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Speaker 1 (00:04):
I sure will. Good morning, everybody. You are listening to
The Voice. Come on, dig me now. One and only
Steve Harvey. Got a radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
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 a word that people use to describe
sometimes trying. But what I found out about trying is
(00:36):
trying is just a noble way of saying you didn't
get it done.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I tried.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
And then everybody go, well, he tried. That was the best. Well,
that's not exactly true, though. That's not exactly true, you all.
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 got to
(01:06):
tell you, to attempt something, you're going to 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 going to get it done.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I'm going to try. What try does is it allows
you to fail.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
It's the person that has the mindset that I'm going
to get it done is the person who changes the
complexion of things. I'm going to get it done is
very different than I'm going to try. You know, look, man,
I know this sounds a little harsh, but you got
to stop feeding yourself these little old wise sayings that ain't.
(01:50):
It was a valiant try. 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. Steve,
you're backpedaling. No, listen to me close. You have to
put forth an effort to to allow God to put
his finger on something to bless on your behalf. You
(02:27):
must start to attempt. Now, in saying getting it done
and I'm going to try, that's a different of two
different faiths to me. I'm just talking about me now.
You may be different, so I can't say this about you,
but I can say this about me.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
If I say I'm going to get it done, I
have a lot of faith in it.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
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. If you're not familiar with this
very simple thing. And so I said, man, I'd like
(03:14):
to give that a try. 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.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I just wanted to try it because I thought it
looked cool.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
And always wanted to get it done. Well, I failed twice.
I threw a stone completely into the other lane. I
lost that little ice shoe. It shot out mundo 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
(03:54):
up after I fail, after I threw that stone in
the other lane, after I shot my shoe down all
the way to the bottom side, the little ice.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Shoe they give you, I never would did it. But
because I was trying.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
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.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
All of a sudden, my trying became something.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Now, had I stayed out there and it wasn't so
cold and I went.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Back week after week after week after week, 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.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Might not be the best.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
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 going to get it done, just
go out there and get started. You know, learn from
every attempt that you make. See, don't quit writing yourself
off as a failure every time something don't go right.
(05:03):
When I fell 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 other dudes out here curl,
little kids out here curling.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Hold up, partner. You know, man.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
So I learned when I threw that stone on the
other ice, when I fell, 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 going to get this stone in that circle. I'm
going to get this stone in this circle. And guess what?
(05:37):
I got it done. Now, what you're saying to me, Steve,
I'm saying to you that you got to 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.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
What?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Bless you where? Bless you how?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Stop basing your results on what you're thinking. You got
to think higher. You get God in your life, man.
He allows you to think higher, bigger, better, more. I'm
sitting up here in my debt. I came up with
a plan to get out of debt in five years.
I came up with this plan, right? I was sitting
up and I was.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Tripping on it.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Now I said, wait a minute, man, hold up. This
is what I came up with. I said, God, created
heaven and earth, all of it. The mountains, the sky,
the valleys, the oceans, trees, the birds, the Indian ocean,
all of it, made all of it in six days.
(06:36):
And then he rested on the seventh. 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 it going to take God five years to
(06:57):
get me out of debt? And he made heaven and
earth in six days. You're the math here, 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 going to take some faith and faith going
to take some effort on your part, man. Get out
(07:18):
and do something, man. You got to bless you a
little bit and he give you a little bit more courage.
And then all them attempts you making is gone and
all this. So I try, you know what that turned into?
I'm going to get it done. 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 can try to pay your
(07:40):
rent or you can get it done. Now, how long
do you think you're going to stay in that house trying?
You've 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 it
and bless it for you, the most stuff he can
do for you. Quit looking around at what everybody else
got and go and get some of it for yourself, okay?
Speaker 2 (07:57):
All right. You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
I sure will. Good morning, everybody. You are listening to
The Voice. Come on, dig me now. One and only
Steve Harvey. Got a radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
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 a word that people use to describe
sometimes trying. But what I found out about trying is
(00:36):
trying is just a noble way of saying you didn't
get it done.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I tried.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
And then everybody go, well, he tried. That was the best. Well,
that's not exactly true, though. That's not exactly true, you all.
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 got to
(01:06):
tell you, to attempt something, you're going to 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 going to get it done.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I'm going to try. What try does is it allows
you to fail.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
It's the person that has the mindset that I'm going
to get it done is the person who changes the
complexion of things. I'm going to get it done is
very different than I'm going to try. You know, look, man,
I know this sounds a little harsh, but you got
to stop feeding yourself these little old wise sayings that ain't.
(01:50):
It was a valiant try. 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. Steve,
you're backpedaling. No, listen to me close. You have to
put forth an effort to to allow God to put
his finger on something to bless on your behalf. You
(02:27):
must start to attempt. Now, in saying getting it done
and I'm going to try, that's a different of two
different faiths to me. I'm just talking about me now.
You may be different, so I can't say this about you,
but I can say this about me.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
If I say I'm going to get it done, I
have a lot of faith in it.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
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. If you're not familiar with this
very simple thing. And so I said, man, I'd like
(03:14):
to give that a try. 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.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I just wanted to try it because I thought it
looked cool.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
And always wanted to get it done. Well, I failed twice.
I threw a stone completely into the other lane. I
lost that little ice shoe. It shot out mundo 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
(03:54):
up after I fail, after I threw that stone in
the other lane, after I shot my shoe down all
the way to the bottom side, the little ice.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Shoe they give you, I never would did it. But
because I was trying.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
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.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
All of a sudden, my trying became something.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Now, had I stayed out there and it wasn't so
cold and I went.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Back week after week after week after week, 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.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Might not be the best.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
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 going to get it done, just
go out there and get started. You know, learn from
every attempt that you make. See, don't quit writing yourself
off as a failure every time something don't go right.
(05:03):
When I fell 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 other dudes out here curl,
little kids out here curling.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Hold up, partner. You know, man.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
So I learned when I threw that stone on the
other ice, when I fell, 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 going to get this stone in that circle. I'm
going to get this stone in this circle. And guess what?
(05:37):
I got it done. Now, what you're saying to me, Steve,
I'm saying to you that you got to 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.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
What?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Bless you where? Bless you how?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Stop basing your results on what you're thinking. You got
to think higher. You get God in your life, man.
He allows you to think higher, bigger, better, more. I'm
sitting up here in my debt. I came up with
a plan to get out of debt in five years.
I came up with this plan, right? I was sitting
up and I was.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Tripping on it.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Now I said, wait a minute, man, hold up. This
is what I came up with. I said, God, created
heaven and earth, all of it. The mountains, the sky,
the valleys, the oceans, trees, the birds, the Indian ocean,
all of it, made all of it in six days.
(06:36):
And then he rested on the seventh. 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 it going to take God five years to
(06:57):
get me out of debt? And he made heaven and
earth in six days. You're the math here, 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 going to take some faith and faith going
to take some effort on your part, man. Get out
(07:18):
and do something, man. You got to bless you a
little bit and he give you a little bit more courage.
And then all them attempts you making is gone and
all this. So I try, you know what that turned into?
I'm going to get it done. 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 can try to pay your
(07:40):
rent or you can get it done. Now, how long
do you think you're going to stay in that house trying?
You've 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 it
and bless it for you, the most stuff he can
do for you. Quit looking around at what everybody else
got and go and get some of it for yourself, okay?
Speaker 2 (07:57):
All right. You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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