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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here we are, guys, our last break of the day,
and it's been a good day. It's been a good day.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Hey, you know what I had to come to the realization.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Kind of want to share this with people, but you know,
I want to talk about there's a cost.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
There is a cost.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You know, when you make the decision to be successful
comes with a cost. And as much as I've tried
to negate the cost, as much as I've tried to
alleviate the cost, as much as I've oftentimes just tried
to not.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Talk up the cost, the cost is real. You know.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
I got in trouble, not really trouble, but I got
a bunch of haters that came online one time when
they saw me give a speech about if you want
to be successful, really really successful at something, you can't
sleep eight hours. And I believe that, you know, somebody
counted it with Oprah says she gets eight hours sleep.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Well.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Oprah's wealthy, though, but if you go back on her
journey and asked her when she was hustling trying to
make it what she getting ate, I don't think the
answer would be yes. Everybody, I know that's grinding, that's
in the hustle trying to really really have more than normal.
(01:35):
If you want above average, it comes at a cost.
And I've tried not to talk about it because I
don't want to, you know, knock anybody down about it.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
But man, it's there's a cost for everything.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
And you know, I know a lot of successful people
who have health issues. I've had my share of myself.
Tommy can tell you about his, Junior can tell you
about his. All of us can tell you about health issues.
It's sometimes, you know, it just it's a part of it.
I don't know how to explain it now. You don't
(02:13):
want to sacrifice one for the other, but sometimes it's
unavoidable because there is a cost, and a lot of
times you end up sometimes you have health issues because
you just don't know any better, you know, And that's
why knowledge is so important, because when you know better,
you can do better.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Had I known a long long time ago that everything
I put into my body was gonna have an effect
on me, I would have made some changes a long
long time ago. I just really started understanding this in
the last fifteen to twenty years of my life. You know,
the how important eating the right thing is, how important
it is to take supplements, how important it is to
(02:55):
take regular visits to your doctor. And as black men,
I'm talking especially the black men, we find it so
hard to go to these doctors. I got a partner
right now, man that's trying to get out the hospital
right now because he ain't been to the doctor in
eight years. But he's seventy and he ain't been to
(03:17):
the doctor in eight years. We can't do that because
we've been grinding. And I understood something about grinding recently.
When you're grinding, grinding means actually to wear down. But
in order to have something, you got to get in
the wear down process, and the thing you end up
wearing down is your body.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Now, I'm not saying you should exchange your health for wealth.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
I wish that wasn't the cost, but oftentimes that's the
cost factor, and people who don't want it, you don't
have to do it. But then there's a cost with
being poor. To see, there's a cost factor when you
decide not to be anything. It's a cost factor when
you decide I'm just gonna ride it out, I'm just
gonna mail it in. There's a cost factor for that.
(04:01):
I notice when old people who've been working their whole
life finally retire and they don't and they able to
stop being active. I watch them wear down, dissipate, just
wither away because that work, that thing called the grind
of getting up going to work every day. It gave
them something to live for. It gave them something to
(04:23):
do and made them active. It's just a cost, man,
But you have to decide which one of the costs
you want to pay.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Do you want to pay the.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Cost of being successful, or do you want to be
the cost you want to pay the cost of being poor. Now,
when I say poor, I mean really poor. I don't
mean like if you make one hundred thousand dollars. Ain't
talking about like that. You're doing great, man, your life
is good. I think people that make one hundred thousand
dollars doing fine with your life. That's not what I'm saying,
So please don't misunderstand me. I'm talking about when you
(04:53):
don't have enough to eat, you can't put a roof
over your family's head, you can't get it to the store,
and then you got to do more. Man, you gotta
do more. But it's a cost for it, one way
or the other. I suggest though, if I look back
on it all, you have to find a way to
(05:16):
create a balance.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But the balance ain't gonna be even even. It's just
gotta be.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
You got to grind, you got to rest, You got
to grind, you got to rest, You got to grind,
you got to rest.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
If you just.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, then
try to rest, the cost factor's gonna be greater. So
find the balance for yourself. I can't tell anybody what
that is, but there is a cost to being successful,
but there is a cost to not being successful, and
(05:51):
you have to decide which one of the costs you
have to pay. Now that's just real talk. You can
say it ain't so, but yes, it is. Ben't able
to provide for your family. That's a cost being able
to provide for your family. There is a cost. You
have to decide which cost you're willing to pay and
(06:11):
then find a balance in there. That's what I had
to discover. So those are my clothes remarks. That's it
for today. Hey listen, y'all, have a great day. Talk
to God today. He loved to hear from you. This
is Steve Harvey Morning to show this how we do
what you feel me? All right, everybody, we out of here.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
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Here we are, guys, our last break of the day,
and it's been a good day. It's been a good day.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Hey, you know what I had to come to the realization.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Kind of want to share this with people, but you know,
I want to talk about there's a cost.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
There is a cost.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
You know, when you make the decision to be successful
comes with a cost. And as much as I've tried
to negate the cost, as much as I've tried to
alleviate the cost, as much as I've oftentimes just tried
to not.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Talk up the cost, the cost is real. You know.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
I got in trouble, not really trouble, but I got
a bunch of haters that came online one time when
they saw me give a speech about if you want
to be successful, really really successful at something, you can't
sleep eight hours. And I believe that, you know, somebody
counted it with Oprah says she gets eight hours sleep.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Well.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Oprah's wealthy, though, but if you go back on her
journey and asked her when she was hustling trying to
make it what she getting ate, I don't think the
answer would be yes. Everybody, I know that's grinding, that's
in the hustle trying to really really have more than normal.
