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- Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy,
your cheerleader of dreams.
Today, I wanna talk to you
about how I stay motivated and focused.
You know, that's something people have asked me for years.
And I'm telling you,
it's easy to get excited about a goal or a dream,
but then after a few months, and especially a few years,
it's normal to lose momentum.
But I'm gonna show you exactly what I've learned
to stay motivated.
But first, I wanted to ask you
if you would help me out this week.
Would you let me know
if you're enjoying these quick little videos
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If you would just take one second
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that just lets me and my team know
that you want us to continue.
And we hope we're building your faith.
I hope these videos are helping you stay focused
on achieving every dream God has put in your heart.
And I seriously can't thank you enough
for that encouragement.
So thank you from my heart.
Okay, so we know that motivation makes things happen.
Where there's no will there's no way.
We've all heard that self-motivation is the key to success.
And we all know Proverbs 29:18
if you follow this channel
'cause I talked about that scripture.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Well, other translations say
that people throw off restraint,
self-control or self-discipline.
I love that.
In other words, I like how Myles Munroe said it.
He described having vision like this.
He said the key to your future is finding a vision
that imposes self-discipline on you.
I love that.
See, discipline comes
from having a clear, compelling vision.
See, you can't live the life of your dreams
if you never dream of it.
And the secret to self-motivation
begins with finding your definition of success.
Now, let me explain.
I wanna help you answer two questions
that help me more than anything
to get and stay motivated all these years.
The first question, number one,
is how do you define a successful life for you?
Think about that.
You can't live a successful life
if you never define what success means to you.
See, success is a very personal thing.
What motivates one person
may be radically different for someone else.
And until you define
what living a successful life means to you,
you'll struggle with staying motivated and focused.
You've probably heard
the two greatest days in a person's life
are the day you were born
and the day you discover why you were born.
Well, I believe once you define success on your terms,
it gives you a clear picture
of where you need to direct your attention
and the steps you need to take to get there.
I like to explain it like this.
What if you were handed 10,000 little puzzle pieces
without the box top
and you have no idea what these little cardboard chips are.
Is it the Eiffel Tower?
Is it a cupcake with buttercream icing?
Is it like a field full of daisies?
The empire state building?
What is this?
And every day, your job is to get up,
go to the kitchen table,
and try to figure out 10,000 piece puzzle.
Day after day,
you have no idea what you're creating,
but you keep working tirelessly
to discover the mysterious image.
Well, over time,
you're gonna get frustrated, bored, irritated, mad,
because you don't even know what you're doing.
But once somebody hand you the picture,
it all starts to come together.
You have a vision in front of you
and you have the motivation to achieve it.
Well, see, that's what happens
when you define success for your life.
You develop an image,
a picture of what your ideal life should look like
when you come to the end of it.
In fact, Stephen Covey,
he actually defines success like this.
He said if you carefully consider
what you want set of you at the funeral experience,
you will find your definition of success.
And I totally agree.
See, when you come to the end of your life
and you look back,
what do you want people to say about you?
How would they describe you?
What would they say you did during your time on earth?
Did you live your dreams?
Or did you live a life of regret, visionless,
just going through the motions
without much thought about your purpose?
Did you waste days just watching TV, gossiping,
scrolling through social media for countless hours,
pushing this snooze button,
and letting opportunities pass you by?
See, for me,
it began when I sat in my guest bedroom in 2006
with nothing but a laptop and a head full of questions,
and some thoughts and some dreams.
And I just began writing,
this is gonna sound really weird,
but I began writing my dream obituary.
Now I know that sounds creepy,
but I began writing exactly how I wanna be remembered
as a person, a wife, a mom,
a daughter, a friend,
a leader, a world changer.
And I wrote big, crazy,
out of the realm of possibility dreams.
Like the vision board, you know?
Dreams that just made me think how in the world
or who do you think you are?
But you know what?
I didn't let it stop me from dreaming.
I let my imagination sore.
But something remarkable happened.
It caused a flame to ignite in me
like no other exercise I had ever done before.
It was completely different
than just riding my goals for the year
of paying off my debt or losing five pounds.
Now, when you imagine coming to the end of your life
and your closest family and friends
are describing how you lived it,
hopefully they're gonna stay a lot more
than she finally paid off that student loan.
