November 29, 2023 • 6 mins
Today in Closing Remarks, Steve gives us his take on new year resolutions and goals.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, guys, it's time for us to close things out.
It's our last break of the day. And before we
get out of here, Steve, I know you have some
closing remarks for us.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Surely enlighten U. I'd like for you to read that
little story you read earlier today.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
All right, it says, go small with your goals. The
holidays have only just started, but people are already thinking
about their New year's goals, and this year it's all
about going small. Seventy five percent of people make at
least one resolution a year, but a new survey found
that respondents would rather kick off their goals gradually than
(00:35):
just jump into them head first, and almost half of
those surveyed also said that they'd rather concentrate on long
term goals, with twenty seven percent saying they wanted to
focus on short term ones. So earlier in the show,
Steve I asked you, since you're a motivational speaker, do
you agree with that?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
What do you think? And I said one hundred percent.
I do not listen to me, folks. Stop listening to
people who are not where you're trying to go. Stop
listening to people who are not supportive of your visions,
(01:13):
of your dreams, of your goals. If you meet a
person that's constantly trying to short side what you're telling them,
and when it comes to your ambitions and your dreams,
you are talking to the wrong person. You have got
to surround yourself with like minded people. It is a
(01:35):
horrible thing when I hear statistics like these telling people
to think small, have smaller goals. That makes no sense
at all. It don't make no sense. First of all,
just as a person of faith, Just as a person
of faith as many of you are, Why would you
short God? Why would you think that God has some
(02:00):
form of limitations. You either believe that God can do
anything but fail or you don't. But man, don't head
your own bet. Why would you do that? You know?
The saying is aim for the moon. In case you miss,
you'll still be amongst the stars. That's why you aim.
How you do set that set that weight gold in
(02:22):
the new year. I'm gonna lose twenty pounds, I'm gonna
lose fifteen, I'm gonna use thirty pounds. Well, set that number.
That's the only way to achieve it. The Bible says,
a man is as he thinketh If you think small,
guess what you gonna be small? You cannot be big
thinking small. I'm sorry that to think. If you let
(02:43):
anybody tell you to think small, they're doing you a disservice. Folks,
they're doing you a serious disservice. And it's amazing, man,
how many people get away with this and then they
come up with statistics. Seventy five percent of the people
say they gonna lord their expectations, half of them don't
ever accomplish their expectations, and twenty seven percent say they
(03:07):
want to start off with short term goals. Okay, do
you know what I've always wanted to be in my life?
I wanted to be in the five percent of club
because those were the people who seen be doing the
most to me. And I'm not talking in terms of
just money. I'm talking about in terms of using your
mental capacity to its highest level. Okay, let me share
(03:29):
a statistic with you that I learned a long time ago.
Five percent of the people make ninety five percent of
the money in this world. This is just a stat
I learned. You may find something that says something else.
I don't care. I'm just telling you what I learned.
It was somebody bought it up one day and I
just kind of memorized it. Five percent of the people
(03:50):
in this world make ninety five percent of the money.
Then I learned another statistic that the average person when
he died, only uses five percent of their total mental capacity,
and they die with ninety five percent of their mental
(04:10):
capacity never ever being tapped into. So I got to
thinking one day. I said, if five percent of the
people in this world make ninety five percent of the money,
and ninety five percent of the people in this world
die only using five percent of their brain power, then
(04:32):
I went to start thinking. I said, well, man, I
need to start using more my brain power so I
could get in the upper percentage. But if you don't
make it to the five percent, let's just make Let's
say you make it to the twenty percent. Why not
aim for the five because if you miss, you can
still be in the top twenty. See to think small,
it serves you no purpose. It just doesn't folks, And
(04:54):
be careful listening to people who prescribe to that type
of thinking, because it's not gonna get you where you
want to be. Because you gotta aim big, You gotta
think big, You gotta aim strong. You gotta aim tall,
because there's gonna be some challenges along the way. There's
gonna be some setbacks along the way. And on this journey, man,
(05:15):
as you get hit with this thing called life, you
got to have aimed in a way so when you
get knocked down, you ain't all the way down. Get
back up and get yourself back together and get on track.
And please, man, stop listening to people. I wish I
knew who wrote this, because I can tell you one thing.
(05:37):
I bet the person that wrote this thing that Shirley
read today is not who you want to be. I
promise you it's not. Because he does set up here
and got himself a bunch of statistics together to justify
why he is where he is when I don't want
a statistic to prove to me why I could fail.
That's like people always talking about, Man, you gonna just
jump out there in the comedy. You need a plan
(05:58):
be no no plan B. Everybody I know catch up
something with you. Everybody and I know that had a
plan B had to use it. Everybody everybody I know
that filled out a prenup had to use it. Because
if you make any preparation for failure. That's exactly what's
(06:19):
gonna happen. I ain't never met a couple had of
prenup that didn't use it ever. Think about that for
a minute. Think about that for a minute, y'all dream
big man. Don't little body stop. Y'all have a great
day to day. Talk to God. He'd absolutely love to
hear from you, and I'm pretty sure he'll tell you
to thank Big because God can do anything. Come on, boys.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
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Participants must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old,
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All right, guys, it's time for us to close things out.
