How to Balance Passion and Family Expectations | Mindset Secrets

Alright everybody, welcome to another stream. League seems to be down at the moment. Now it's a 51-minute wait to get into the next game, so we thought we'd still go ahead and do it because Rishi Cup TV woke up early and drove to Panera Bread to get on this call, and we've got a bunch of entrepreneurs who need help, so maybe this will speed up, but if not, it'll just be a live Q&A. You get to see my screen for it. 50 minutes. So let's get into it. Rishi, welcome, welcome back. I forgot the formalities there. Welcome back. How's your morning? What's in the cup today?

Oh my gosh, cup of Illy. If y'all know about Illy coffee, it's just so good. Um, I secretly actually brought my own coffee into Panera because I'm not really happy with Panera coffee these days. So I'm drinking my coffee from home and I'm eating an apple Crunch muffin.

My mom's favorite coffee is Illy.

Is it?

Yeah, every time we go to Italy we have to— actually, now you can get it here. It used to be only available in Italy, and so every time we went to Italy we would have to get some Illy coffee for her.

Oh, that is so great. Yay, she's a coffee lover too. So happy. Anyway, good morning, Believe Nation. Happy to be here. Thanks, Evan Carmichael.

Let's do it. What's our first question?

Alright, well the first, uh, this is not a question but I just wanted to share this because this is super encouraging. Just talking about the impact of Evan, what you're doing and the channel. This guy, his name's Patrick, and he actually wrote in just to tell you thank you because someone sent one of your videos to him and he really was pretty deeply moved. He's an artist, um, and he was actually homeless for about 2 years living in his van. And so they've been struggling financially, and it's just been a pretty, pretty long struggle. But, uh, he felt like your email— or felt like your video he says in the email, really just like kind of encouraged him to keep going. And he was so touched by it that he wanted to email and tell you about it. He says he never emails anyone to tell them anything like this. So he just wanted to thank you for the impact you made on him.

I love it, Patrick. That means a lot, man. You know, I'm thinking about that too. That's the kind of stuff that fuels my channel and fuels what I do every day. And Rishi, I know for you too, you love getting the comments on your channel and waking up to a few new comments and knowing that people watch your video. You know, it makes a difference. It's important. I'm fortunate I get to wake up and look at comments every day and know that, yeah, look, when you're doing a YouTube channel, you're just, you're sitting in front of a camera, you know, you watch Risa's channel, she's like walking through a park and she's just talking to her phone and it's sometimes hard to remember that this is going to be watched by others. And so knowing that's having an impact makes a difference. And what I encourage, like, if you've been moved by something, I'd encourage you guys to let, let that person know. If there's somebody who's had an impact on your life, whether it's, whether it's a creator or someone on YouTube you watch somebody's channel and you really liked it, let them know because that means a lot. I remember my early days of doing YouTube, I wasn't getting comments, right? You know, if I got one comment, it'd be, "Wow, I got a comment! It's crazy!" And that was really special for me. So what I try to do when I'm on channels, especially a smaller channel, if I like what they created and I notice there's not a lot of engagement and not a lot of views, I'll just leave them a note and say, "Hey, I really love that," because I know how much that made a difference for me when I was getting started. And so trying to be that person for others can make a difference too. And so just like, Patrick, that's awesome. I really appreciate that. I'd encourage you to do it more, you know, express gratitude more just in general in your life. But also to creators, if you see that they've had an impact on your life. And for all of you guys watching and listening too, you know, I do a daily practice with the people on my team where we have to write down 3 things that we're grateful for in a private Facebook group. And it just gets you, gets you set up for the day. And a lot of successful people have a regular gratitude practice that they put into their day, and it makes a difference. So just letting the people around you know that they've had an impact on you in a positive way makes them feel really good and it makes you feel really good too. And it's a great way to start your day. So thank you for that, Patrick. Rishi, I don't know if you have anything to add on that, comments, gratitude.

Yeah, you know what it makes me think of, Evan, is we've been talking to some of the folks the last couple episodes about how you can be a little bit more effective in approaching or getting on the radar of an influencer. So I think also too, everything you just said is a great thing to apply, not with an ulterior motive. Don't go around thanking people just so you can get on their radar, but realizing that if you want to get the attention of an influencer, add value. And one of the ways I think you can add value to influencers is to take the time tell them how their life, their business, whatever it is that they are contributing to the world, how it is making an impact on your life. And so I think that is one way you can think about maybe if you haven't been able to get the attention of an influencer that you respect, hey, maybe try writing, like Evan said, a comment, send a note, an email. And when you're expressing gratitude, be specific. How did they specifically give value to you and impact you personally? So I love it.

Good. You know what, the only other thing I would add is I'm always curious as to which— what was the moment that sparked it? So like Patrick, if you've been watching the videos for He said he's been watching for a while, right? Did I just make that up?

No, he— yeah, you did. He actually said he was— that was what was kind of cool about it, is like he totally thought YouTube was a joke, and so he never watches YouTube videos. And so someone sent him your video, and he actually was very skeptical and wasn't even planning on it being impactful at all, but then he was really impacted.

All right, so I totally made that up. Good. Yeah, well, whatever. It doesn't matter in that case too. Like, I'm always curious about what the spark is, what the video is that, you know, for this guy who hates watching YouTube videos, super skeptical, and then watches one video and now suddenly shifted. I'm always curious to know what is that video, you know? What did I do right in that video? How did it touch you? So some level of Being specific is also pretty cool, right? Like, I obviously love the appreciation, but for you guys who are giving gratitude and feedback to others, like knowing the video or knowing the moment or being specific really helps as well. Because now I'm gonna go back and watch that video. Hmm, what was it?

What did I like about it?

That's good.

Cool. Cool. Awesome.

Zaino, welcome to the livestream here. League is down, but we're still going ahead. It gives me a chance to get some of my steps in.

