Evan Carmichael tells Abdul that passion can fuel creativity by turning frustration into problem-solving. Identify what excites you, remember when it frustrated you, then research solutions. Those frustration-driven insights often become products people pay for.
Hi, I'm Evan Carmichael. Welcome to another edition of Ask Evan. In today's episode, I'm going to answer a question from one of my YouTube viewers, Abdul, who was asking about how to connect passion with creativity. He wanted to know how to do it, wanted my advice on how to do it. So Abdul, thank you for the question. First off, there are some people who are just more creative than others, and that happens. Some people are born super creative, and other people are more analytical and don't seem to have as much creative juices. So that's, you know, that's gonna happen if you're not the most creative person. I think there's still hope, and where I think it really lies is if you're doing something that you're super passionate about. And when you are really excited about something and you're passionate about it, you're the expert, you're gonna find ways to do things that other people haven't thought about, and it usually comes from a frustration source for you. So So think about things that you've solved because you were really frustrated. I really wish that this worked a certain way. I really wish that this could happen. You know, in your industry, something that you're really excited about. And usually you do the research because you're so passionate about it that you gotta find a solution for it, often just to help you. And that's a good source to start thinking about your creativity because people will often pay you to do it for them. So whatever frustration you had, often a lot of people have that same frustration. So the bigger the frustration, The more value you can add, the more people are going to pay you to solve it for them. So I'd start thinking about, you know, things that you're super excited and passionate about and frustrations that you had along the way as you discovered that passion. How did you solve it? And maybe there's an opportunity in there, a business opportunity, for you to be able to help other people going through similar situations. I hope that helps, Abdul. For everybody watching, if you like the video and you want to see more, please give it a thumbs up below. And I'd also love to hear what you have to think. If you have any opinions on passion or creativity, leave it in the comments. Or if you have a question as well, I'll be happy to answer it. You can leave a comment below, and we'll see you on the next episode.
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