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- Did you know that before most people have
even taken the Pop-Tart out of the toaster,
high achievers have typically read two chapters,
jogged two miles,
and heard two mentors give exceptional advice?
I didn't realize until 2002
that each morning I lost the battle of the bed,
it took me further from success.
I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader of dreams,
and I wanna inspire you today to get a morning routine
that will change your life in 2021.
So here are my five morning habits
that I do every single day since 2002,
and I might add that these simple habits have taken me
out of a rut and into a routine that led to success.
When I started these,
I went from ghostwriting books for others,
to authoring books, from attending conferences,
to speaking at conferences, from watching TV,
to hosting a TV show.
Small habits practiced day in
and day out are the keys to a successful life.
Oh, and real quick, for my subscribers,
I have a free download this week for you
and it comes straight from my book,
"5 Things Successful People Do Before 8 A.M."
It's the chapter on my morning routine guide.
Now, this was the number one download we had last year.
So I want you to make sure and get it
because I'm telling you from experience,
this will change your life.
So click the link in the description
to get your morning routine guide today.
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So thank you so much. So here's my routine.
Don't freak out, but at 4:45 AM, my first alarm sounds.
5:00 AM, second alarm sounds.
I get up, brush teeth, take my giant dog,
Beauregard, outside to take care of some business. (laughs)
I take my vitamins and grab some water
with some BCAA added for a little energy boost.
I go back to my closet and I get ready for the gym.
I lay my clothes out each night before I go to bed,
because it's one less thing to think about in the morning.
I get my workout clothes on
and I sit down to put some makeup on
and I always push play and I listen
to motivational messages while I'm putting makeup on.
Around 5:30, 5:45, I'm ready to leave for the gym.
Now, during my 10-minute commute, it's pitch dark outside,
and I just love being up early and out the door.
There's hardly anyone on the road
and I use this drive time to pray,
worship God, make positive declarations.
I'm always speaking out my declarations
during my drive to the gym, especially now that I'm 51.
I say every morning:
I'm energetic, I'm disciplined,
I'm enthusiastic about life,
I have a phenomenal metabolism,
I love to work out,
my body is strong, healthy and lean,
I'm fit, firm, and muscular,
I'm in the best shape of my life.
I say this every morning.
Well, when I get to the gym,
I like to do 30 minutes of weight training
and I use the dumbbells and the equipment for that,
and then I always do 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill
while listening to motivational messages on my phone.
Plus I have this little steps app on my phone
and I am determined to get 10,000 steps every day.
Now, many times, this is when I go on Instagram
and I respond to comments and messages.
And people always ask me,
"When do you find time to respond?"
I say, "Well, responding to comments
is a great way to stay in shape.
Just keep walking on the treadmill
until you've answered as many as you can."
Now usually, it's around 6:45, seven o'clock,
when I'm finished and I head home.
And as soon as I get home,
now this is where my schedule has changed
over the past year.
My big dog, Beauregard, is waiting
at the door for me and he is hyper.
He is so eager for me to take him for a walk.
So I added this to my routine.
Really, I think he walks me.
But anyway, I take him for a 15 to 30-minute walk
and he loves me for it.
Then I grab some breakfast pretty quick,
and then I go upstairs to my prayer room
for my quiet time with God.
Now, right now we're living
in a temporary house while our dream home is being built.
So the room is not decorated that great
and it doesn't have much furniture in it.
And it was funny,
because I have this beautiful chaise lounge
that would not fit through the doors,
so it's in the garage with all my boxes.
So I went online to buy a smaller chaise lounge
and this tiny little green thing showed up.
It's like a kid size, but it works.
So anyway, I sound like a kid, so it's perfect.
But this is where I pray and meditate.
And what I do during this time is totally open to the Lord.
Sometimes I read the Bible, journal my gratitude,
just worship the Lord.
I like to always take a journal with me
and just journal what I hear in my spirit.
Sometimes I make positive declarations
and many times this prayer time is
just sitting quietly and listening
and however long I feel is necessary.
Most days, it's 20 minutes
but some days it could be much longer.
I try to just be sensitive to the Lord
and mostly just visit with him,
and this is truly where I've gained
so much direction for my life, right here,
just writing everything that comes up in my spirit.
And this is where I pray daily over my dreams and goals.
It keeps them constantly before my eyes,
and this is where I like to update my progress
the first of each month.
I have a dreams and goals notebook like this
where I have my top-10 goals for the year,
and I like to track where I'm at just to see
if I'm on target to reach my goals,
and then I read.
I like to read a passage from the Bible first.
A great place to start is Proverbs.
There's 31 Proverbs
and if you just start reading one chapter a day,
you would get through all of them in a month,
and they're so good.
But then I dedicate 20 minutes,
sometimes it's only 10, to read a book.
And once I discovered that leaders are readers
and you have to learn more to earn more,
I started making myself read.
Well, as my knowledge expanded, my opportunities did too.
Everything in my life grew once I grew and that's it.
That's my routine. Think about it.
I've gone through the five habits
that have led me to live my dreams.
Number one, exercise.
Number two, listen to motivational messages.
Number three, pray and meditate.
Number four, review my dreams and goals.
And number five, read.
Then I get showered and dressed and I'm out the door.
So think about it.
When I get to my office each morning and sit at my desk,
I'm already feeling so productive.
I feel prepared because I've sat quietly with God.
I feel energetic because I've already worked out.
I have ideas because I read something
that caused my thinking to grow,
and it's only 8:45.
So I'm telling you,
a morning routine is key to your success.
Author Tom Corley conducted an in-depth,
five-year study documenting the daily activities
of 233 wealthy people and 128 people living in poverty.
He discovered more than 50% of wealthy people wake up three
or more hours before they go to work.
Why? To invest in themselves.
And he said, "Only 3% of the poor people surveyed got
up early to contribute to their goals."
So think about that.
When you look at a person you admire
for the success they've attained,
what you don't see are the hours, days, months, and years
that they have routinely performed the same behavior day in
and day out with nobody watching.
The glimpses I just showed you from my morning routine,
I have practiced those since 2002 with nobody around.
All those mornings that I leave my house
in the dark to go work out
or sitting on my little bitty chaise lounge,
and I'm reading and making declarations.
In the beginning, it felt useless, ridiculous.
Does it even matter?
But you know what? It all adds up.
My morning routine is what has led me
to standing on stages to minister to thousands of people.
It's given me the stamina to keep up with my schedule.
It's given me opportunities to visit with people I admire
and actually have something to say,
but I'd much rather listen to them than talk.
But here's what I want you to remember.
It's not what you do once in a while
that causes you to live an exceptional life.
It's what you do consistently.
So if you're ready to take your life to the next level
and you're wondering where to start
and even thinking this looks so overwhelming,
I wanna give you my morning routine guide outlined
in my book.
So you can start today where you're at.
Listen, if you start investing five minutes a day in prayer,
five minutes a day reading, five minutes a day exercising,
you would start to see changes.
So imagine 10 minutes or 20 or 30 to those activities.
So I want you to start where you are.
So all you have to do is click the link
in the description to get, it's in this book right here.
It's the morning routine guide that I laid out
and I believe it will truly help you
to just get started in the right direction.
So if this routine can change my life,
it can change yours too,
and it all begins with a choice and a clock.
And don't forget, I'm cheering you on to live your dreams.
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