I know, Evan, I was just gonna ask you, either this video is delayed or you're Fitbitting right now.

I'm Fitbitting. I've been doing— I've been averaging like 45,000 steps a day these past 2 days, so I'm in a competition. You gotta keep it going. I'm not gonna be able to do it because today's filming day, so I can't be doing my regular videos while marching like this, but maybe I gotta pick up the pace a little bit. Anyway, yes, Fitbit, get your steps on, get healthy.

I will say, I was watching one of your videos. I'll go right into questions after one thing. Kudos to you because I was watching one of your older videos and you can tell that you really lost a lot of weight. Not that you were ever heavy, but like you can tell that the Fitbit has been doing its job.

Yeah, I was at— well, I mean, I did a whole video series on this. I was at 206 pounds, and I forget the end of that competition how far I dropped to, like 191, I want to say, something like that. It's like 15 pounds, something around that, 15 pounds in a month.

Wow, good job.

Yeah, Nina and I, it's good to have a, good to have someone to do it with too though. Nina, Nina did it alongside That's great.

Has she also loved doing it?

Yeah, she, she, it was hard, like when we were hardcore on it, it was hard, but, uh, Nina made it all possible because Nina was, Nina was taking care of the food side of things with, yeah, protein and all that stuff. So yeah, it wouldn't have happened without Nina. I can focus a little more today because we're not playing, so I like it.

Okay, next question comes from Hari, H-A-R-I, Hari, and he says, "Hey Evan, please help me find my passion. I want to be a legend." So, what do you think? Yeah, well, I guess I gotta plug the book right now. I know I'm plugging the book a lot these days, but finding your passion, I can't more highly recommend a place to start other than Evan's book. It talks, I think, all about that and how to be an entrepreneur on purpose. So if you haven't, check it out. There's a link in the description. And yeah, do that for sure. Other than that, it's funny, I think we all want to be, we all want to be a legend in our own right, whatever it is that we feel passionate about. And I think one of the fastest ways that you can get into that kind of a place, and it means you're going to make a huge impact. And I think that that not only does it mean you're going to have to work really hard, But it means really embracing who you are and how you are unique and what is the unique way that you and you alone can make an impact. Evan, you said in a previous episode that we're all a genius-level talent at something. But it comes from doing something that you enjoy. I would just encourage you, Hadi, to be aware of how you, like, what is your genius-level talent, and focus on that strength and embrace your uniqueness. That's really the way you're going to stand out. What do you think, Evan?

I love it. I always appreciate the book plug, Rishi. It's always much appreciated. I would start by not making it about you. I would start like— that kind of reminds me of like, I want to be a millionaire, or I want to have X amount, you know, I want to be able to— I want to buy that car or whatever. I want to be a legend is very me-focused. Where if you look at the people who've had massive success, it's, you know, as entrepreneurs, as as, you know, musicians, as artists, as creators. It's about helping others in some way. It's about providing value to others in some way. Uh, and so I'll be thinking more about like, because it's hard to get up every day and get inspired by like, I want to be a legend. Where if you, if you get up every day and you're thinking about the impact that you want to have and the lives that you want to change, it's easier to get up and get that motivation. So I would start by reframing it as to what's the impact that you want to have on the world. I love the thinking big, just instead of making it so I-focused, make it externally focused, make it adding value to others focused. Um, yeah, from there it's understanding what you love to do, and if you don't know It's totally normal. You just have to explore. You got to try different things. You got to say yes to a whole bunch of stuff and see what makes you come alive, what gets you all excited. I remember when I walked into a salsa class for the first time. On paper, it looked like I would never be a great salsa dancer, right? Like I'm too tall. I don't speak— Rishi spoke Spanish to me when I called her. I didn't know what she said. I don't speak Spanish. I take huge steps. I didn't learn dancing growing up. All of these things that were kind of against me at the start, but I just fell in love with it and I just wanted to go back and keep doing it. And that turned into me owning one of the largest, if not the largest salsa dance school in North America. So you never know, right? And I think if you What we tend to do is get too locked in our head. We tend to analyze too much. We'll analyze our strengths and analyze our weaknesses and say, "This is the thing that we should be doing," where that's usually not the best way to go. It's like trying to analyze love. It's much more feeling than what you put down on paper. And so if I try to analyze salsa and walk in and say, "Hey, okay, what's my—" I sold my business. What's the next thing that I'm going to get into? What's the next opportunity that I want to create? If I just sat there and looked on paper, what are my strengths and weaknesses? I would never have picked salsa. There's just too many things against me. Just didn't make logical sense. But what the list can't account for is that I loved it. And when you love something, you can overcome all the other obstacles. That don't make sense on paper, that's not the smart or safe thing to do. And so if you don't know what you want to do, stop judging the things that come your way and start trying at least once. Try the things that come up. Your friends ask you to go and join them in something, give it a shot. You have a curiosity or interest, or you see something on TV, or you're watching a video and that excites you, go and try it and just see. Like, find some small way to get started For me, in salsa, it was just going to one salsa class, and I wanted to go back and do more. And if you get that bug that you want to keep going back and doing more, then you're on the right path. And then to create, to become the legend, to create that big impact, it's going to be seeing how can you turn that into something where you can add a lot of value to others. So hopefully that helps.

