November 21, 2025 • 8 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on, huh, I sure will.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
A good morning everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
You all listening to the voice, come on, dig me now,
one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Okay,
today is simple. I want to tell you. I want
to just talk to you about effort today. Just about effort.
You know, it's it's it's it's a word that people
(00:30):
use to describe sometimes trying. But what I found out
about trying is trying is just a noble way of
saying you didn't get it done. I tried when and
then everybody go, well, he tried, that was the best.
Well that's that's not exactly true, though, that that's that's
(00:53):
not exactly true. You are and I want to talk
to you about that because I don't want you to
be one of the people who just tried. See trying,
I mean, I gotta tell you to attempt something, You're
gonna have to first try, But I want you to
change your mindset from trying to getting it done.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
See, that's a big difference.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I'm really more apt to listen to the person that
says to me, I'm gonna get it done. I'm gonna try.
What try does is it allows you to fail. It's
the person that has the mindset that I'm gonna get
it done. It's the person who changes the complexion of things.
I'm gonna get it done. It's very different than I'm
gonna try.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Look, man, I know this sounds a little harsh, but
you gotta stop feeding yourself these little old wise sayings
that ain't it was a valiant tried. Hey man, you
talk to anybody that took second place in the super
Bowl and see how they feel about their valiant try.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
The only way.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
To gain God's real blessings is you have to try something.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Steve backpeddling, Now, listen to me close.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
You have to put forth an effort to allow God
to put his finger on something to bless on your behalf.
You must start to attempt now insaying getting it done
and I'm gonna try. That's a different of two different faiths.
(02:36):
To me, I'm just talking about me.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Now. You may be different. So I can't say this
about you, but I can say this about me.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
If I say I'm gonna get it done, I have
a lot of faith in it. I Am going to
get it done because I just don't see failure as
an option. A lot of times Now, if somebody says
to me, like the Olympic team invited me out to
curl one day, which is throw these stones on the ice,
(03:08):
if you're not familiar with this very simple thing, and
so I said, man.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I'd like to give that a try.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I went in full well knowing I may not come
away from this little curling lesson as a person who
could make the Olympic team. I just wanted to try
it because I thought it looked cool and always wanted
to get it done. When I failed twice, I threw
a stone completely into the other lane. I lost that
(03:40):
little ice shoe. It shot out under me. But you
know what, I kept trying though. I kept trying until
I got four of them stones in that circle right
where I aim. But now had I given up after
I failed, after I threw that stone in the other lane,
after I shot my shoe down all the way to
(04:02):
the bottom side the little ice shoe they give you, I.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Never did it.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
But because I was trying, something got me together a
little bit because of my effort, and it caused me
not to fall the next time, not to throw it
in the other lane, not to shoot my shoe to
the back of the wall. All of a sudden, my
trying became something. Now had I stayed out there and
it wasn't so cold, and I went back week after
(04:28):
week after week after week.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I promise you I could get it done.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I could at least know how to compete in a
game of curling. Might not be the best, I might
not win the championship, but I could have got it
done to the point where I could have competed in
a game of curling. So sometimes if you're scared to
say I'm gonna get it done, just go out there
and get started. You know, learn from every attempt that
(04:57):
you make. See, don't quit writing your self off as
a failure every time something don't go right. And when
I fail on that ice, I could have said, man,
I can't curl, But hold up, man, I'm watching four
other women out here curl, four of the dudes out
here curling, little kids out here curling.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Hold up, Pardner, you know, man.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
So I learned when I threw that stone on the
other ice, when I when I failed, when when my
shoe shot off, I learned from every attempt a little
bit more about it. And then I said to myself
one point in time, man, I'm gonna get this stone
in that circle. I'm gonna get this stone in this circle.
(05:36):
And guess what I got it done. Now what you're
saying to me, Steve, I'm saying to you that you
gotta get started, that you got to put forth an effort.
Give God something to bless Oh God, bless me, Oh God,
bless me.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Bless you? What? Bless you? Where? Bless you? How?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Stop basing your results on what you're thinking. You gotta
think higher you get in your life, man, He allows
you to think higher, bigger, better more. I was sitting
up in my debt. I came up with a plan
to get out of debt in five years. I came
up with this plan right that was sitting up and
I was tripping on it. Now, I said, wait a minute, man,
(06:15):
hold up, this is what I came up with.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I said.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
God created heaven in earth, all of it, the mountains,
the sky, the valleys, the oceans, trees, the birds.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
The Indian Ocean, all of it.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Made all of it in six days, and then he
rested on the seven So why am I taking to
God the five year plan? If he can create heaven
and earth in six days, why am I walking in
there talking about help me in five years? How is
(06:54):
it gonna take God five years to getting me out
of debt? And he made heaven and earth in six
days through the math. Hell, man, I ain't that big.
You ain't that big. You ain't in that much trouble.
I ain't in that much trouble. See, God got a
way of showing you some things, man, but it's gonna
take some faith, and faith gonna take some effort on
(07:17):
your part.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Man, get out and do something. Man, you God'll bless.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
You a little bit, and he give you a little
bit more courage, and then all them attempts you making
is gonna and all this so I'll try.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
You know what that turned into. I'm gonna get it done.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
And at the end of the day, that's what you
have to do, because trying to pay your rent and
not paying your rent is two different things. You could
you can try to play your pay your rent, or
you can get it done. Now how long you think
you gonna stay in that house trying? You got to
go with the mindset of getting it done. And if
you can put some stuff out there and give God
a chance to put his finger on and bless it
(07:51):
for you, the most stuff he can do for you.
