stories of success and failure.
He said he was mesmerized by their setup backs
and their successes.
He began to realize that everybody fails
from time to time and that his family wasn't
the only family facing difficulties.
He learned that it's just part of life
and that you have to fight for your dreams.
He said, these men, I taught him the powerful principle
of determination and never giving up on your dreams.
He said, no matter what the failure, they told him,
try another way.
Try going up, over, around, through.
They said, but never give up, there's always a way.
Well, just hanging out and listening
to these intelligent men, John Asah Rath changed
the way he saw life, his future, his potential,
his destiny.
Today, John is an international best-selling author,
speaker, entrepreneur.
In fact, John Asah Rath grew five
multimillion dollar companies in real estate,
internet software and brain research.
Think about that.
From sitting in the sauna and listening
to successful people.
So, who do you have in your corner is vital to your success.
Well, I wanna be in your corner cheering you on.
So, that's why this week I want you to have my notes
from this message, notice it's absolutely free,
from the message I titled Fight for Your Dreams.
So, all you have to do is click a link in the description
to get my notes and start reading them today.
In other words, fill your mind with positive input
and then set a goal this week to listen
to a motivational teaching every single day, at least once.
Go back and listen to some of my other videos.
I think I have like 700.
Get into a habit of filling yourself up
with the right kind of input.
What is that?
Success from the Word of God?
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 putting your heart.
I'll also be joined by my guest.
David Crank, Dr. Don and Mary Colbert, Hannah Keeley,
Marshawn Evans Daniels, Nick Vujicic and surprise guests.
Together, we're gonna 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 wanna miss this special virtual event
happening May 6th.
Go to terri.com/liveyourdreams and register today.
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