(01:35):
If you want above average, it comes at a cost.
And I've tried not to talk about it because I
don't want to, you know, knock anybody down about it.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
But man, it's there's a cost for everything.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
And you know, I know a lot of successful people
who have health issues. I've had my share of myself.
Tommy can tell you about his, Junior can tell you
about his. All of us can tell you about health issues.
It's sometimes, you know, it just it's a part of it.
I don't know how to explain it now. You don't
(02:13):
want to sacrifice one for the other, but sometimes it's
unavoidable because there is a cost, and a lot of
times you end up sometimes you have health issues because
you just don't know any better, you know, And that's
why knowledge is so important, because when you know better,
you can do better.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Had I known a long long time ago that everything
I put into my body was gonna have an effect
on me, I would have made some changes a long
long time ago. I just really started understanding this in
the last fifteen to twenty years of my life. You know,
the how important eating the right thing is, how important
it is to take supplements, how important it is to
(02:55):
take regular visits to your doctor. And as black men,
I'm talking especially the black men, we find it so
hard to go to these doctors. I got a partner
right now, man that's trying to get out the hospital
right now because he ain't been to the doctor in
eight years. But he's seventy and he ain't been to
(03:17):
the doctor in eight years. We can't do that because
we've been grinding. And I understood something about grinding recently.
When you're grinding, grinding means actually to wear down. But
in order to have something, you got to get in
the wear down process, and the thing you end up
wearing down is your body.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Now, I'm not saying you should exchange your health for wealth.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
I wish that wasn't the cost, but oftentimes that's the
cost factor, and people who don't want it, you don't
have to do it. But then there's a cost with
being poor. To see, there's a cost factor when you
decide not to be anything. It's a cost factor when
you decide I'm just gonna ride it out, I'm just
gonna mail it in. There's a cost factor for that.
(04:01):
I notice when old people who've been working their whole
life finally retire and they don't and they able to
stop being active. I watch them wear down, dissipate, just
wither away because that work, that thing called the grind
of getting up going to work every day. It gave
them something to live for. It gave them something to
(04:23):
do and made them active. It's just a cost, man,
But you have to decide which one of the costs
you want to pay.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Do you want to pay the.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Cost of being successful, or do you want to be
the cost you want to pay the cost of being poor. Now,
when I say poor, I mean really poor. I don't
mean like if you make one hundred thousand dollars. Ain't
talking about like that. You're doing great, man, your life
is good. I think people that make one hundred thousand
dollars doing fine with your life. That's not what I'm saying,
So please don't misunderstand me. I'm talking about when you
(04:53):
don't have enough to eat, you can't put a roof
over your family's head, you can't get it to the store,
and then you got to do more. Man, you gotta
do more. But it's a cost for it, one way
or the other. I suggest though, if I look back
on it all, you have to find a way to
(05:16):
create a balance.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But the balance ain't gonna be even even. It's just
gotta be.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
You got to grind, you got to rest, You got
to grind, you got to rest, You got to grind,
you got to rest.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
If you just.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, grind, then
try to rest, the cost factor's gonna be greater. So
find the balance for yourself. I can't tell anybody what
that is, but there is a cost to being successful,
but there is a cost to not being successful, and
(05:51):
you have to decide which one of the costs you
have to pay. Now that's just real talk. You can
say it ain't so, but yes, it is. Ben't able
to provide for your family. That's a cost being able
to provide for your family. There is a cost. You
have to decide which cost you're willing to pay and
(06:11):
then find a balance in there. That's what I had
to discover. So those are my clothes remarks. That's it
for today. Hey listen, y'all, have a great day. Talk
to God today. He loved to hear from you. This
is Steve Harvey Morning to show this how we do
what you feel me? All right, everybody, we out of here.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
For all Steve Harvey contests, no purchase necessary, void we're prohibited.
Participants must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old,
unless otherwise stated. For complete contest rules, visit Steve Harvey
FM dot com. You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show
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