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- I heard a story about a guy in Asia
who was just about to kill himself.
I mean, he was standing on a ledge of a building
about to jump out of a window and end his life.
And for some strange reason,
before he planned to jump, he wants something to eat.
He wants a snack.
This is a true story.
So he stepped back into the window
and he walked down the road to get something delicious.
And this was a road he has walked thousands of times
but for some reason, on this day,
a sign stood out to him.
It was to a bookstore
and he had passed it every day and never noticed it.
Again, for some random reason,
he went inside and he was drawn to a book about success
and it was all in English.
Remember, this is over in Asia
and in an instant, his thoughts went from ending his life
to making a decision to read that entire book in one city.
Well, that gave him a goal, a vision,
you know, sort of a reason to stay alive.
And he did.
He finished the book.
The content inside changed his entire mindset.
I mean, transformed his thinking
and prevented him from killing himself.
In fact, it awakened desires in him
to wanna help others not commit suicide
and realize they have a purpose.
Well that young, former suicidal man
is now a successful author
and a life coach, helping others with his resources,
the way one book saved his life.
By the way, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, Cheerleader Of Dreams.
And there's a reason I told you that story.
You know, I was reading something from the Pauline Hill
where he interviewed 500 millionaires
and he discovered the seven signs
that cause us to stay limited
and sabotage our own success, our lives.
Well, what I just shared with you
from that story was number one.
Number one is insufficient education.
Now the Bible says be transformed
by the renewing of your mind.
See when you stop learning, you stop growing.
And when you stop growing, you start dying.
Well, God's word says that faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of God.
I think it was Mark Twain,
I can't remember if it's him or Napoleon Hill,
who said, "The person who stopped studying
after school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity,
no matter what their profession."
So, just start with one book, one page, one day at a time.
And as your thinking expands,
your life will expand.
Your life changes as a result
of a passionate desire for change.
And it starts with books.
Now, before I share the other seven signs of
or six signs of self-sabotage,
I meant to ask you if you would do a favor for me,
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You know, I used to never ask people to subscribe
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It's so quick and easy.
And when you do that,
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And I always hear people ask this on their channels
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And I want you to know how much my team and I,
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So, let's go through it the other six real quick.
The second sign that you're sabotaging yourself,
number two, is lack of a well-defined goal.
Now I'm sure you've heard that phrase
that if you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time, right?
Brian Tracy said,
"Setting goals is the master skill for success."
Now Jim Rohn tells the story
of when he was first learning about success.
You know, he was broke.
He had nothing in the bank.
He said he had pennies in his pocket.
He's blaming everybody for where he was in life.
And he said, his wealthy mentor asked him one day,
he said, Jim, "Let me see your list of goals."
He said, "I think I can help you with some stuff."
And Jim said,
"I don't have it."
He said, "Well, is it in the car or something?
Go get your list."
Jim said, "I don't have a list like anywhere."
He said, "What?
You don't have your dreams and goals in writing?"
Jim said, "No, I've never done that."
He said, "Then I bet I can guess your bank balance
within a few hundred dollars."
Which he did.
Well, that got Jim's attention and from then on,
he became a lifelong goal setter,
writing his dreams and goals.
And within five years, he was a millionaire.
Well, I just wanna challenge you real quick
to write at least seven to 10 goals down for this year.
And I've got lots of videos to help you
with how to write your goals,
but let's keep moving.
Okay, number three,
a lack of ambition to aim above mediocrity.
Now you've probably heard that phrase,
"The average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top."
Well, the Lord said to me, one time in prayer, he said,
"Don't be the average and your life won't be average."
In other words,
you don't be average and you won't live an average life.
What does that mean?
You got to start doing a little more than what's expected.
So you look around at what the average person is doing
and refuse to be like them.
So the average person oversleep 30 minutes every day,
but you get up 30 minutes early,
or the average person watches four to six hours
of TV every day, but you turn it off
and you go and read for 20 minutes.
The average person doesn't read a book after school,
but you set a goal to read a book a month.
Got it?
Okay, number four,
is indifference.
What is that?
