Steve Harvey's amazing advice for success
Host Steve Harvey is one of the richest people in Hollywood, and his fortune is estimated, at least according to celebritynetworth.com, at $ 200 million.
He was poor, now has hundreds of millions: Steve Harvey discovered what motivated him to change his life radically
Host and comedian Steve Harvey is one of the richest people in Hollywood, and his fortune is estimated, at least according to celebritynetworth.com, at $ 200 million. His speeches are often shared on social networks, and even he himself talks about how he achieved success.
Steve Harvey posted a motivational video on his Twitter profile where he just talked about the poverty he went through and what motivated him to change his life. “I'm just honest, I was tired of being poor. I was just exhausted” - Steve Harvey started the story.
He reminisced his childhood and how his father used to drive him around the neighborhood, where he could see homes decorated with Christmas lights.
“I'd see those big houses, man, with the lights on, and they had big horseshoe-shaped driveways where you just crawl in and go all the way around. That was amazing to me” - said Harvey.
When young Steve then asked his father why they did not have a big home, he was told that with hard work one day he would be the one to have a big house. “That was it. My motivation was to buy a big house” - said Harvey, when many consider him one of the richest people in Hollywood.
By the way, before he became popular and one of the world's most famous TV personalities, Harvey was a boxer, car worker, insurance salesman, carpet cleaner, and postman. He started stand-up comedy in 1985. At the end of the eighties, he was homeless for three years. He happened to sleep in his 1976 Ford, showering at gas stations or pool showers.
According to foreign media, Rich and Becky Lis helped Harvey at the time with the contract for carpet cleaning and a loan from a travel agency. His success began in the early 1990s, he believed in himself and succeeded.
Steve, the father of seven children, has realized his dream. “Find a dream that is so big that it overcomes all your fears and you will never give up” - the host advises in the description of the motivational video he posted on Twitter.