1265 | Steve Harvey: “Statistics are for Losers.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Steve Harvey shares his thoughts on how “statistics are for losers” and why having a Plan B is some of the worst advice anyone can give you.
Successful people focus on what’s possible, regardless of how improbable it may be. They pursue the less likely of two options and CHOOSE to shine the spotlight of their minds on what they know and believe to be possible. They work their way toward what they want, through many difficulties and obstacles. And they don’t have a Plan B. Nor should you. Commit.
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, today's QLD is Statistics Are For Losers. |
| 0:05.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome back to the Quotar the Day Show. |
| 0:37.0 | We got Steve Harvey back on the show. |
| 0:41.0 | This is one of my favorite Steve Harvey clips of all time. |
| 0:44.0 | I think I posted this one maybe back in 2018 or so. |
| 0:48.0 | And he's talking about statistics because we hear all the time, you know, 90% of businesses |
| 0:55.0 | close down within five years and you know what your percentage of this and that and the other and how whatever you want in your life to happen is simply not going to happen statistically. |
| 1:06.0 | But as Steve says here, statistics are for losers. |
| 1:11.0 | Successful people are the ones who choose to pursue the less likely of two probabilities. |
| 1:19.0 | They say it doesn't matter if there's a 10% chance and I'm going to make it. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm going to roll with that 10%. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm going to put my attention there. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm going to commit to that. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm going to be the one out of 10 people who do it because why not Steve Harvey coming up. |
| 1:39.0 | There's some old what they call old wise say. |
| 1:43.0 | I don't want you to be long I want you to be very weary, be very watchful of all wise say. |
| 1:53.0 | Because you got to think of who wrote the same. |
| 1:58.0 | Now I'm going to give you three right quick. |
| 2:01.0 | There's a thing that losers created. |
| 2:06.0 | I'm going to give you three right quick. |
| 2:14.0 | And statistics are created to help justify somebody who failed. |
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