In this YouTube monologue, Evan Carmichael responds to a viewer who, while working full‑time and running a grocery store, bought a Quiznos franchise that is struggling financially. Evan emphasizes that running any business, even a franchise, is hard and that success depends on genuine passion rather than solely on profit motives. He argues that entrepreneurs who start businesses only for money often fail, and that true success follows when the work aligns with one’s heart. Evan advises the viewer to listen to their inner feelings: if the Quiznos venture does not inspire love or excitement, they should have the courage to sell or abandon it, despite sunk costs or fear of failure. He stresses setting aside logical lists and prior investments, focusing instead on whether the business makes the viewer feel alive. The video concludes with a call to subscribe and a hopeful sign‑off.
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Should I keep going? I got a great but heart-wrenching question from one of my readers on YouTube, India Food, you know, love you guys, who wrote in to say, "Hi Evan, I'm working full-time and operate a grocery store with my wife. Recently made an agreement to buy a Quiznos franchise. Now I'm taking training and I found that it's not easy to manage the Quiznos and found that it's not making money." "it will break even if sales increase without paying me. I'm struggling to decide what to do in this situation. Please suggest." You know, I really feel for you. It's a situation that I hate seeing, and it underlines how hard it is to run a business. It's hard. Running any business is hard. You think, "Okay, I'm gonna get a franchise, it's all laid out for me, it's super easy, you know, no problems." but it's still hard. It may be a little bit easier running a franchise, but it's still hard. It's a lot of work and there's no guarantee that's going to work out. And I could give you ideas, strategies, techniques to help you grow this, but you have to answer one question first. And like any important question, you have to make the decision with your heart. And it's really answering, do you love this business? Are you passionate about this Quiznos franchise? Because it sounds to me like you got into it just to make money. And lots of entrepreneurs do that, right? Lots of people start a business because they think, hey, I can make a lot of money, some easy money just sitting there, so I'm gonna, I'm gonna start it. And that's why so many entrepreneurs fail, because they're in it just for the money. And if you're in it just for the money, you never make money. If you look at the most successful entrepreneurs, you look at why they started their business, They didn't do it to make lots of money. They made a lot of money as a result. I'm not saying you're doing a charity. This isn't charity work here. You're here to make money, but it's not the main reason to do anything. If that's your main reason, then stop and go do something else. So are you passionate about this? I don't know you that well. I don't know you really that much at all, but what I got from your email was that you did this business just trying to make some money. It's not working out. You don't know what to do. I don't feel any passion for what you're doing right now. I don't feel any passion or love for this Quiznos franchise, and it kind of sounds like you regret making that decision. What I know is that you can't do anything great in your life, you can't really be a happy person in your life if you're not doing things that make you come alive, if you're not doing things that you are deeply passionate about. And so if the Quiznos franchise, if that's not bringing you love and passion, then you gotta let it go. Sell it, drop it. Don't think about the money you invested, don't think about the time you put into this, don't think about, oh, this is going to be seen as a failure. What's worse would be continuing on, not taking a salary, putting more time and effort into it, and continually being more and more dissatisfied that you're not doing something that you're getting results from. And it takes courage to cut something off. It takes courage to have made a bet on something and it doesn't work work and then say, you know what, I can't keep going. That takes guts, and it sounds like it's the right call for you. I'd set aside the lists, set aside the logical reasons to do it, set aside all the energy you've already invested into it, and really sit back and try to listen to your heart and answer the question: do you love this business or not? And if it's not, then let it go and move on to something that you are passionate about. Believe. For those of you watching, like this video. You can subscribe to the channel. It means a lot to me. Thank you so much. I'll see you soon.
