- I remember when I first started this YouTube channel
in 2008, I was so scared when these cameras pushed record
'cause I knew immediately, some people are gonna laugh
and make fun of my childlike voice or Minnie mouse,
whatever you wanna call it. (laughs)
But I was so uncomfortable, vulnerable, insecure,
but I did it anyway.
And that's what I want to talk to you about today.
Five things you must get rid of.
If you're gonna live your dreams.
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I'm Terri savelle foy, your cheerleader dreams.
In 2008, when I recorded
my first video for YouTube, I can't even tell you
how scared I was to do this.
I literally had to force myself out of my comfort zone
and just do it.
But little by little people started watching
like 22 people all at once. (laughs)
But I was so grateful.
In fact, in our first year we had 8,000 views total
for the year, but I kept the vision before me.
In fact, I remember visualizing
a 100,000 subscribers one day
and it looked completely unrealistic.
But I remember the day that YouTube honored us
with the Silver Play Award
for reaching a 100,000 subscribers.
Now I'm believing it reached 250,000 and it looks like
it's gonna take forever, but I'm believing
we will reach it soon.
In fact, I want YouTube to know
that there is a demand for Christian motivators.
Not just motivational speakers, but I'm talking about
speakers who are grounded in the Word of God,
teaching success from God's Word.
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help us get that message out.
But reaching these goals and achieving some of my dreams
has required getting rid of these five things.
Here we go.
Number one, self-doubt.
Nothing limits us more than our own thinking.
In fact, I heard a story from Norman Vincent Peale
and he said years ago, these American sailors
stopped at a port in China.
And when I got off the boat,
they saw this tattoo parlor and in the window display
was a tattoo that read Born To Lose.
They walked inside and they asked the artists,
they said, "Do people really get that tattoo Born To Lose?"
And the Chinese man said in broken English,
he said this powerful statement.
"Before tattooed on body, tattooed on mind".
Think about that.
The Bible says as a man thinks in his heart.
So does he become.
So what you think about you bring about.
Well, one of the ways you can start opening your mind up
to the possibility of bigger dreams
is by making them seem real.
What, you might ask.
That's why I like to add pictures
or visuals to make the dream seem like
it's really happening.
See it causes you to truly think that dream is possible
because you can see it.
Here's a photo that I put on my dream board
of a house on the Lake.
I've had that on my vision board for years.
Well now we're getting ready to build our home
on eight acres of lakefront property.
What once seemed utterly impossible,
gradually became probable because I surrounded myself
with the vision of it.
I've had a photo of meeting Oprah Winfrey
in my dream book for years.
How would that ever happen?
Everybody wants to meet Oprah.
Well, here I am getting a selfie with Oprah.
And if you zoom in, she's actually holding my hand.
Oprah held my hand. (laughs)
Or this photo.
I got a map of the world and I put a pin
on the city of Moscow years ago.
And I even told my staff,
"One day I'm gonna speak in Russia."
I don't even know a soul in Russia,
but I remember the day a very influential woman
who lives in Russia asked me to be her guest speaker
on International Women's Day in Moscow.
Here I am speaking there last year.
So what am I saying?
Whatever you wanna see happen in your life.
See it, picture it, visualize it.
And when self doubt comes,
you can always point to your vision and say it is written,
just like Jesus did.
Be it under me, according to my faith.
Now, the second thing that you must get rid of
is number two, waiting for others to believe in your dream.
Let me ask you, have you ever been to Disneyland
in California or Disney world in Florida?
Last summer, my whole family like 16 of us
spent a day walking around Disney
and I felt like a kid again, holding onto my dad,
walking down main street.
Some of my greatest family memories
have been going to Disneyland through the years
since I was a little girl and then
taking my little girl to meet the big mouse.
But think about this, that would have never been possible
if Walt Disney based his dreams
on what other people said about him.
You've heard the stories of how
he was fired by a newspaper editor
because he lacked imagination, of all things.
And they said he had no good ideas.
What if he had based his dreams
on the feedback from others?
