Find Your Passion - Do both!

Evan Carmichael argues you don't have to choose between math and medicine. Combining both creates unique value and unlocks what Jim Collins calls the genius of the AND, where your overlapping strengths become your edge.
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Do both. I got a great question from one of my YouTube viewers, Mohammed, love you guys, who wrote in with a struggle of what he should do next with his life. So here's what he said. Hello, sir, I wanna ask you a question. Do you think that it's possible to work on something that you're passionate about, say math, even if it's not gonna be your job and still be sane while doing something else, say med school, just by believing really hard that you can succeed in both of the areas 'cause you love them just that much. Mohammed. Mohammed, this is a fantastic question and one that a lot of people wrestle with. I think everybody wrestles with this at some point in their life. You know, what do I do next? Should I take this path or should I do this path or is there a way to mix them all together? And my answer for you is do both. Your success, your real success, your real contribution to the world will come when you can combine the things that you're passionate about together. So if you, if you're doing med school and you're interested in that, but, and you really love math, your success, your true success, will come by mixing them. Med school and math, that should be your mentality, and you'll create something that nobody has created before because there's a lot of math in medicine, right? When you go off and be a doctor or researcher, whatever you're doing, there could be a lot of math involved, and that's where you're gonna excel. That's where you're gonna be amazing. That's where you're gonna come up with great new discoveries. And it's only until you combine those passions that you can discover your true genius. And reach your full potential. Where a lot of people do the exact opposite. They do what you're talking about now, you know, they're in this job, it's okay, you know, they got into it for some reason, but they have this really strong passion that they just keep on their side, right? So mathematics or whatever it is, and you tinker and it gives you a little bit of joy, but the real success, the thing that makes you unique, the things that keeps you from being fired, the thing that helps you explode in your growth and contribute something amazing to the world is combining those two things together. That's what you need to do. Mathematics and medicine. Those two things together. There's a great quote by Jim Collins who wrote Built to Last, Good to Great. He's an amazing author. And he said, embrace the genius of the and. Where most companies will say, we could do this or we can do this. You know, we can make it high quality or we can make it low cost. And most people think the same way. I could take this path or I can do that path. And right there, just by framing the question, you look at the question that you asked me, right there in how you framed it, you've already set up a limiting personal belief. You've already closed yourself off to options because you think you have to do this one or this one. There doesn't exist a world, a reality where both of those things work together. And that's where the genius comes out. That's what Jim Collins was saying, embrace the genius of the end. Do both things together. Be the one person that combines those to be unique and unlock your genius. That's where your happiness lies. That's where your money lies. That's where your potential lies. That's where your impact on this world lies. Do both and embrace the genius of the ant. Belief. For those of you watching, like the video, subscribe to the channel. You'll see more videos just like this. Thank you so much for watching. I'll see you soon.
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