It's our last break of the day. And before we
get out of here, Steve, I know you have some
closing remarks for us.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Surely enlighten U. I'd like for you to read that
little story you read earlier today.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
All right, it says, go small with your goals. The
holidays have only just started, but people are already thinking
about their New year's goals, and this year it's all
about going small. Seventy five percent of people make at
least one resolution a year, but a new survey found
that respondents would rather kick off their goals gradually than
(00:35):
just jump into them head first, and almost half of
those surveyed also said that they'd rather concentrate on long
term goals, with twenty seven percent saying they wanted to
focus on short term ones. So earlier in the show,
Steve I asked you, since you're a motivational speaker, do
you agree with that?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
What do you think? And I said one hundred percent.
I do not listen to me, folks. Stop listening to
people who are not where you're trying to go. Stop
listening to people who are not supportive of your visions,
(01:13):
of your dreams, of your goals. If you meet a
person that's constantly trying to short side what you're telling them,
and when it comes to your ambitions and your dreams,
you are talking to the wrong person. You have got
to surround yourself with like minded people. It is a
(01:35):
horrible thing when I hear statistics like these telling people
to think small, have smaller goals. That makes no sense
at all. It don't make no sense. First of all,
just as a person of faith, Just as a person
of faith as many of you are, Why would you
short God? Why would you think that God has some
(02:00):
form of limitations. You either believe that God can do
anything but fail or you don't. But man, don't head
your own bet. Why would you do that? You know?
The saying is aim for the moon. In case you miss,
you'll still be amongst the stars. That's why you aim.
How you do set that set that weight gold in
(02:22):
the new year. I'm gonna lose twenty pounds, I'm gonna
lose fifteen, I'm gonna use thirty pounds. Well, set that number.
That's the only way to achieve it. The Bible says,
a man is as he thinketh If you think small,
guess what you gonna be small? You cannot be big
thinking small. I'm sorry that to think. If you let
(02:43):
anybody tell you to think small, they're doing you a disservice. Folks,
they're doing you a serious disservice. And it's amazing, man,
how many people get away with this and then they
come up with statistics. Seventy five percent of the people
say they gonna lord their expectations, half of them don't
ever accomplish their expectations, and twenty seven percent say they
(03:07):
want to start off with short term goals. Okay, do
you know what I've always wanted to be in my life?
I wanted to be in the five percent of club
because those were the people who seen be doing the
most to me. And I'm not talking in terms of
just money. I'm talking about in terms of using your
mental capacity to its highest level. Okay, let me share
(03:29):
a statistic with you that I learned a long time ago.
Five percent of the people make ninety five percent of
the money in this world. This is just a stat
I learned. You may find something that says something else.
I don't care. I'm just telling you what I learned.
It was somebody bought it up one day and I
just kind of memorized it. Five percent of the people
(03:50):
in this world make ninety five percent of the money.
Then I learned another statistic that the average person when
he died, only uses five percent of their total mental capacity,
and they die with ninety five percent of their mental
(04:10):
capacity never ever being tapped into. So I got to
thinking one day. I said, if five percent of the
people in this world make ninety five percent of the money,
and ninety five percent of the people in this world
die only using five percent of their brain power, then
(04:32):
I went to start thinking. I said, well, man, I
need to start using more my brain power so I
could get in the upper percentage. But if you don't
make it to the five percent, let's just make Let's
say you make it to the twenty percent. Why not
aim for the five because if you miss, you can
still be in the top twenty. See to think small,
it serves you no purpose. It just doesn't folks, And
(04:54):
be careful listening to people who prescribe to that type
of thinking, because it's not gonna get you where you
want to be. Because you gotta aim big, You gotta
think big, You gotta aim strong. You gotta aim tall,
because there's gonna be some challenges along the way. There's
gonna be some setbacks along the way. And on this journey, man,
(05:15):
as you get hit with this thing called life, you
got to have aimed in a way so when you
get knocked down, you ain't all the way down. Get
back up and get yourself back together and get on track.
And please, man, stop listening to people. I wish I
knew who wrote this, because I can tell you one thing.
(05:37):
I bet the person that wrote this thing that Shirley
read today is not who you want to be. I
promise you it's not. Because he does set up here
and got himself a bunch of statistics together to justify
why he is where he is when I don't want
a statistic to prove to me why I could fail.
That's like people always talking about, Man, you gonna just
jump out there in the comedy. You need a plan
(05:58):
be no no plan B. Everybody I know catch up
something with you. Everybody and I know that had a
plan B had to use it. Everybody everybody I know
that filled out a prenup had to use it. Because
if you make any preparation for failure. That's exactly what's
(06:19):
gonna happen. I ain't never met a couple had of
prenup that didn't use it ever. Think about that for
a minute. Think about that for a minute, y'all dream
big man. Don't little body stop. Y'all have a great
day to day. Talk to God. He'd absolutely love to
hear from you, and I'm pretty sure he'll tell you
to thank Big because God can do anything. Come on, boys.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
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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