Awesome. Next question comes from Jerry, and Jerry actually says he's really struggling with a lot of things. He's got a lot of struggles at home, personally, and his main question is specifically about He lives in Africa and he loves drawing and he's an artist. And basically in this part of Africa that he lives, people who are artists are considered less well-off. So his family is in this car repair business and they have an expectation for him to continue to contribute to this car business. They paint cars and repair cars. So he's basically asking how, you know, what should he do? He wants to pursue his art, but he's got obligations to the car business, and he's also concerned about going for this passion of art because of the fact that it's not a respected profession where he lives. So, um, first of all, I just will say to Jerry that you may want to just start on Evan's channel. If you Google Evan and art, I know Evan has a soft spot in his heart for artists. So there's lots and lots of great videos on how to profit from your art and how to make a legit business for your art. And so, I mean, I'm an artist. I'm not a visual artist, but I'm a music artist, and I can't imagine doing another career. I mean, if you have obligations to your parents, you know, that's fine, but it doesn't mean that you can't at the same time start continuing or start pursuing the craft. That you desire. And so unfortunately, not just in Africa, I don't think artists— I think artists a lot of the time feel like they're not as respected. I don't think it's just in Africa. I think a lot of times most places people are afraid to pursue art because they don't think it's going to be a money-making endeavor. But I can't imagine not pursuing my art. Yeah, I would say go for it and educate yourself along the way about how you can make it an actual business. One video is called "How to Make a Profit from Your Art or from Your Creative Passion," "How to Promote Your Art Business." So yeah, start on Evan's channel. It's great information for artists.

I love it, and he's on the channel right now. Yeah, I got, I got kicked out of the game. Oh yeah, server is busy. There's not even a timeline anymore. Um, whatever, we'll see what happens. Um, cool. Yeah, 100%. Jerry, was it Jerry's name? Jerry? Yeah, Jerry. 100%. Don't blame Africa. Has nothing to do with Africa. It's everywhere. Yeah, yeah, like You know, I'm in Toronto, Canada. Good luck going to a school and, you know, your parents want you to be a doctor or a lawyer or an accountant. You say, "No, I want to be an artist." You know, you need some massively supportive parents, but it's super counterculture. Artists in general aren't supported enough. You know, recognize that you have a global community of people going through the same thing, and, and don't blame your country and don't blame Africa for it being the problem. And that means that you can learn from the success of the people who have gone through it. We featured a number of artists on the channel and how they overcame and how they got through, and that could serve as not just inspiration, but also strategic what they did. So like watching them and how they became successful could give you that motivation, inspiration, say, hey, keep going. But also what they did could be helpful for you to get out and do what you want to do. I think of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who wanted to be a fitness champion, right? Like a fitness Mr. Universe. Champion of weightlifting. And at the time, especially where he was, it was super underground. Everybody thought it was a really stupid thing to spend time on. Nobody ever made money out of it. He was in the army, I believe, at the time, and he was made fun of. He was made fun of like, "Why are you doing this? You should be staying to your army routine and getting better here. Don't go off and be some fitness guy. We take that for granted. Now the fitness industry is a huge business, but at the time nobody ever got money out of that industry. But he wanted to, and so he snuck away from his camp to go and try out. It was in a different country, and he hopped a train and went there to be able to compete, and, uh, and he won, and that got him a little bit more respect, and he just kept on his vision. And we did a video on him, actually. If you watch his Top 10 Rules for Success, you'll see that clip where he's talking about his early days. But if you have something that you have to do, then you have to decide if you're going to live your life or your parents' version of your life. And it doesn't mean you have to give up on your parents. Like, maybe you Maybe you do your art part-time, maybe you help them out part-time. There's obviously family dynamics here that I don't pretend to be a life counselor on how to deal with your parents, but at some point you have to figure out whether you're going to live what you want to do, your version of your life, or the version other people around you are telling you to live. Whether that's your parents, whether that's your culture, whether that's like even the culture in general. People aren't supportive of artists. It's not looked upon— if you make it big, great, but otherwise, if you're just a struggling artist, it's gonna be a lot of people who hate on that, who tell you to go do something practical and safe and easy and more logical, and you know, you're making the wrong decision. And so you will not have success by just listening to other people's version of what they think you should do, right? Ultimately, you have to come down to how important is this for you to do. And much more important than the tactics is the mindset. Like, there's a lot— yes, you can watch the videos, you can watch, you know, you can read books, you can, you know, you can learn from others. There's a lot of tactics that you can do, but none of those will help you until you've made up your mind that this is what you're gonna focus on. That mindset shift is critical. Like, I'm going to make my art a success. Do you fully believe that, right? If you believe that and you commit to that, then, then the strategies and the tactics will help and you'll find a way to get through. If you're always on the fence, then it doesn't matter how much somebody says, hey, okay, here's what you need to post to social media, or here's how many hours a day you need to work, or here's how to get your art more well-known. None of that will matter because you haven't committed to it. You're still kind of one foot in, one foot out. So if that's what you want to do, understand that yes, it's going to be hard, but you can't blame other people. It's on you. It's not Africa's fault. It's not your parents' fault. It's not your family's fault. It's not, you know, anything— anybody else's fault but you. If you want something, you have to go out and get it. And so until you make that mindset shift it's not going to take off. And so it's deeply understanding how important is this for you. And if it is, then ride it. And whether that's part-time to start because you got to support, you know, whatever, whether you have to leave home to make it happen, whatever it is, it starts with the decision that I'm going to be an artist. Went on a rant there.

I told y'all he has a soft spot in the heart for artists. That was some tough love right there. Good stuff.

Yeah, Rise Online, I've seen in the chat there. Yeah, yeah, we patched. We did patch. We patched Rise Online. We patched, but they're just not letting me in. Oh, now, okay, now it's back to an hour.

So we'll see. Okay, and a shout out— we already, we gave a shout out to Zaynab, didn't we?

Yeah, Zaynab, we did. Yep, he says I need to look— he says I look like I need to go to the bathroom. I'm getting my steps in, in my Fitbit competition. I got tough competition this week, so I gotta get my steps in.

