July 4, 2024 • 7 mins
Today in Closing Remarks, Steve makes a painfully honest statement. "Loyalty has an expiration date."
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Steve, here we are our last break of
the day.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's the last break of the day.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Yes it is.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It's been a good day though, a good day. Oh
you weren't. No, we're so used to it now. Okay,
we're so used to it now. Don't spoil us and
then try to take it away.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Well, Jay started and then he forgot high. I day.
That's what started.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
It's the last break of the day. Yeah, no, Jay, Jay,
that doesn't move us. But it's been a good Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Good Thursday.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yeah, look forward to Friday and.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Here we go. Let me do this. You know. I
try to say things that are encouraging the people in
my clothes, remarks to give you some uplift. But what
I want to tell you about is in your time
to success and in your desire to become happy. And
(01:08):
whatever success is to you, it doesn't matter to me.
Everybody has to define it for themselves, just like everybody
defines happiness for themselves. But if you're trying to build something,
if you're trying to get yourself together, if you're trying
to go places, I want to just put a couple
(01:30):
of things in your head. You've got to be conscious
of the people that you surround yourself with. You know,
you've all heard the old saying birds of a feather
flock together. Association brings on participation. This is just the
bottom line truth. Somebody told me one time, they said, Steve,
(01:54):
name your five closest friends. So I named them. Then
he said, describe them as people. And I described them,
and he said, thank you. He said, now I know
what I need to know about you. I said, what
do you mean by that? He said, If you name
your five closest friends and then you describe your five
(02:18):
closest friends, you have just given me an overall description
of you. Because you pick you actually get to choose
your friends, and you choose your friends for qualities that
you like about them. You become friends with people because
you have so many things in common. You don't have
friends where you have nothing in common. You wouldn't pick
(02:41):
them as your friend, would you. No, you wouldn't. And
so what happens is in that experiment he gave me,
I said, wow. So I started really taking inventory and
started thinking about the people that were around me. And
I discovered something, man, that was some people around me
that really weren't good for me. See, somebody sent me
(03:01):
this one time. He said, a dead battery can't jump
a dead battery. You gotta get away from people who
can't charge your spirit when you need a jump. Uh oh,
a dead battery can't jump a dead battery. Get away
from people who can't charge your spirit when you need
(03:22):
a jump. How many times, man, have you needed some uplift?
How many times have you needed a word of encouragement
and the person you turned to had nothing for you
but more of the same. You need some new people.
You can't build an empire when you surround yourself with
(03:44):
bulldozers waiting to tear you down. Surround yourself with people
who will give you bricks and mortar and build a
foundation for success. You got to really get com so
the people that surround you, because I'm telling y'all, man,
they play a role in your life. As long as
(04:05):
they are around you and you are welcoming them in,
they play a role in your life. And you may
not even have paid it any attention, but little bit
by little bit, they either take a piece or they
add a piece. So you've got to pay attention who's
around you, because you can't build an empire when you
surround yourself with bulldogs, with bulldozers waiting to tear you down,
(04:27):
surround yourself with people who give you bricks and mortar
and build a foundation for success. Check it. Just run
a check, y'all. Just do this. Just just run inventory.
Take a close look at the people you're associating yourself with.
And sometimes, man, you just stay friends with people just
(04:48):
a little bit too long, just a little bit too long,
because some people have stopped being your friend a long
time ago. But you're such a co ad minted person.
You're such a loyal person that you stay loyal to
them long after they stopped being loyal to you. Somebody
used to work for me taught me a valuable lesson,
(05:10):
and I never forgot it. He said, Oh gee, loyalty
has an expiration date. I was telling this to my
wife one time at Marjorie. She didn't like that, says
She's steeve. I don't like when you say that. And
we were talking and talking to it, and so there's
a few years went by. The other day I was
(05:31):
talking with Marjorie. She said, you know what, See, I
finally understand what you're saying. You're not saying that your
loyalty has an expiration date. What You've been trying to
tell me is people that I'm trying to stay loyal
to have oftentimes stopped being loyal to me. But because
(05:52):
I'm a kind person, I've tried to stay loyal to
them when they're loyal to for me expired a long
time ago. I said, that's all I'm saying. I'm not
talking to everybody. I'm telling you as a warning, be
conscious of the fact that loyalty has an expiration date,
(06:12):
and it usually ain't you, it's usually somebody else. Take
an inventory, make sure all the people who once were
loyal are still loyal. Make sure that everybody in your
life that's a battery can charge you up when your
spirit needs a jump. And make sure that the people
around you that you're trying to build an empire around
(06:35):
are not actually bulldozers trying to tear you down. Those
are my closing remarks. Y'all, have a great day for all.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Steve Every contests no purchase necessary, void were prohibited. Participants
must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old,
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FM dot com. You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
All right, Steve, here we are our last break of
the day.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
It's the last break of the day.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Yes it is.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:13):
It's been a good day though, a good day. Oh
you weren't. No, we're so used to it now. Okay,
we're so used to it now. Don't spoil us and
then try to take it away.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Well, Jay started and then he forgot high. I day.