There'd be no Pluto or flying elephants
or Peter Pan's Neverland.
If I had waited for people to say,
"Terry, you're a great speaker.
You've got a calling on your life."
I would still not be doing what I'm doing today.
Nobody prophesied over me or told me I should minister.
I had to base my dream on what I felt
God was speaking to me on the inside,
not what others said or didn't say.
So what do you feel God is speaking to you?
Maybe others have not only not encouraged you,
but they flat out discouraged you from going after it.
Let that be a warning that you could
just happen to have a dream from God.
And he wants your confidence to come totally from him,
which by the way I put together a free download this week,
I call seven indicators you have a dream from God.
And this is something I learned straight from my dad,
Jerry Savelle, who's been in ministry since 1969.
He knows what he's talking about.
Now I want you to read this list
because I believe it's gonna give you assurance
and maybe even redirect you as far as
going after your dreams.
So just click the link in the description,
get this free download,
the seven indicators you have a dream from God.
Okay the third thing you have to get rid of, comparing.
Comparison.
You know if I compared myself to others who do what I do,
I would have stopped a long time ago.
I think about my friends, like Real Talk Kim
or or Paula White or Lisa Bevere,
they have beautiful voices, don't they.
They're fiery. They roam all over the stage.
They shout at times.
They can preach the paint off the walls. (laughs)
When I speak, the paint stays right where it was. (laughs)
Not even a drip, but you know what?
I've had to embrace the fact that I'm quiet.
I sound like I'm nine. I wear a lot of makeup.
Some people don't like it, but then some people like
that I'm very girly.
See, here's the thing.
You cannot compare your identity, your calling,
your uniqueness, your style, your looks, anything
with anybody else.
God wants you to be different.
Your differences are the very things
he uses to cause you to stand out.
Number four, the fourth thing you must get rid of, excuses.
Benjamin Franklin said,
"He that is good for making excuses
is seldom good for anything else."
And the truth is we can always find reasons
not to pursue our goals, but they say
that if you really want something, you'll find a way.
If you don't, you'll find an excuse, right?
So excuses or subtle reasons that we create
to justify why we can't succeed.
So whether it's the excuse of, I don't have the education.
You can learn more starting today.
You could go online and pretty much
access anything you need.
Or this excuse, nobody believes in me.
Well, you can start believing in yourself
by making positive declarations today.
Or it's never been done before.
Maybe God's leading you to be the first.
Or even I'm too busy. Schedule it.
See what gets scheduled gets done.
What about this?
Terry, I've made way too many mistakes.
You know what? We all have.
You have to forgive yourself and move on.
What about this?
It's too late. Look how old I am.
I always say stop looking at the years you've lost.
Let's look at the years you've got left and get moving.
So never justify why you can't succeed by making excuses.
God knew exactly what he was doing when he created you.
You have everything you need to succeed.
And the fifth thing you must get rid of is this.
Number five, thinking it should be easier.
Everyone who has ever made it to the top
has had to endure rejections, lots of 'em
and wanting to quit.
Here's what I want you to know. Don't take it personal.
Galatians 6:9 says, "Do not become weary in well doing
for in due season, you shall reap if you faint not."
Think about, we mentioned Walt Disney earlier,
he was rejected by 301 banks before he finally got a yes.
The 302nd bank was the loan he received to build Disneyland,
the most famous theme park in history.
Or think about Jack Canfield's "Chicken Soup for the Soul"
was rejected by 33 publishers.
Now he has sold hundreds of millions of books.
Or I think about sir James Dyson.
It took 5,126 attempts to create a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
That finally became a huge success.
So 5,126.
So here's what I'm saying.
Get rid of the thought that it should be easier
for you to succeed.
It's all part of the story of your success.
That's why I want you to download this checklist
of the seven indicators that you have a dream from God.
That's gonna help you so much as God
starts rekindling those dreams on the inside of you.
And you start getting rid of everything
that's holding you back.
So get your list and don't forget,
I'm cheering you on to live your dreams.
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