July 23, 2021 • 7 mins
Today in Closing Remarks, Steve reminds us of what success really is.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, guys, here we are at the end of
the day for our Yeah, it's the last break of
the day, A long work of week, a long work
of week that we put in, and here we are
now we can rest on our laurels. I'm all the
work we did through the entire week. You come here
so less that you don't even know that the phrase
(00:22):
ain't a long work of week. It's a long week
of work, and maybe came more often. You know the
order in which the slogan is said. But you want
to come in on the back end of the damn week,
so you don't know what the hell the work was.
But I'm I can just say this, I'm just as tired.
I'm just as tired. Wow, from from what Jay I
(00:48):
mean as well, it worked all week, I might as
well because I'm just a damn tired. Wow, ain't you Saturday? Y'all?
Let me say this to you as a closer remark.
I don't know how long I can talk on this subject,
(01:09):
but I try to feel some time. Hire. But you
can't afford not to chase your dreams. You can't afford
not to chase your dreams. I know exactly how it
(01:31):
feels to want something, to not know how to go
about attaining it, but yet and still still wanted. I
know what that feels like. I know what it feels
like to have an idea of how to get it,
but it seems so far away that it seems like
you ain't gonna ever get there. I know exactly what
(01:51):
that feels like. I know what it feels like to
have no idea whatsoever, what to do next, what's my move?
What should I do? I understand exactly how that feels.
I understand exactly what it feels like to want to
chase something and have no idea what the chase should
(02:12):
be about. Okay, so I'm clear on all those fronts.
I gotta tell you something. You do know, you really do.
You've just given up on the hope of it. You've
just stopped the pursuit of you stop thinking that it
could possibly be a reality. But you do know what
(02:33):
you want to chase. You do know what you could
be if there was no way for you to fail,
what would you be? You know exactly what that is.
But what you can't do is you can't life. You
can't let this thing called life beat you up and
make you give up or stop the pursuit of it,
because I have news for you. This thing called life
(02:54):
is gonna keep on coming. It's never ending. It's a
learning it experience until you leave this world, all of us,
no matter who you are, no matter what placed you
in in life. The Bible says, a man without a
dream or vision show perish. We are all in pursuit
of something or should be, And if you're not, you
(03:17):
need to be. You cannot afford not to chase your dreams.
Because what's the alternative of not chasing your dreams? What
is that? Man? What is this settling for mediocrity? What
is that about? What is just going along with it
(03:37):
and seeing how I go? What is that about? Or
should I ask you the question? How does that feel?
But then again I can relate because I know how
that feels too. I would rather chase my dreams and
be on the constant hunt for them than to never
ever expose myself to them, never ever pursue them, and
(04:01):
wonder what should or would have could have been my
whole life. I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna get
after it, and I'm asking you to do the same.
Get after it. You ain't got to want to be rich.
That don't ever have to be your dreams. Maybe you
just want to have a better life. Maybe you just
want to be able to take care of the necessities
in life. Okay, cool, I got that. Maybe you can't
(04:24):
see nothing else for yourself, but you see something for yourself,
and you got to start the pursuit of it. Come on, y'all.
Success is not fame or money. Success is living in
your God giving gift to its fullets. That's what success
he is. Success ain't how far you've come, but how
(04:45):
far you've come from where you started. That's what success is.
A lot of you have experienced success, but you're so
wrapped up in where you not that you forgot where
you started from, and that where you are such a
big jump from where you was that you don't forgot that. Hey,
my friend, you are already successful. So sometimes you got
to stop and give yourself a little handclap. Now, every
(05:07):
now and then, you got to stop and pat yourself
on the back, because I got you may not be
where you want to be, but how about the fact
that you ain't where you was? Now, I'm asking you,
I'm imploring you, and I'm there. I'm asking you to
consider this now. It don't make no sense not to
chase your dreams. It don't make no sense to be
(05:28):
mediocre when you could be something else. Look, you ain't
got to be Oprah. You ain't got to be Michael Jordan.
You ain't got to be Tiger. You ain't got to
be Michelle Obama. You ain't got to be but Rock.
You ain't got to be none of them people. But
how about if you just turned yourself into best you
that you could be? Man? Do you understand the gratification
(05:52):
that comes with that? Do you understand the warmth that
you would have just to be able just to take
your kids shopping every now and then to the mall Fellas,
just to be able to take your family to McDonald's,
down to the playground area, you know, let your kids
do something like that. It ain't gotta be something spectacler,
(06:14):
make small, intricate goals, reach them inch by inch. Anything's
a cinch. But in the meantime you need to start
thinking about that big pitch of them dreams. It don't
make no sense not to chase your dreams, because being
mediocre it ain't no way to live. I would have
done it. It ain't no way to live. All right, now,
talk to God about all of this, Get some help,
(06:35):
get some counseling. We'll see y'all. To mall, talk to God.
He'd love to hear from you. Bye for all. Steve
Every Contests no purchase necessary, void where prohibited. Participants must
(06:56):
be legal US residence at least eighteen years old, unless
otherwise stated. For complete contest rules, visit Steve HARVEYFM dot com.