Nice. All right, next question comes from Mark, and Mark says, okay, so he's watched your videos. He knows that one of your, kind of one of your big things is when starting your business, you don't spend money until you're making money. And so he's wondering, does that principle apply if you want to do, he wants to be a life coach. And so he's wondering if that's kind of an exception to that rule because he is considering some programs that will help train him to be a life coach that are about $12,000 to $13,000 Canadian, he says. And so it's a big investment and he's not sure— he's not sure he should start without some kind of formal training. "Should I spend the big money to get started in being skilled to be a good coach?" is the question. Well, you know, I kind of think, you know, I don't know too much about the life coaching industry, but I would see it a little bit like a counselor in that I'm not going to go to a counselor who I don't feel has a program. Proven record of actually being helpful because life coaches, I think, deal with people on very— sometimes just very personal development goals. And so I definitely would say getting some kind of education and training is a must. I'm speaking about Tony Evans because I know Tony Evans, who kind of started the whole life coaching industry, he says, at least the way that they market their coaches, is we only put out coaches who have a proven track record of getting actual results. And that would make me feel confident to go to one of his coaches because I know that these are people who have actually been tested and proven. So I don't know how much money is a right amount to spend for something like that, but I personally would say I think it's a good— I think it's a good thing to always invest to increase your skills and education for something that is helping people get results in their life that they want. What do you think, Evan?

All right, what was his name again?

Mark. Mark.

Mark, I got distracted because I was looking at a comment from Zeno that I want to touch on in the comments where he said, "I feel like I get way too many shoutouts." And I want to address it quickly because like if you are providing value, if you're helping people, if you're a force for good, you're gonna get shoutouts, you're gonna get acknowledgement, you're gonna get recognition, you're gonna get clients, you're gonna get momentum. You're going to get progress happen in what you want to do. And whether you want to be humble or not, we did an Ain't series on that. Just make sure that you're not self-sabotaging. Make sure that you're not— when something does come, understand that you put in the work. Zaneo gets shoutouts because he's on every chat that we do and he's on the live Hangouts. He's contributing and he's welcoming people and he's being positive and he's believing in others and he's contributing, right? So you did the work to get the recognition, right? We don't just hand it out for no reason. You deserve it. And waking up daily and understanding that you deserve what happens to you, good and bad, right? You're not getting results? Well, you deserve that too. You haven't put in the work. You're not where you want to be yet? Well, you got to work harder. You haven't deserved that success yet. But when success does come, when you do get acknowledged, when you do get feedback, when you do get customers, understand that you did the work to earn that. That's well deserved. So Zayna, we're giving you shoutouts for a reason, man. It's because you earned it, because you're doing a great job and we appreciate everything that you do. And I know Rishi feels the same and Rise Online feels the same too in the chat there. Addressing the life coach thing from Mark, I hate spending money until I'm making money. And understand that being able to make money is about providing value. We've talked about this a number of times on the stream. And so if you are in the situation where you want to be a life coach, can you currently provide value to someone else. Like, if you feel that you cannot provide value until you go and get trained and learn, then, then that's justifiable. Like, maybe I don't have the skills yet to be able to go out and provide value. Or can you provide value on a smaller scale where maybe you're not charging higher-end dollars but you can help people, you know, and be— get paid less because you're providing less value? Uh, if you're totally unsure of your abilities, then you start for free. Right? And you start coaching people for free to get the practice and the experience. You do have some life experiences that can be beneficial to others. The more experience you get, the more you'll be able to help people. But, you know, I don't know if he's a— if you're a university student, you know, you can help high school students who want to become— they still look up to you. You may think you haven't done a lot yet, but you have done something compared to the people who are, you know, they haven't gone down that path yet. So you can still contribute some value. Um, I'd also say though, if you feel like you're not providing enough value yet, you need to learn. Instead of going out and paying $13,000 for a training package, I would go and try to work for the man or woman who's leading that training package. I would try to intern at their company. I would try to learn not just about how to be a coach, but how they run their coaching practice. Whether that's a volunteer position at the start to learn and then prove yourself and overdeliver and provide insane value, and then whether that becomes a paid position, just be the person that is indispensable to their team. Whenever there's events happening, they always need volunteer staff. If you are showing your hustle and determination and willingness to help and just love for the space, it's hard for someone to say no, especially if it's free labor. And then once you start working, provide insane value, right? Like whatever they ask you to do, do it. Not just, not just, you know, to what they wanted, but go above and beyond. Find other ways to contribute value and help back out. Ask for more work, try to get involved in more projects, get as close close to that trainer as possible to seep knowledge the more you hang out with them. Be more valuable than paid people of their team. And what's going to happen is that'll— one, you're going to learn a heck of a lot in that process, more than you would by paying $13,000 to go to a week-long training or whatever it is. But two, you'll also likely if that person is smart, get hired to work for them because you provided so much value. You provided more value than people on their regular team already. And you can learn from them and improve your skills while starting your coaching business on the side so you get practice in actually executing some of the knowledge that you got from them until the point where you're not learning anymore, where you've learned what you need to learn from that coach and now you're off doing your own thing and you're making enough from that to support yourself. So especially in a business where you don't have hard capital costs, like your cost is your time. You don't need to go out and buy equipment or product. You could do it just by investing your hustle. So especially in those businesses, way easier to just go out and hustle. And I think again, another consistent theme is it's way more about your resourcefulness than how many resources you have, right? So I would constantly ask myself, here's the value that I want to get, I want to get the training, how do I do that without spending money? Instead of thinking of yourself as that exception, like, well, I need to go and spend the money, ask yourself how you can do it. And by working with that person, if it's volunteering and then working your way in, again, you'll end up getting way more value and education on not just the coaching but also how to run a business. Than you would by spending the $13K. And if you do provide enough value, you'll be getting paid to do it. So you're getting paid to learn, you're getting paid to make mistakes, you're getting paid to make industry contacts, you're getting paid to understand how the business works so that when you launch your own, you're going to be massively successful.

Nice. Alright, you want me to hit you with the next one?

Yeah, yeah, let's do it.

Alright, next question comes from Charles, and Charles says, "So what made you get into the type of entrepreneur mindset you're in?" What was the question?

How to get into the entrepreneur mindset?