Quit looking around what everybody else got, and gonna get
some of it for yourself.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Okay, all right here, listen, it's the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Come on, huh, I sure will.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
A good morning everybody.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
You all listening to the voice, come on, dig me now,
one and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Okay,
today is simple. I want to tell you. I want
to just talk to you about effort today. Just about effort.
You know, it's it's it's it's a word that people
(00:30):
use to describe sometimes trying. But what I found out
about trying is trying is just a noble way of
saying you didn't get it done. I tried when and
then everybody go, well, he tried, that was the best.
Well that's that's not exactly true, though, that that's that's
(00:53):
not exactly true. You are and I want to talk
to you about that because I don't want you to
be one of the people who just tried. See trying,
I mean, I gotta tell you to attempt something, You're
gonna have to first try, But I want you to
change your mindset from trying to getting it done.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
See, that's a big difference.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I'm really more apt to listen to the person that
says to me, I'm gonna get it done. I'm gonna try.
What try does is it allows you to fail. It's
the person that has the mindset that I'm gonna get
it done. It's the person who changes the complexion of things.
I'm gonna get it done. It's very different than I'm
gonna try.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Look, man, I know this sounds a little harsh, but
you gotta stop feeding yourself these little old wise sayings
that ain't it was a valiant tried. Hey man, you
talk to anybody that took second place in the super
Bowl and see how they feel about their valiant try.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
The only way.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
To gain God's real blessings is you have to try something.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Steve backpeddling, Now, listen to me close.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
You have to put forth an effort to allow God
to put his finger on something to bless on your behalf.
You must start to attempt now insaying getting it done
and I'm gonna try. That's a different of two different faiths.
(02:36):
To me, I'm just talking about me.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Now. You may be different. So I can't say this
about you, but I can say this about me.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
If I say I'm gonna get it done, I have
a lot of faith in it. I Am going to
get it done because I just don't see failure as
an option. A lot of times Now, if somebody says
to me, like the Olympic team invited me out to
curl one day, which is throw these stones on the ice,
(03:08):
if you're not familiar with this very simple thing, and
so I said, man.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I'd like to give that a try.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I went in full well knowing I may not come
away from this little curling lesson as a person who
could make the Olympic team. I just wanted to try
it because I thought it looked cool and always wanted
to get it done. When I failed twice, I threw
a stone completely into the other lane. I lost that
(03:40):
little ice shoe. It shot out under me. But you
know what, I kept trying though. I kept trying until
I got four of them stones in that circle right
where I aim. But now had I given up after
I failed, after I threw that stone in the other lane,
after I shot my shoe down all the way to
(04:02):
the bottom side the little ice shoe they give you, I.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Never did it.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
But because I was trying, something got me together a
little bit because of my effort, and it caused me
not to fall the next time, not to throw it
in the other lane, not to shoot my shoe to
the back of the wall. All of a sudden, my
trying became something. Now had I stayed out there and
it wasn't so cold, and I went back week after
(04:28):
week after week after week.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I promise you I could get it done.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I could at least know how to compete in a
game of curling. Might not be the best, I might
not win the championship, but I could have got it
done to the point where I could have competed in
a game of curling. So sometimes if you're scared to
say I'm gonna get it done, just go out there
and get started. You know, learn from every attempt that
(04:57):
you make. See, don't quit writing your self off as
a failure every time something don't go right. And when
I fail on that ice, I could have said, man,
I can't curl, But hold up, man, I'm watching four
other women out here curl, four of the dudes out
here curling, little kids out here curling.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Hold up, Pardner, you know, man.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
So I learned when I threw that stone on the
other ice, when I when I failed, when when my
shoe shot off, I learned from every attempt a little
bit more about it. And then I said to myself
one point in time, man, I'm gonna get this stone
in that circle. I'm gonna get this stone in this circle.
(05:36):
And guess what I got it done. Now what you're
saying to me, Steve, I'm saying to you that you
gotta get started, that you got to put forth an effort.
Give God something to bless Oh God, bless me, Oh God,
bless me.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Bless you? What? Bless you? Where? Bless you? How?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Stop basing your results on what you're thinking. You gotta
think higher you get in your life, man, He allows
you to think higher, bigger, better more. I was sitting
up in my debt. I came up with a plan
to get out of debt in five years. I came
up with this plan right that was sitting up and
I was tripping on it. Now, I said, wait a minute, man,
(06:15):
hold up, this is what I came up with.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I said.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
God created heaven in earth, all of it, the mountains,
the sky, the valleys, the oceans, trees, the birds.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
The Indian Ocean, all of it.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Made all of it in six days, and then he
rested on the seven So why am I taking to
God the five year plan? If he can create heaven
and earth in six days, why am I walking in
there talking about help me in five years? How is
(06:54):
it gonna take God five years to getting me out
of debt? And he made heaven and earth in six
days through the math. Hell, man, I ain't that big.
You ain't that big. You ain't in that much trouble.
I ain't in that much trouble. See, God got a
way of showing you some things, man, but it's gonna
take some faith, and faith gonna take some effort on
(07:17):
your part.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Man, get out and do something. Man, you God'll bless.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
You a little bit, and he give you a little
bit more courage, and then all them attempts you making
is gonna and all this so I'll try.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
You know what that turned into. I'm gonna get it done.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
And at the end of the day, that's what you
have to do, because trying to pay your rent and
not paying your rent is two different things. You could
you can try to play your pay your rent, or
you can get it done. Now how long you think
you gonna stay in that house trying? You got to
go with the mindset of getting it done. And if
you can put some stuff out there and give God
a chance to put his finger on and bless it
(07:51):
for you, the most stuff he can do for you.
Quit looking around what everybody else got, and gonna get
some of it for yourself.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Okay, all right here, listen, it's the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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