Evan Carmichael explains why surrounding yourself with people who believe in you matters more than talent. He contrasts his own supportive family with a teenager whose parents mocked his dream of becoming a motivational speaker. You can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends and associates who lift you up or drag you down.
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Good morning, Believe Nation!
Today's message is stick with people who boost your confidence.
Over to you, Adam Sandler. Haha, okay.
I really feel honored. I can't believe this happened in my life. I did come out here when I was very young. I was a kid. I was growing up, I had an amazing mom, I had an amazing dad, brothers and sisters. My brother and my two sisters, all they ever did was make me feel like I'm good at things. And even when I was terrible at things, they were like, you're still— you're so remarkable, Adam. You're great. Anything I did, I sang in the car, you're what a great singer. You're so funny. You're so— just they made me— instilled me with confidence.
This is a really important message, and I've been grateful and lucky in my life to have parents and family that supports me what I'm doing, but not everybody is that fortunate. And I'm reminded of a guy, a teenager who posted in my mastermind group, and he wanted to go and be a motivational speaker, and his parents laughed at him and said that nobody would ever listen to him. And now he's concerned that he won't be able to do it, not have success, doesn't have the faith in himself. And that sucks, right? The people who you surround yourself with matter. And you can't change your family, you know, you're born into that family, but you can change your friends. You could change people you hang out with. You could change the people you associate with. And I want you to today quickly look at the people in your life, the people who you surround yourself with most. Do they encourage you? Do they push you to be great? Do they boost you up and fill you with confidence to go out and accomplish big things? Or do they hold you back? Do they put their views on you and try to make you live their version of your life instead of allowing you to really be free and release yourself? So my question of the day for you today is, do you have a supportive family or not, and what kind of impact has that made on your business? Leave it in the comments below. I'm going to join in the discussion. Thank you so much for watching. Have an amazing day. Continue to believe, and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso. Slap! Is that enough?
Good morning, Believe Nation!
Today's message is—
Over to you. Oh no, no, no, no. I didn't finish. I was waiting for it.
Okay, try it again.
Okay, that's my bad. I have to finish it. I have to finish it.