Yeah, he wants to know how to get into the entrepreneur mindset that you're in. Okay. So, um, This is a good question. I guess, of course, we could ask what is really— what do you mean by entrepreneur mindset? But I think what he's referring to is just how do you get the mindset to stay motivated and feel like you can really, you know, every day get up and go after the thing that you are building. And a couple things that I've been learning as I've been hanging out with the Believe Nation and and Evan is, well, in general, I always want to surround myself with people who are way more ahead in something that I want to learn. So hanging out with people who I feel really inspired by, you know, I'm on this League of Legends chat, and this is part of, for me, getting into that entrepreneur mindset is just being able to surround myself with people who know way more than me and I can learn from. Another thing too is I know there are tons and tons of groups, whether it's Facebook groups, mastermind groups, that you can get yourself in a community of entrepreneurs And I think that really helps, is being part of a community where you can bounce off ideas, be held accountable, be challenged by other entrepreneurs. I think that's really helpful. What do you think, Evan?

I think that we might end up getting a game going on here, which we're already—

Oh, nice! I can keep going if you need to.

Well, I don't know, we're already 40, we're kind of getting into it. When it's like we're on the edge, we'll see how quickly we can get it going. One, I'd be— did you say his name? Who's this person's name? This is Charles. Charles. Charles, I'd be thinking, do you want to be an entrepreneur? Right? Like, don't force it if it's not something that you're super interested in. Just because your friends are doing it or somebody else is doing it doesn't mean that that's the path for you. What is the goal that you want to accomplish? You know, what's the impact you want to have, and is entrepreneurship the best route to go out and do that? Maybe it is, maybe it's not. So, um, it's like anything else. It's, you know, if you're— if your parents want you to be an accountant, maybe that is what you want to do, but maybe it's not. So the fact that you're kind of asking about it kind of makes me feel that at least you want to question whether you you really should be an entrepreneur to accomplish your goals or not, because it's going to be insanely hard, right? It's not just some easy thing that you read an article and somebody makes a million dollars off an idea and that's just insanely easy to do. It's going to be super difficult, so you gotta really love it to have success with it. Apart from that, I mean, I agree with what Rishi was saying. I think the environment is massively important. I think I think yes, the people you hang around with and making a conscious choice to try to be around people who can lift you up and give you ideas and motivate you and inspire you and help you on your path. Mastermind groups are a great way to do it if there's one that's local to you, or you can start your own up as well. I think about, you know, my YouTube channel as an example. Like, I use that for myself All the famous entrepreneurs that we profile and the stories that we share, I use that for my own benefit, for me to learn about how to think bigger and think differently, because we're always all on a, on a growth path. And so I find that super helpful, uh, and I'm, I'm, you know, glad that other people kind of share the love of the videos. That's the biggest thing for me. You know, the wall here, right? I've got Steve Jobs and Howard Schultz and my parents and, you know, like people staring me down every time I walk into the room. So I gotta get to work. And so what happens is a lot of people start those things, but they're not consistent. On it, and so you need to now build that into your morning routine, or you need to build that into your daily routine somehow. So, like, maybe you listen to this and you get all fired up and like, okay, great, and you watch another video and the rest of the day is amazing, and then the next day you wake up and you're starting over. So you need to have some injection into your daily routine that incorporates this stuff. So, like, if, if books are the thing that gets you going, if reading the printed word and looking at that gets you inspired, gets you into the mindset, and gets you hustling and networking, then you need to do that every day. You got to find out— you got to block off half an hour in the morning every day and put that in so life isn't happening to you by accident. You're doing things that build you up on purpose every day. What's your current morning routine, Evan Carmichael? It's interesting. So I recently just switched up my daily routine, and it's in a constant state of flux. Like, when you find something that's not working for you, or, you know, life is changing and you're growing, you need to adjust your schedule as well. So for me, I wake up usually around 8:00. My Roomba goes off and starts cleaning the condo, so that wakes me up. Nina leaves at about 8:15, so I will make her her breakfast, and she then goes to work. And I like to clean up too. Like, I'll make the bed and, you know, make sure the pillows on the couches are looking good and anything on the floor. I work better in a clean environment. And some people love the mess. Some people just, they thrive in the chaos and the mess. I get bothered. Maybe, maybe I have OCD or something, or just I get bothered when there's a ton of mess around me. So it looks like we got a game going. This, this is gonna be a long stream here. Let's see what goes on. This is awesome. This is awesome. So yeah, so I need to— and understanding that, right? Because a lot of times it's just subconscious where if you are bothered by mess you know, you won't necessarily just take care of it and plan that into your routine to clean up. You just look at it every time you're working and it bothers you and then you're not productive. So yeah, so 8:30, I'll have all that done and I'll also think about what's my intent for today, what I want to get done, like what's the biggest thing. So even if it's just 60 seconds thinking about it, you know, as you're going to the bathroom in the morning, think about it, you know, or as you're brushing your teeth, think about what do you want to do today? What's the main intent for today? So for me, it's about making videos. It's Wednesday, it's my video-making day. That's my intent. And I usually follow through on the intent, you know, sometimes you may fall off track, but The intent helps you set up the day powerfully. So every day is slightly different. Then at 8:30 now, I'll usually try to get a game in, keep my League of Legends skills kind of polished.

Do you game every morning?

