TERRI: Zig Ziglar said, you know, when he was just
aspiring to be a motivational speaker, he said he heard this
man say, you are where you are
because that's exactly where you chose to be.
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TERRI: Hi, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your cheerleader
dreams. Believe it or not, I'm actually recording this podcast
on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, like we are here on the
Eiffel Tower. This is crazy. We just had lunch here overlooking
the city of Paris. Talk about magnifique. Magnificent. It's
amazing. I was just thinking about our topic today. I want to
talk to you about the three signs that you are going to be
successful, you're going to succeed. And it made me think
about just this trip being here. You know, Saturday night I spoke
at a church in Mormon de France. It was amazing. Afterwards they
had this little garden party where everybody, you know, got
together and just, I don't know, it was just so precious. All of
these French people thanking us for coming and caring about
their nation. Well. Then Sunday morning, yesterday I spoke for
Hillsong, Paris, two services, and then last night my daughter
and I, we were walking down the Sein River. We joined my team of
women who come to help us, you know, impact this nation on the
mission field. We had lunch or dinner at a beautiful little
cafe sitting outside and we had ice cream. We had gelato, it was
just so beautiful. Well Kassidi. Now we're walking back last
night, we're walking along the Sein river. It's Paris, you know
the city of lights, there's lights everywhere. You can see
the Eiffel Tower all lit up. We went back to the apartment that
we're renting this week and as we're walking along the Sein
river and my daughter says, Mama, thank you. Thank you for
bringing me here. Thank you for the experiences that you give
me. And it made me think about our topic today about the three
signs you're going to be successful because the number
one sign are you ready? It's to make a quality decision to take
responsibility for your life. And the reason I'm bringing
these two points together is because when Kassidi thanked me
for bringing her to Paris and she's been coming here every
year since she was like nine years old. What she's really
thanking me for is me taking responsibility for my life and
making a decision to change. You know, in 2002 when I finally
woke up and realized I'm separated from my husband, I'm
in debt. I have no money in the bank. After I've been working
for 11 years, my house was a mess. I had no dreams or goals
for my life and at the time she was five years old. So I am her
role model for life. Right? Well, when I made a quality
decision in 2002 to take responsibility for where I was,
that is what led us to today being in Paris, getting the
experiences that we have today. Here's what I want you to know.
I heard T.D. Jake say your decisions are like earthquakes.
He said they have ripple effects. When you make a
decision, it doesn't just affect your life, it affects those
around you. Like my decision to go, okay, Terry, make some
changes. Get it together. Get your debts paid off. Get your
body in shape. Get your house cleaned up. Get closer to God.
That decision affected my daughter's life. Well, Zig
Ziglar said, you know, when he was just aspiring to be a
motivational speaker, he said, he heard this man say, you are
where you are because that's exactly where you chose to be.
He said, I was broke in debt and down in the dumps, but he said,
it came through loud and clear that I was where I was and what
I was because of me, and he started making decisions to turn
his life around. Well, I just want to challenge you with that.
Number one, make a quality decision to take responsibility
for your life real quick. John F. Kennedy, you know when he had
that dream to build a rocket and take a man on the moon, laying
them on the moon and bring them back home, he asked Dr Van
Braun, he said, what will it take to build a rocket and to do
this? And you know what his response was? The will to do it.
When you have the will to make a decision and make some changes
in your life. I'm telling you there's no stopping you. So
number two, the second point I want to bring up is you practice
self discipline behind the scenes. You know there was a
young guy who asked John Maxwell because he went to his
conference and he heard him speaking about leadership and
developing teams and personal growth and all that. And he
said, I wish I had a team. I wish I had a company or an
organization to lead. He said, where do I start? Maxwell said,
good question. Start with you. He said, you know, if you
wouldn't even follow yourself, why would anyone else want to
follow you? And then, you know, I've given this illustration
before, but imagine a teenager wanting to shadow you and just
learn about success and watch you from the moment you wake up
until you go to bed. What would they observe about your daily
habits? Practicing self-discipline behind the
scenes? Well, I love what Tony Robbins says. He says the best
place to start is with the hour of power, 20 minutes of prayer,
20 minutes of reading in 20 minutes of exercise. That's an
amazing schedule. And if you can't start with 20 for each,
start with 10 for each. Do something to invest in yourself.
And then the third that I wrote down here, and I highly believe
this is you give honor where honor is due. So what I mean by
that is if you work for somebody, be the kind of
employee that you would want to hire. That means you show up
early, you keep your workspace neat, you look your best, you do
more than what's expected. You speak highly of your employer.
Give honor where honors do. If you have mentors in your life,
honor them. Go to their, if it's a minister, support the
ministry, support the church, you know, do what you need to do
to show honor. And then what I really want to emphasize is that
you honor God. Two ways, you honor God with your time. You
know, that means your prayer time where you say, you know
what, I am not leaving the house without spending some time with
God. Whether it's two minutes or 20 minutes, you talk to the Lord
when you're driving, you talk to the Lord while you're, you know,
loading the dishwasher. But you just make for sure you honor God
with your time that he has priority in your life. You know,
it says in the Bible that he rewards those who diligently
seek him. And then the other way we honor God is with our
finances. There's a scripture in proverbs three nine and it says,
honor God with your wealth. So be generous. You know, God
responds to generosity. You want to see your finances increase.
Be Generous, be a giver, honor God with your wealth. So those
are the three areas. Number one, you make a quality decision to
take responsibility for where you are today. Number two, you
practice self discipline behind the scenes with nobody watching.
You know you're not doing it so everybody says, wow, you're
amazing. Look what you do before you even go to work. No, this is
between you and God. You're just faithful to keep your
commitments. And number three, you honor God with your time and
with your wealth. So from Paris, France, I just want you to know,
I'm cheering you on, oh and real quick, I want to give you
something to just kind of help you out. We're giving you a free
download from a chapter of my latest book called the Five
Things Successful people do before 8:00 AM giving you a
complete chapter called stop killing time, because I want you
to identify ways you could be wasting time so that we just
make a few course corrections. So anyway, get access to that.
Just click the link in the description there so you can get
your chapter. Absolutely. Thank you for watching me from Paris,
from the Eiffel Tower, Au revior.