In this three‑minute motivational clip, host Evan Carmichael introduces Mark Cuban, who stresses that success comes from "putting in the time"—grinding, outworking setbacks, and learning from failure. Carmichael expands on this by outlining three essential habits for entrepreneurs: (1) have a clear dream or idea, (2) take immediate, concrete action, and (3) never quit when challenges arise. He illustrates the principle with his own commitment to publishing three YouTube videos per day, a schedule he describes as extreme but necessary to chase his dream. The video ends with a direct call‑to‑action, asking viewers to comment on how much time they devote to their businesses and where that time is spent, encouraging audience engagement and accountability.
Good morning, Believe Nation! Today's message is put in the time. Over to you, Mark Cuban.
I'll be cliché-ish and say that, you know, there is no failure, you just learn from it. But, you know, you just go, you have, you just have to put in the time. I think what I learned most is that Everybody's got will and everybody's got dreams and everybody's got aspirations, but it's only the people that really put in the time that get there. And I think I learned most that despite any setbacks, that if I just keep on grinding, I keep on working, that I usually can outwork people. And then, you know, I also learned that no matter how many times you fail, it really doesn't matter. All it takes is one hit and then everybody can call you an overnight success. Hola.
Everybody has dreams, right? Everybody has a life for themselves. You have a life for yourself that you want to be better than where you are right now. And in order to get there, in order to make that happen, you have to take action. Because if you are not taking action, putting in the time, you're going to stay where you are, and that life that you want is just going to stay a dream instead of actually turning into reality. I believe that to be a successful entrepreneur, there are 3 things that you need to have. First, you need to have the dream. You need to have the idea. What are you going to actually do? And that's the easy part. Most people have a dream for themselves. Two is you got to take action. You got to start. You got to take some small action right now to start, whether that's leaving your job, whether that's opening a business name, whether that's making a customer call. Whatever it is, you have to start, and a lot of people don't have the courage or gumption to go and take that one little small step. And then the third part is you got to not quit. When times get tough, when it's hard, when you're not meeting the expectations for yourself, when you've already gotten worse than your worst-case scenario, you gotta keep going. Those are the 3 things that successful entrepreneurs have in common. They have an idea, they have a dream, they start, and they don't quit. I look at my business, and one of my dreams is to build up this YouTube channel, and as a result, I'm putting in the time, right? I'm moving now to a 3-video-per-day schedule on the channel. For most people, that's crazy, right? That's insane. 3 videos a day? How do you find time to record those videos, to edit them, to put them up? Where most people struggle to get 1 video a week up on their channel, I'm doing 3 a day. I'm putting in the time because I'm chasing my dream. If you want your dream to become a reality, you need to put in the time as well. Belief. So my question of the day for you today is, how much time are you putting into your business and where is it being spent? I'm curious to find out. Leave in the comments below and I'm going to join in the discussion. Thank you guys so much for watching. Have an amazing day. Continue to believe and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot of espresso.