I put that into my routine. Yeah, I mean, we have ours at Wednesday and Friday, but I try to pop it in there on the other days too. I like the challenge. You like— I like trying different things. Oh, somebody picked Teemo! Holy cow, come on! Wow! Oh man, Elise is on my team. Oh man, okay, I gotta go into an off champion again now. This will be fun. Yeah, well, like, you know, as much as I complain too, I like the challenge, so I like the variety and like kind of strategizing and the competition in the morning. From there, I will usually work out for 20 minutes, and I'll watch something that's kind of relevant. Oh, I got to pick my champion before I get banned. Quinn. I'll watch something that's relevant to what I'm doing. So today's video day. This morning, I actually worked out before before this. It will be— I watch some Les Brown stuff. Les Brown is one of the speakers that I kind of look up to and am modeling now and trying to learn from him. So as I work out for 20 minutes, I will learn from Les. And then I get into the rest of my kind of work zone. So I will spend half an hour doing YouTube comments, responding to people. I will spend half an hour with these daily websites that I that I check out, some for my business, some just out of personal curiosity to see what's going on. Yeah, and then from there, my day breaks up into different chunks. So then I'll start, okay, Wednesday's video day, so then I'm gonna head off to the studio and start filming. Monday is— what's Monday? I just switched it up. Monday is my content creation day. So it's where I'm like reviewing the videos, getting everything ready, working on my book. Tuesday I just made into mentorship day, and this was a big shift for me. I felt I wasn't giving enough time to my team and the, and the people that I needed to grow. And so that's what I spend my Tuesday on, is committed to my team and helping them. And I also added Hayden in there, my son, so I finish my, my Tuesday mentoring day at 3 o'clock, and then I go pick him up from his camp, and then we spend that whole time together until he goes to bed in the evening. And again, with a conscious effort of trying to mentor him and help him grow, and not just, not just have fun, or not just sit on the iPad, or not just, you know, do day-to-day stuff, but also try to model success for him and give him someone to look up to. So again, you know, you may fall off, but that's the intent every time going in. Wednesday's video day, Thursday's public-facing day, so that's the same— Hangouts, phone calls, meetings, all that. And then Friday is my CEO day where I'm working on the bigger level stuff for both of my businesses. So yeah. Yeah, maybe a longer answer than I was expecting, but that's the new schedule.

Very cool. How's the game?

You going? What's your morning routine? Yeah, we're just getting in. I'm waiting for it to load, but what's Rishi's morning routine?

You know, I had a different morning routine, and now I'm starting to change it up again. One thing I really, really will not change is my morning pages. And those of you who know morning pages, started by world-renowned creative, she's a teacher in creativity, Julia Cameron. And so she says every morning write 3 pages longhand a day. And it can be anything from, you know, anything that just comes into your brain. It can be personal feelings. I feel sad. 'Oh my gosh, I have to do the laundry,' like, or whatever comes to your mind, and you don't share it with anybody. It's just for you, but it's kind of like this brain drain exercise where you get everything out, 3 pages longhand, and it's so great. I love it, and I actually consider it like a form of— you could consider it like a form of journaling. Form of meditation. For me, it's like my way of connecting to myself, to God, to— yeah, and you just find a lot of really amazing, insightful things that come out in the midst of this brain drain that you're doing. And then, of course, drinking a cup of coffee is always a part of my morning routine. And I watch some espresso, get my entrepreneur mindset going. And then, yeah, so, but I'm still trying to think of some ways that I can be a little bit more strategic in terms of, like, in the morning, how can I really be strategic to set myself up to accomplish my goals? So I'm in a little bit of process of changing things up a little bit. So we'll see.

I like it. Well, now we're— so the game is in. We're back into the split focus of trying to answer questions and play on the new champ. Yeah, just another quick thought on that. One of the guys on my team that I've hired is having a hard time figuring out his morning routine and staying focused on on everything, and it ends up meaning he ends up working kind of late into the night and not able to spend the time with his wife as he wants to and all that. So the danger is in me saying, well, here's what works for me, go out and do it, because everybody needs a kind of a customized solution. And so this is actually going to be my next book after I figured it all out. Yeah, so I started my next book yesterday. What? Yeah, that's like a little sneak peek, little sneak peek. I'm far away though from getting anything done on it, but good for you. Yeah, it's going to be about habits and routines and environment and all of this stuff. Like once you figure out your one word, how to set yourself up for success to live it and apply it on a daily basis. Nice. Yeah, I'm super pumped by it. But anyway, so there are some common things that people do that may or may not work out for you. So like the creativity thing is super common and important. So like writing pages down. I'm gonna die. No, I'm kidding. A lot of people build in exercise somehow into it, whether it's physical.

Oh, right. Like weightlifting. How did I miss my running? Yeah, running.

Right, cardio or weights or something. A lot of people put in some kind of learning into it, so watching the video or reading the book or whatever, something where they're learning. A lot of people put in some kind of gratitude practice. A lot of people put in some kind of meditation practice, and I'm trying to find out what people do and then like some— what are the— some of the most common options to give people variety? But like meditation, for me, I— Nina and I try to do it at night, but I've never been able to work it in effectively into my schedule. But I know it works for a lot of people, so it's something that you want to— you kind of test out and try. So yeah, there's a bunch of things that are part of successful morning routines. One that though does come up a lot is that I didn't hear you mention, and maybe I missed it, Rishi, because I'm trying to get this thing going, but is tying back in the purpose, tying back in the why somehow. Like whether you ask yourself like, what's the most important thing I need to get done today? Or, you know, if today was my last day, what would I do? Or, you know, what's the big impact that I want to take care of today? Something that ties back into why, because it's so easy to just have your day reset and then you're not motivated in the morning and you're not getting your stuff taken care of. So yeah, some thoughts there. If you're talking about being strategic, maybe that helps a little bit.

Yeah. I absolutely, uh, I'm trying to find my way to do that a little bit, a little bit better.

