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TERRI: Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of
dreams. Thank you for watching today. I pray as you invest in
yourself you are captivated and catapulted to live your dreams.
Today I wanna talk to you about one thing that separates winners
from losers. I was listening to a message by John Maxwell, one
of my heroes. And he said he was teaching a leadership
conference, and at the seminar he agreed to do this Q&A at the
end. Well, this young guy with an MBA was just observing
everything about the conference. Think about it, there were 2,000
people who paid $2,000 each. In fact, let me get my pocket
calculator and do the math. So, 2,000 times 2,000, $4 million in
one weekend. So this kid stood up, he said to John Maxwell, he
said, "I wanna do what you do." Maxwell said, "What do you think
I do?" He said, "Well, you write all these best selling books,
you speak at conferences, you impact lives." He said, "I wanna
do what you do." John Maxwell said, "Young man, it's not a
matter of doing what I do." He said, "The important thing is do
you wanna do what I did so you can do what I do?" In other
words, do we wanna pay the price, do the steps, take the
action in order to have that kind of life? See, you can't
have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic. You
can't just live a dream without taking the actions to get there.
In the Bible we see the story of the four guys who took their
sick friend to meet Jesus, and it says that they got to the
house, it was so crowded they couldn't get in, so they climbed
on top of the roof, they lowered their friend in a stretcher in
front of Jesus. Think about that, they carried a grown man
across town, climbed on top of a house, tore off the shingles,
lowered their friend in front of Jesus, and the Bible says when
Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven"
and he healed the man. Well, how do you see faith? Because faith
is invisible. He saw their action. He saw they are willing
to do whatever it takes to get their dream achieved. Well, the
one thing that separates winners from losers more than anything
else is winners take action, they get up and go for it. The
Bible says faith without works or corresponding action is dead.
I recently heard a story about a young girl who she was a few
thousand dollars in debt, and she was completely stressed out
about it. Well, every month more interest would be added to her
debts. And so to deal with the stress, every Tuesday night she
would go to meditation and yoga and just calm her mind. Well,
this was her one free night, and she said it seemed to be helping
her. She would breathe in and imagine she was finding ways to
deal with her debts. She would breathe out telling herself that
her money problems would one day be behind her. Well, it went on
like this Tuesday after Tuesday. Finally one day her boyfriend
went through her finances with her and he figured out if she
just spent four or five months just working a part time job on
Tuesday nights, she could literally pay off all the money
she owed. He told her, "I have nothing against yoga and
meditation, but your stress is because of the money you owe."
He said, "Just get a job on Tuesday nights, skip the yoga
for just a little bit." Well, she did. She took the advice,
became a waitress on Tuesday nights, and paid off all her
debts. After that, she went back to her yoga session and really
breathed easier. So, think about this, one letter separates
business from busyness. Jesus was about His father's business.
I love what Mary O'Connor said. She said it's not about how busy
you are but why you're busy. The bee, she said, is praised. The
mosquito is swatted. Both are busy, but different motives.
See, when you're willing to take action, that's when you're gonna
live your dreams. So, what does that mean to you? What does it
mean to take action? It could be type your resume, join a gym,
learn a new language, get your passport, start saving money,
get the degree, enroll in classes, get your license, put
your house on the market, maybe take a part time job like that
girl did. What do you need to do to take action? Now, let me
address this real quick. How do you take action while you're
waiting for your dream? Well, I wanna challenge you to dedicate
yourself to personal growth. This is what it takes to go from
rags to riches they say. Pat Riley said, "If you're not
getting better, you're getting worse." So the three steps real
quick. Number one, spend quiet time with the Lord. Just make
that an appointment that you keep every day. In fact, I love
this, I just heard this story recently about how when the
president of the United States arrives in the West Wing each
morning, the presidential daily briefing is lying on the Oval
Office desk. Now apparently it's about 15 pages long and it's
accompanied by this high ranking official from the CIA who
provides this face to face briefing with the president. Now
they've been doing this all the way back to the Truman
presidency. Well, when George W. Bush was elected as president,
his father, George H.W. Bush, told him to never miss these top
of the mornings meetings. He said they are the most important
part of the president's day. Well, that's exactly how we
should feel about our appointment with God each
morning. The time spent isn't nearly as important as the habit
kept. See, the time is flexible. It doesn't have to be an hour,
it could be five minutes. The time is flexible, the habit
isn't. So number one, spend time with the Lord. Number two,
listen to audios that grow you. Literally, you can learn
everything, from marketing ideas to business ideas, finance,
leadership, nutrition advice, spiritual guidance. You can even
learn a whole foreign language all behind the steering wheel of
your car. You can, seriously. Go to college in your car while
you're running errands, you're shopping, you're picking up the
kids, you're waiting for the traffic to go, just driving to
work each day you will learn so much. In fact, I read where the
average American puts about 12,000 miles on their car each
year. That's over 300 hours in your car. Think about how much
you can learn in 300 hours. You will get the equivalent of a
university degree. So, grow as you go. And then the third thing
you can do is read. Read books in the area of your interest. I
just heard a story about a young guy from Serbia who heard his
success coach say, "If you'll just get up one hour earlier and
read, invest in yourself, it will change your life." He said
it made no sense to him because he was only 15 years old and he
hated reading. He said he only read in school because he had
to. Well, he said, "But this guy sounded so convincing so he
tried it." He ended up reading 100 books the first year, just
by getting up one hour earlier. Today, he owns a media company
in Serbia where the economy around him is very poor but he
is flourishing. In fact, he said his company's able to charge
more than others because of their excellence. And get this,
he's 20 years old. The one thing that separates winners from
losers more than anything else is winners take action. Decide
what action you need to take and go for it. Hope you enjoyed that
today. In fact, I wanna mention real quick, our subscriber of
the week, this happens to be someone that goes by the name At
Home With Zane. At Home With Zane. So this is what they
wrote, "I'm a new subscriber, however, I followed you and
watched your teaching for several years. This message
couldn't have come at a better time. It's as if God was
speaking directly to me through you." He said, "I recently lost
my job in March of this year and out of that loss came victory. I
had been praying the Lord would reveal to me my calling. In May
of this year I launched my own online store called At Home With
Zane." I like that. "Immediately the enemy began his attempts to
attack my dream. I continued on, praying and believing. And today
my store is doing great." I love this. "With prayer I overcame
the obstacles from the enemy. I always remember two things
you've said: You will never outgrow warfare, you must simply
learn to fight," that's so true, "and, how can you tell you're on
the road to success? It's uphill all the way." So true, Zane.
"Thank you for all you do." Well, Zane, I am cheering you on
and I am thrilled that you stuck with it, you kept your
appointments with God, and you are living your dreams. So, you
can't just have a dream without taking the actions to get there.
Now, when you're willing to take action like Zane's doing, that's
when you're gonna live your dreams. And that's why this week
I've put together a goal setting download for you that will help
you identify your goals and start to get clarity on what you
need to do to take action. Just click the link in the
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I'm cheering you on to live your dreams.
TERRI: Icing means something added to
something good to make it even better.
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