That's what started.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
It's the last break of the day. Yeah, no, Jay, Jay,
that doesn't move us. But it's been a good Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Good Thursday.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yeah, look forward to Friday and.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Here we go. Let me do this. You know. I
try to say things that are encouraging the people in
my clothes, remarks to give you some uplift. But what
I want to tell you about is in your time
to success and in your desire to become happy. And
(01:08):
whatever success is to you, it doesn't matter to me.
Everybody has to define it for themselves, just like everybody
defines happiness for themselves. But if you're trying to build something,
if you're trying to get yourself together, if you're trying
to go places, I want to just put a couple
(01:30):
of things in your head. You've got to be conscious
of the people that you surround yourself with. You know,
you've all heard the old saying birds of a feather
flock together. Association brings on participation. This is just the
bottom line truth. Somebody told me one time, they said, Steve,
(01:54):
name your five closest friends. So I named them. Then
he said, describe them as people. And I described them,
and he said, thank you. He said, now I know
what I need to know about you. I said, what
do you mean by that? He said, If you name
your five closest friends and then you describe your five
(02:18):
closest friends, you have just given me an overall description
of you. Because you pick you actually get to choose
your friends, and you choose your friends for qualities that
you like about them. You become friends with people because
you have so many things in common. You don't have
friends where you have nothing in common. You wouldn't pick
(02:41):
them as your friend, would you. No, you wouldn't. And
so what happens is in that experiment he gave me,
I said, wow. So I started really taking inventory and
started thinking about the people that were around me. And
I discovered something, man, that was some people around me
that really weren't good for me. See, somebody sent me
(03:01):
this one time. He said, a dead battery can't jump
a dead battery. You gotta get away from people who
can't charge your spirit when you need a jump. Uh oh,
a dead battery can't jump a dead battery. Get away
from people who can't charge your spirit when you need
(03:22):
a jump. How many times, man, have you needed some uplift?
How many times have you needed a word of encouragement
and the person you turned to had nothing for you
but more of the same. You need some new people.
You can't build an empire when you surround yourself with
(03:44):
bulldozers waiting to tear you down. Surround yourself with people
who will give you bricks and mortar and build a
foundation for success. You got to really get com so
the people that surround you, because I'm telling y'all, man,
they play a role in your life. As long as
(04:05):
they are around you and you are welcoming them in,
they play a role in your life. And you may
not even have paid it any attention, but little bit
by little bit, they either take a piece or they
add a piece. So you've got to pay attention who's
around you, because you can't build an empire when you
surround yourself with bulldogs, with bulldozers waiting to tear you down,
(04:27):
surround yourself with people who give you bricks and mortar
and build a foundation for success. Check it. Just run
a check, y'all. Just do this. Just just run inventory.
Take a close look at the people you're associating yourself with.
And sometimes, man, you just stay friends with people just
(04:48):
a little bit too long, just a little bit too long,
because some people have stopped being your friend a long
time ago. But you're such a co ad minted person.
You're such a loyal person that you stay loyal to
them long after they stopped being loyal to you. Somebody
used to work for me taught me a valuable lesson,
(05:10):
and I never forgot it. He said, Oh gee, loyalty
has an expiration date. I was telling this to my
wife one time at Marjorie. She didn't like that, says
She's steeve. I don't like when you say that. And
we were talking and talking to it, and so there's
a few years went by. The other day I was
(05:31):
talking with Marjorie. She said, you know what, See, I
finally understand what you're saying. You're not saying that your
loyalty has an expiration date. What You've been trying to
tell me is people that I'm trying to stay loyal
to have oftentimes stopped being loyal to me. But because
(05:52):
I'm a kind person, I've tried to stay loyal to
them when they're loyal to for me expired a long
time ago. I said, that's all I'm saying. I'm not
talking to everybody. I'm telling you as a warning, be
conscious of the fact that loyalty has an expiration date,
(06:12):
and it usually ain't you, it's usually somebody else. Take
an inventory, make sure all the people who once were
loyal are still loyal. Make sure that everybody in your
life that's a battery can charge you up when your
spirit needs a jump. And make sure that the people
around you that you're trying to build an empire around
(06:35):
are not actually bulldozers trying to tear you down. Those
are my closing remarks. Y'all, have a great day for all.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Steve Every contests no purchase necessary, void were 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 to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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