In this motivational YouTube video, Evan Carmichael, joined by speaker Peter Jones, argues that the word “failure” should be replaced with “feedback.” He shares personal stories—from his parents’ encouragement despite mediocre report cards, to a daily affirmation he practices with his six‑year‑old son—to illustrate how belief and self‑confidence are cultivated. Carmichael critiques the “dream‑squashing” mindset that discourages risk‑taking, emphasizing that failure is merely information about what not to do, which fuels resourcefulness and innovation. He points out that successful entrepreneurs repeatedly fail before succeeding, framing this cycle as a learning process. The video concludes with a call‑to‑action, inviting viewers to comment on the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from their own failures, aiming to foster a community of shared growth and positive reinforcement.
Good morning, Believe Nation. Today's message is replace failure with feedback. Over to you, Peter Jones.
I mean, I've got a real belief, and this is a true belief, and if those of you, everybody's got kids out there, if I ever hear my kids say the word failure, I'd lock them in a room for a week. I would request, if we have any power in this country, that we could take that out of our English dictionary and replace it with the word "feedback." Because that's all failure in our words is, isn't it? It's feedback. We learn from mistakes.
When I was growing up, my parents used to tell me, "Evan, you're a Castrilli Carmichael, and you can do whatever you want." I remember when report card season came around, it was always expected that we would get A's, and my sisters, both of them, always got A's, and here I was always getting B's and C's, and I used to hate report card season because I'd have to sit down with my parents, go over my report cards, and I wasn't meeting their expectations, but instead of chewing me out, they always told me that I was a Castrilli Carmichael and that I could do it, and that they believed in me, and that formed what I believe the foundation of belief for me, right? I have self-confidence and I believe in myself. Even when I wasn't getting the results, I still believed that I could do better and I could reach for those results. I've continued that tradition on with my son. Hayden is 6, and we have this thing that we do a couple times a week where we'll say, "I'm Hayden Carmichael and I can do anything." And I'll usually start it off and I'll say, "I'm Hayden Carmichael and I can do," and then he'll go, "Anything!" Because I want to continue that tradition of belief and self-confidence. Because I want to be the person that helps build others up and lets them believe in their dreams and try to help them move towards it, not the person who tears people down and is the "why don't you be realistic" guy, "why don't you do something that you're capable of" guy, the "you can never do that" guy, the "be practical" guy. I don't want to be that guy. That's the little man. Those are the dream squashers. And my intention is not just to bring it to my son, the next generation, but also to spread it out to the world, to share it with you guys. That's why I started this YouTube channel, why I'm still so dedicated to making videos, because I want you to believe in yourself, because I want you to go out and create something amazing and not be surrounded by a negative environment that holds you back, because I want you to have a bigger dream and to believe that it's possible and to take action every day to move closer towards it. Failure is just a form of feedback. There are some people who fail, and they fail once, and then they live the rest of their lives through the lens of failure because they failed once, it means they can never have success doing something, and so they're just gonna take the safe route. And on top of that, on top of living a mediocre life themselves, they have to suck other people down with them, right? You have a big idea that you want to go and take off and change the world? No, you can't do that. I tried doing something that didn't work. You're just gonna fail, don't do it, right? They create this black hole that just sucks negativity in. Chances are you know somebody like that. So failure is just feedback. Failure is a way to know how not to do something the next time. It makes you smarter, it gives you more resourcefulness, it gives you more ideas so that when you tackle it again, you'll do it differently this time. If you show me any successful entrepreneur, any successful person In whatever field, you'll find that they failed and they failed and they failed and they failed and then they succeeded. You fail your way to success. You get the feedback on how not to do it, you try it again a different way, you try it again a different way, you try it again a different way, and then you hit it. That's how you achieve success. So stop seeing failure as this final thing that because it happened once, you're never gonna be successful. Failure is just feedback. Believe. So the question of the day today is, I'm curious to learn, what are some of the most important lessons that you've learned from failing? What have you learned that have made you a better person, a better human being, a better entrepreneur? Share it in the comments below. I'm really curious to find out. I think it could also help a lot of people watching this video as well. So leave in the comments below. Thank you so much for watching. Have an amazing day. Continue to believe, and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot A benspresso.