That's just an acceptance of whatever life may offer.
It's a willingness to just tolerate poverty,
mediocrity, a lousy relationship, a low paying job
and out of shape body, no money in your savings account,
just nonchalant about your life, just in a rut.
Well, that used to be me, but here's the thing,
what you refuse to hate, you'll tolerate.
I love what Marshawn Evans Daniels says,
"If you allow yourself to just settle for less,
no one is obligated to stop you."
Well, let me just remind you.
God has so much more for your life.
He just needs you to start dreaming again
and asking him for something big.
Okay, number five, is worry.
Just always afraid of stepping out and taking a risk,
allowing fear to stop you.
You know, somebody said,
"Worry, never robs tomorrow of its sorrow,
it only saps today of its joy."
So stop worrying and just do it.
I love that famous quote from Albert Hubbard,
he said, "The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing that you will make one."
And that's another reason
why you need to subscribe to channels like ours
so you're continually building yourself up with faith
because faith overcomes fear and worry.
Makes sense, right?
And I real quick,
I almost forgot to mention our free download this week.
Now, I like to give you resources
that I know from experience
are gonna help you stop sabotaging yourself
and build the habits you will need
to lead the life of your dreams.
So this week I'm giving away a free chapter from my book,
"The Five Things Successful People Do Before 8:00 a.m".
Now this particular chapter,
chapter eight is called,
"10 Things Unsuccessful People Do
That The successful Don't".
And I think it's really gonna help you
just sorta like a checklist to avoid,
to make sure you're not falling into these bad habits.
Now, once you to have that entire chapter.
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Okay, we got two more real fast.
Number six is a lack of persistence.
A lack of persistence.
You know, Thomas Edison said,
"Most of life's failures
are those who didn't realize
how close they were to success when they gave up."
So here's the thing,
you got to want it more than you don't want it
because everything is gonna demand a certain price from you,
energy, effort, patience, resources,
and it's natural to want the good things in life
without wanting to pay the price.
You wanna lose weight, but you don't wanna exercise.
You want a promotion,
but you don't wanna put in the extra hours.
See success comes when you hit a tipping point
and you begin to desire your goal
more than you dread the cost of reaching it.
Does that make sense?
You know, Jackson Brown wrote that little book called,
"Life's Little Instruction" book
and it says, "Rule number one, take one more step.
Rule number two,
when you can't take one more step,
refer to rule number one.
Go ahead and take another step, right?
And the final sign of self-sabotage,
and I've dealt with this most of my life,
number seven, is indecision.
Keep in mind, making no decision is still making a decision.
You know, I've had the hardest time with this one
because I am just not a natural born decision-maker.
You know, I used to ask people what I should eat.
I mean, I still actually do that,
but you need to ask yourself, what do you want?
You know, I think about that movie,
"The Notebook" where he's yelling,
"What do you want?"
You know, what do you want your life to look like?
Where do you want to live?
Where do you wanna work?
Where do you wanna vacation?
Make a decision
that you're gonna be happy with in the future.
Just decide, you know, start making decisions
even in the small day-to-day matters.
Choose what to eat, what to wear,
which movie to watch, where to go on vacation.
TD Jakes, said,
"Your decisions are the pathway to your destiny."
You know, Michael Jordan said,
"Once I made the decision,
I never thought about it again."
In fact, the Latin root for decision,
it means to cut off alternative options.
So I'm saying to you today, as we close this out, jump in,
go all the way towards your dreams.
It's time, you know, have you ever put your big toe
in a swimming pool and it's cold
and you have to decide,
do I go slow, do I put the whole foot in,
and then my calf and then my waist,
or you just get the pain over with and just jump full force.
I'm saying, if you wanna change your life,
jump in all the way.
Now, I hope you enjoyed this today.
I want you to get this free download from my book,
the chapter titled, "10 Things Unsuccessful People Do",
so you can steer clear of these bad habits
and live your dreams.
So click the link in the description,
get that free chapter right now.
And I wanna say, thanks again for subscribing,
and don't forget,
I'm cheering you on to live your dreams.
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