No, it's gonna awaken dreams in you
that you never thought possible.
But what you're doing in essence
is defining success for you.
The second question
is how would you define an unsuccessful life for you?
Believe it or not,
this right here is equally as compelling
as fueling your motivation.
You need to paint a vivid picture
of life with no improvement beyond today.
Now I'm telling you from experience,
this exercise can be alarming.
I'll never forget, in 2009,
I was just contemplating my future
and almost allowing fear
to just stop me from moving forward.
I'd gotten comfortable as the CEO
for my dad's ministry for the past six years.
I loved what I was doing serving him.
I loved working behind the scenes,
meeting with my teams, brainstorming,
ghost writing books for him,
and sitting behind my beautiful black desk in Corelli Texas.
But I knew inside that God was calling me to minister
and to reach more people
than just encouraging my co-workers at staff meetings.
Well, I had been ministering quite a bit,
but I'd reached crossroads in my life
where it was either go halfway or go all the way.
You know, Brian Tracy says that comfort and convenience
run the lives of unsuccessful people.
See, God is constantly stretching us to new heights.
Well, the thought of stepping out of my comfort zone
to minister on stage, to write books,
to be in the public eye to a greater degree,
it was frightening.
Not to mention the future thought
of possibly hiring people one day,
paying salaries, buying equipment, offices.
It was scary.
But I felt this telling inside
that I needed to launch my ministry on a wider scale.
But again, the thought of being in front of more eyes,
more criticism, more opinions, more exposure,
it was just paralyzing me with fear.
So finally, to end this battle in my mind,
I decided to paint a vivid picture of my life
10 years into the future
if I didn't change a thing.
Now I have to be honest with you.
This exercise was just as eye-opening
as writing my dream obituary.
I added up my age 10 years in the future.
My wedding anniversary, my daughter's age,
my years of employment at my dad's.
In 2009, on the same laptop where I wrote my dream obituary,
I drew an opposite scenario of my life
as if nothing changed by the year 2019.
I went through my routine
from the moment I wake up in the same bedroom,
drove to the same gym,
drove the same road,
sat at the same desk,
ate at the same restaurants,
worked with the same people,
lived the exact same life.
I even imagined my daughter coming to visit me,
'cause she would've been out of school by then,
and meeting me for lunch in my same lunch room.
And I described how I felt
as we caught up on each other's lives.
However, I didn't have much to say
because nothing had changed.
When I imagined her hugging me goodbye,
I went back up to my office and I said I was embarrassed.
I was ashamed.
I felt like I let her down because I didn't live my dreams
like I always encouraged her to do.
Again, let me just say,
it wasn't that my life was so bad.
It wasn't, it was good.
It was about knowing that God was calling me to do more
but I disobeyed.
Now I'm gonna spare you all the thoughts
that raced through my mind
as I painted this depressing picture.
But by the end of it,
I'll never forget writing these words.
I said, Rodney and I,
Rodney, my husband, were comfortable.
We live in a nice house.
I earn a good salary.
We go on Hawaiian vacations every summer.
But I literally wrote this.
I said but how many scrapbook can I make
of Rodney and Terry on the beach?
And then I said, I'm comfortable,
but I'm miserable.
I know God had more for my life but I was too scared.
And I said I'm disappointed in myself.
I'm full of regret.
As I typed those words that were just flowing out of me,
my eyes were wide open to the harsh reality
that I must shake off the complacency, face my fears,
and step boldly outta my comfort zone.
That picture of an unsuccessful life fueled me
to never let that be the eulogy spoken at my funeral.
Now I wanna challenge you to invest the time it takes
to just sit quietly with yourself
and just imagine.
You know, paint a vivid play-by-play description
of your day-to-day life 10 years from right now
if you don't change a thing,
if you don't get motivated and focused on your dreams.
Now the good news is,
it's not 10 years from now.
It's only today
and you get to choose how you wanna be remembered
and how you wanna live the next decade of your life.
So this week,
I'm gonna help you get focused on your future
and define what success means to you.
So I brought back my $97 online vision board course
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Now I'm gonna walk you through the process
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Now let me tell you real quick.
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And I just found out,
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That makes me so happy.
And we get testimonies every single day
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So click the link in the description,
and it will be my honor
to help you get and stay motivated to live your dreams.
Thanks for watching.