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like sands through the hourglass so are the days of our lives I know it’s deep well I’m going in deep today you all want to talk to you today about why successful people spend time alone by the way I’m Terry Seville Foy thank you so much for watching I believe you’re watching by divine appointment because I don’t want you to keep repeating the same stuff year after you’re wondering why other people are moving on with their lives and you’re still in the same spot you know you may have heard me share some things about five years from now imagine your life five years into the future and maybe you’ve heard some stories about Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus listen to this they were fired from their jobs they created a business model for a home-improvement store and went public with their little idea within five years of losing their jobs their annual sales were 1 billion dollars when they founded Home Depot all within 5 years time listen to this at age 30 Jeff Bezos was living in a 500 square foot apartment 5 years later his net worth was 10 billion dollars when he found in Amazon five years you know like to say that the next five years of your life could be the most amazing most rewarding most productive years of your life or just another five years it’s completely up to you and that’s what I’m talking about today why successful people spend time alone and here’s why they spend time alone to think thinking precedes achievement these people I just told you about they spent time thinking they invested time and thinking about their future well it’s the same with me you know I was meeting with my dad a while back and just sharing with him some of the things that God had done in our organization in such a short time and I was telling him numbers you know about how years ago we had like 43,000 visits to the website I said within five years time it was a quarter of a million visits I said you know YouTube we had 34,000 people viewing the YouTube podcast I said within five years it was 1.2 million which we far surpassed that but that was all within five years time I said dad we had 12 countries visiting the website within five years it was a hundred and ninety two countries and my dad said to me he said Terry this isn’t normal he said things have been accelerated in your life and then he said you need to teach this what are you doing to see such acceleration well that word accelerate means to hasten the progress to move faster to speed up and to complete in less than usual time see I believe things can be accelerated in your life but it requires one major thing spending time alone thinking that’s why successful people spend time alone it’s to think listen to this Henry Ford said thinking is the hardest work there is which is probably the reason so few engage in it I’m telling you like John Maxwell says thinking is not sexy but it is a prerequisite for success John Maxwell also says thinking precedes achievement he said nobody just stumbles upon success and then says wait how did I get here no the greater your thinking the greater your achievement this is the number one step in achieving your dreams is thinking about your future when was the last time you just sat quietly and just thought I mean no distractions no TV no phone no kids lock the door go somewhere by yourself and just think about your future I’m telling you this is what gives you direction to achieve what God’s put in your heart to do the big dreams the goals that you have I was listening to a story about a girl named Sara Blakely and she said I invested time thinking she said I just sat there and thought what am I good at well the answer was sales so she wrote it down I’m good at sales then she asked this question what can I create that women would want well she said women want to be skinny so all of a sudden she got an idea to invent Spanx now thank the Lord because of her we don’t have to suck it up today but she thought about her future she thought she invested time thinking you know a lot of times people say you’ve heard phrase don’t just sit there do something I always say don’t just do something sit there and just think meditate listen imagine your life in the future another story about a a well-known man named Peter Daniels he said he was a third generation welfare recipient born and raised in Australia he said he had a learning disability well he said his teacher miss Phillips would stand him up in front of the class and say Peter Daniels you’re a bad boy and you will never amount to anything just hard for me to comprehend he said he failed every grade in school long story short after he finally got home school he decided to go into business for himself and he said it failed miserably and he was broke within one year again and again he went broke three times in five years he said he would not give up today Peter Daniels is an internationally acclaimed businessman he’s a philanthropist he has successful ventures in many countries his friends include royalty heads of state um the leading movers and shakers of the commercial world anyway he has a portfolio worth several millions and millions of dollars but he was asked in an interview they said Peter Daniels what turned your life around from triple indebtedness to unprecedented success listen to his response I scheduled time to think he said in fact I reserve one day a week on my calendar just a thing he said all of my greatest ideas opportunities and money-making ventures started with the days I took off to think wow well you know the same strategy used was used for Einstein he said he did his thinking and a special thinking chair he had a thinking chair where he would go and just ponder and think about his future listen to this from the Bible it says be still and know that I am God God wants to talk to you about your future but you have to listen there’s another scripture that says my sheep know my voice so you can hear the voice of God he wants to tell you his massive plan for your life but you’ll never know his plan if you don’t just sit and think and listen I heard someone say God gave us two years in one male for a reason that we should be listening twice as my as we talk now here’s a key when you spend time thinking always take a pen and some paper or an iPad and write down what you think listen to this from CEO of chick-fil-a dam Kathy he said I take half a day every two weeks to think one whole day out of a month I spend time thinking so these are some of the most successful people in the world Success Magazine they were saying the other day that successful people take about 15 to 20 minutes a day to think before they start the day well I want to give you a challenge this is something that I’ve done in my life couple years ago I just felt impressed to take 20 minutes a week not a day just 20 minutes a week for 52 weeks out of the year to just think I would go in my guest bedroom with my iPad I would turn off the radio the phone lock the door tell the family I just need 20 minutes that’s all I need I would go in there and if usually it worked on a Sunday night the best and I would just think and so many times I would get like one little thing but I would just write it down that 20 minutes I’ll be looking at my phone dear Lord when is 20 minutes gonna be up but the more I did this the more practice I got and just thinking and imagining what I would just start writing tons of stuff well after doing this for 52 weeks you sort of get in a little groove well just two days ago sitting with my daughter got my iPad out my said Cassidy listen to this this was two years ago look what I wrote I read something to her and she said mom that’s exactly what you’re doing today I said I know and two years ago it was just a dream it was just a thought then I read something else too I said listen to this she was mom that just happened to you last week I said I know and I wrote about this two years ago thinking precedes achievement so why successful people spend time alone is to think about their future so I’m challenging you take 20 minutes yes you can do this it will be the greatest investment you will ever make because it will provide direction for your life so if you’re enjoying these podcasts please subscribe to this channel follow us on Instagram Facebook and Twitter so I can keep you motivated to achieve your dreams thanks for watching

Terri Savelle Foy: If you want to see your progress accelerated, practice this simple discipline of regularly spending time alone to think, dream, pray, and listen. Visit online at: http://www.terri.com

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Cee Harmon is the founder of Elevate Christian Network and Elevate Your Potential Magazine. He enjoys helping people improve the quality of their lives - spirit, soul, and body.
 
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