Yeah, I mean, one thing that may help, um, yeah, if you feel— and this is, I mean, applicable to everybody— if there are moments where you feel inspired, whether it's, whether it's watching a video or, you know, talking, having a conversation with a friend or whatever it is Different people get inspiration from different places, but you know that feeling, that feeling where you just want to go and take action and get stuff done and do something big, right? When you're feeling that feeling, I'd encourage you to look at what just happened. Was it talking to somebody or was it a specific video? And then— Interesting. And then try to apply that to a daily habit. Get more of that on a consistent basis. So build that in so it's not some accidental thing that you stumbled upon. You know, say like you love Brené Brown and her TED Talk. Well, if that made you think and really had a profound impact on what you were doing, then like find more Brené Brown videos and watch those. You know, just like I'm doing with Les Brown, uh, or I do with my own channel. And then if that ever wears off, like, okay, you know what, Brené, okay, I got it, you know, I don't need that anymore in the next phase of my life. Cool. Then you move on to whatever the next thing is. But whenever you do feel that inspiration, then try to find a way to incorporate that into your daily routine.

Nice. I love that. Okay. Alrighty, next question. You ready for it? Yeah, let's do it. Okay, so next question comes from Kayshawn, and I think it's Keyshawn, Kayshawn. Glad to be a part of your team, Evan, getting these emails regularly. I want to know what advice would you offer to someone in network marketing. She or he, sorry, I don't know if this is a woman or man, is in college and is doing Amway. And so, you know, it's interesting, a little shared story, little lesser-known fact about Rishi. Oh, here we go. I actually did When I was in college, I was a part of Prepaid Legal. Are you familiar with Prepaid Legal? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that was my one and only experience doing any kind of network marketing. And in general, it's just not the kind of business that I am, you know, unless it was some kind of product or service that I truly, truly was passionate about. I just can't do network marketing. It kind of goes against some of my personality values, but I will say, I know there's so much negative, there's a lot of negativity around, I think, network marketing, at least what I see people expressing with network marketing, but at that time, what I learned from Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, is that he said that he actually really I think it's great for people to use as a business education because it's kind of like a no-risk way of gaining skills that you need in business, like selling and communication and self-confidence. So, you know, I don't want to just diss it even though it's not something I'm going to probably ever do again in my life, but You know, it could be valuable if you have a— if you're excited to be an entrepreneur in your life, it might be a way to gain a lot of the skills that you're going to need anyway in business. And I know Amway is a legit network marketing business, so it's not one of these like super scammy ones. But yeah, I won't try to sell you prepaid legal, Evan Carmichael.

Very. Well, I just got 2 kills there, so that was good. I messed up a whole bunch of stuff that I was trying to do, but I still ended up getting 2 kills, and they're thanking me, which is great because last game I was getting hated on for not doing enough.

Good.

So my thoughts, you know, there's nothing inherently wrong with network marketing. It's just a business model. It's just a kind of business model. It's like saying I hate, you know, e-commerce. But the challenge is so many people get into it because there's a negative stigma. There's definitely a negative stigma where people just promise you're gonna be able to make unlimited amounts of money and just work from home and you're an overnight millionaire and like all your problems will be taken taken care of and all this stuff that is not true. And so— oh, there's the enemy jungler. You need to make sure that you're doing it for the right reasons, that you would— you like the product, that you would refer it to your mom, that it makes you, you know, super excited, that you use it yourself, right? A lot of the products that, that people are trying to sell, they don't actually use, and you wouldn't recommend yourself. So like, you will never have success selling anything that you don't passionately believe in. And so the thing that's missing for most network marketers is their story, right? Why do you love this product? How are you using it in your daily life? Most people are doing it just to try to make money, and any, any business, any business, if you're getting into just trying to make money, it's not gonna work out. You have to have a personal story, you have to love it. Again, it's got to be something you refer to your parents, And so there's a bunch of tactical things that I can help you with, and that are not just specific to network marketing. Things like, you know, look at the website you're sending people to. Most network marketing companies give you a website that you can put your, you know, your name on and you use to promote. Most of them are super templated and boring, you know. Show me your picture, make it a smiling happy picture, Give me your story of why you love doing this and how it makes you come alive, right? Like that much more personal connection is super important. Let's see, can we make a play? Can we make a play? Oh, no play. Very sad, almost. But none of that will help you again to it, to like one of the earlier questions that started the stream. None of that will help you unless you fully believe in the thing that you're selling. And that honestly is the biggest challenge for network marketing, is that they don't believe. And that's why there's this huge negative stigma against it. People don't want to just be sold, right? People are so much more focused about just building their downline where they haven't even, you know, had any kind of attachment to the product. You know, like as an entrepreneur, it's all the problems are the same. You need to build a team just like you do in network marketing. You need to build a team, you build a team around something that you really love, right? Like I built a team around my business. I don't do everything in my company. We have 16 people who work for me and at TDS, you know, with the helpers, we've got like 50 people. So, but I still love what I'm doing. Like I did this because I'm a big believer in the value that we provide. You know, my parents have come. I do recommend it to my mom, you know. I can tell my story, and I do tell my story about why I'm there and what we're doing. So that's, that's the biggest thing that's missing for a lot of network marketers. And I look forward to the company that comes around and really does try to take it seriously and really does try to change the stigma of the industry. Because if you do get people who are passionate about it, you know, there is a model where educating people and teaching them how to be business people, just kind of like franchises, right? You buy a franchise, you're buying a system. Network marketing can be the same thing where you're buying training, you're buying it, you know, I want to use my fingers but I'm playing like a quote-unquote proven model. But I want to take my fingers off the keyboard. Oh, Timo just died, very sad. So yeah, all in. And there's some great resources, like we've done some videos from Kiyosaki where he talks about network marketing too. There's some good things you can check out, but you have to start with loving the product, loving what you're doing.

Yeah, and I just will quickly add, like, never ever ever put the network marketing business over your real relationships with people. So like, if you're not willing to invite someone over for dinner just to hang, like, don't also then invite them to your your network marketing party because people know when you are taking interest in them only for some kind of ulterior motive. So like, I would just say if you're not willing to invest in people just because you like those people and want those people to do well, like, don't also then pursue them for your business endeavors.