You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
All right, guys, here we are at the end of
the day for our Yeah, it's the last break of
the day, A long work of week, a long work
of week that we put in, and here we are
now we can rest on our laurels. I'm all the
work we did through the entire week. You come here
so less that you don't even know that the phrase
(00:22):
ain't a long work of week. It's a long week
of work, and maybe came more often. You know the
order in which the slogan is said. But you want
to come in on the back end of the damn week,
so you don't know what the hell the work was.
But I'm I can just say this, I'm just as tired.
I'm just as tired. Wow, from from what Jay I
(00:48):
mean as well, it worked all week, I might as
well because I'm just a damn tired. Wow, ain't you Saturday? Y'all?
Let me say this to you as a closer remark.
I don't know how long I can talk on this subject,
(01:09):
but I try to feel some time. Hire. But you
can't afford not to chase your dreams. You can't afford
not to chase your dreams. I know exactly how it
(01:31):
feels to want something, to not know how to go
about attaining it, but yet and still still wanted. I
know what that feels like. I know what it feels
like to have an idea of how to get it,
but it seems so far away that it seems like
you ain't gonna ever get there. I know exactly what
(01:51):
that feels like. I know what it feels like to
have no idea whatsoever, what to do next, what's my move?
What should I do? I understand exactly how that feels.
I understand exactly what it feels like to want to
chase something and have no idea what the chase should
(02:12):
be about. Okay, so I'm clear on all those fronts.
I gotta tell you something. You do know, you really do.
You've just given up on the hope of it. You've
just stopped the pursuit of you stop thinking that it
could possibly be a reality. But you do know what
(02:33):
you want to chase. You do know what you could
be if there was no way for you to fail,
what would you be? You know exactly what that is.
But what you can't do is you can't life. You
can't let this thing called life beat you up and
make you give up or stop the pursuit of it,
because I have news for you. This thing called life
(02:54):
is gonna keep on coming. It's never ending. It's a
learning it experience until you leave this world, all of us,
no matter who you are, no matter what placed you
in in life. The Bible says, a man without a
dream or vision show perish. We are all in pursuit
of something or should be, And if you're not, you
(03:17):
need to be. You cannot afford not to chase your dreams.
Because what's the alternative of not chasing your dreams? What
is that? Man? What is this settling for mediocrity? What
is that about? What is just going along with it
(03:37):
and seeing how I go? What is that about? Or
should I ask you the question? How does that feel?
But then again I can relate because I know how
that feels too. I would rather chase my dreams and
be on the constant hunt for them than to never
ever expose myself to them, never ever pursue them, and
(04:01):
wonder what should or would have could have been my
whole life. I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna get
after it, and I'm asking you to do the same.
Get after it. You ain't got to want to be rich.
That don't ever have to be your dreams. Maybe you
just want to have a better life. Maybe you just
want to be able to take care of the necessities
in life. Okay, cool, I got that. Maybe you can't
(04:24):
see nothing else for yourself, but you see something for yourself,
and you got to start the pursuit of it. Come on, y'all.
Success is not fame or money. Success is living in
your God giving gift to its fullets. That's what success
he is. Success ain't how far you've come, but how
(04:45):
far you've come from where you started. That's what success is.
A lot of you have experienced success, but you're so
wrapped up in where you not that you forgot where
you started from, and that where you are such a
big jump from where you was that you don't forgot that. Hey,
my friend, you are already successful. So sometimes you got
to stop and give yourself a little handclap. Now, every
(05:07):
now and then, you got to stop and pat yourself
on the back, because I got you may not be
where you want to be, but how about the fact
that you ain't where you was? Now, I'm asking you,
I'm imploring you, and I'm there. I'm asking you to
consider this now. It don't make no sense not to
chase your dreams. It don't make no sense to be
(05:28):
mediocre when you could be something else. Look, you ain't
got to be Oprah. You ain't got to be Michael Jordan.
You ain't got to be Tiger. You ain't got to
be Michelle Obama. You ain't got to be but Rock.
You ain't got to be none of them people. But
how about if you just turned yourself into best you
that you could be? Man? Do you understand the gratification
(05:52):
that comes with that? Do you understand the warmth that
you would have just to be able just to take
your kids shopping every now and then to the mall Fellas,
just to be able to take your family to McDonald's,
down to the playground area, you know, let your kids
do something like that. It ain't gotta be something spectacler,
(06:14):
make small, intricate goals, reach them inch by inch. Anything's
a cinch. But in the meantime you need to start
thinking about that big pitch of them dreams. It don't
make no sense not to chase your dreams, because being
mediocre it ain't no way to live. I would have
done it. It ain't no way to live. All right, now,
talk to God about all of this, Get some help,
(06:35):
get some counseling. We'll see y'all. To mall, talk to God.
He'd love to hear from you. Bye for all. Steve
Every Contests no purchase necessary, void where prohibited. Participants must
(06:56):
be legal US residence at least eighteen years old, unless
otherwise stated. For complete contest rules, visit Steve HARVEYFM dot com.
You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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