Right, but that's also not just network marketing. Like if you are running a hair salon, don't just invite people over to try to sell them on your hair salon product. Mm-hmm. Right? It's like anything good or bad about network marketing can be applied to every business. It's just there's this massive stigma towards it, which is unfortunate, mostly because of the people promoting it. You know, don't actually care so much about the people that they bring on under them loving it. They're just trying to pitch, make a lot of money. Cool. There you go. Hopefully some good advice.

Good luck. Very good luck. All right, next question comes from Darwin. Darwin says, Yeah, Darwin says he wants to start— this is interesting— he wants to start either a steel mill company or an oil company. What was the first one? Uh, steel mill. Steel. Oh, okay. Steel mill. Yeah, or an oil company, but the problem is that I don't have enough capital, so I was hoping if you could help him with that problem. So I do not know the nuances of steel mill or oil, but I would want to know a little bit more from you, Darwin, as to what aspect of this business is really of interest to you. Sorry, I'm looking in the comments and saying, is Darwin related to Darwin? Sorry, okay. Charles Darwin. Another shout out, another shout out Zainab for adding some value there, look at it. Okay, so yeah, I mean, gosh, I know both of those industries are huge and so I'm kind of curious why he would want to start these businesses and what about it specifically. Brings him, makes him really passionate about it. That way we could kind of more specifically inform how he could go about doing that. But capital is always a big concern for anyone who wants to start something new. And I think just like anything, you know, it's not going to be there right away and that can't stop you from getting started. I would recommend or suggest that he starts by just getting mentored or working with someone who's already in the steel mill or oil industry and gain the experience needed to do it on his own. And, uh, gosh, I just wish I knew a little bit more about these particular industries to be able to actually, um, yeah, so it's just gonna—

it's really gonna be about building up, building up the experience and the contacts to be able to make it work. Oh, I got a kill! Oh, I didn't get a kill, I got 2 assists. Whatever. Good job, good job, good job. Um, yeah, that's it. Like, you need to build up the experience. Are you an operator that somebody's going to want to give money to, to build this thing, right? So you need to build up the track record, you need to build the experience, you got to, you got to build your contacts. I would pick the one that you like more and go work for one of those companies and get to learn the process. I mean, similar advice to what we've talked about already. Go find someone who's done it, go work for them, learn as much as you can, build up a track record. You're getting paid to learn, you're getting paid to make mistakes, you're getting paid to get experience. And then when you see an opportunity for you to go off and do your own thing, then you've already built everything up. But it's going to be hard at the start to get somebody interested if you don't have that credibility and background and trust. So pick one, go learn everything, be the expert, right? Like, if you are so good at what your job is, you'll have people coming to you saying, hey, I really want to get this going. Like, if somebody wanted to start a new— was it oil? Oil refinery?

Whatever. Oil and steel mill.

So, so if somebody wanted to start a new steel mill that's, that's what it is as an example. Would they pick you to run it? Like, are you gonna be the default person everybody knows that they're gonna pick you to run it? Probably not. Not yet, at least. So that's your challenge, that's your struggle, that's what you need to get better at. You need to be able to build up that track record and that experience. Oh, Timo got a double kill. Nice. So that when somebody is looking for that opportunity, They're gonna come to you. You're just gonna be the person everybody wants to talk to. So that's, that's what happens to me on my YouTube channel, right? I get opportunities pitched at me because they see my channel and they recognize me as the expert and they want to work with me. So you need to be so good at your job that people want to give you opportunities as well. That makes it way easier for you to go out and raise any kind of money. And if you're that good, then you won't even have to raise money because people will be coming to you. But it doesn't just happen overnight, right? There's a lot of practice, a lot of experience, a lot of hustle that goes into making something like that happen. Right. Nice. This Teemo is really good, I'm impressed. Usually when I play with a Teemo on my team, they suck and people hate Teemo. Teemo is like network marketing. Teemo is the network marketing. Everybody hates him, uh, but it's mostly because people don't play him properly. And then I get into a game and play him and, uh, and people rage. But, but this team was good, so I'm excited. I'm happy. All right, let's do it. What's next? What do we got?

Getting some good value, Evan. Awesome. All right, um, next question. Comes from. SBDSSS. So SBDSSS asks, oh, he's like you, he's learning a lot right now from Les Brown.

All right, I love it.

And yeah, and he's, but Les Brown, he says one of his messages is not caring about what other people say about him. And so But for this person, it's really a challenge because it looks like his mom— he wants to be an entrepreneur, but his mom is his greatest little man. I mean, he doesn't say little man in the question, but that's kind of what he's saying. Yeah. And some of the things she says are, "You're a failure. You'll never be successful." And so he's kind of asking like, he's really pumped up when he hears Les Brown talk about not caring about what other people say, but then actually being in that, he loses his motivation. So what advice do you have for him? Got it. So, um, I, you know, it's particularly when you're younger and you are obviously living at home, it's your mom, you know, I'm always going to say no matter what, that's mom and you want to, in the midst of sticking up for yourself, definitely as best you can, remain respectful to mom because she's probably, you know, she's mom, but that doesn't condone when someone is, anyone is kind of speaking to you in a way that is always tearing you down. And so if you obviously can't leave the house, like you're— I don't know how old you are, and you can't get out there and live on your own yet, I kind of give them a couple of steps, and that would be like, of course, remaining respectful, I would directly try to communicate to my mom, like, hey, this— when you speak to me this way, you are hurting me. And really make it clear through some kind of communication that you— how her behavior is impacting and affecting you. Because again, no matter who the person is, it's never okay to to just belittle and abuse anybody. And so the next thing I would say is, after you've communicated to her clearly how her behavior is hurting you, I would say, hey, listen, Mom, um, it hurts me a lot when you speak to me like this. So I love you, I respect you, but if you say these things me, I'm going to fill in the blank. So it could be like a little consequence, like I'm going to go into the other room, you know, every time you speak negatively to me like this, I'm going to walk into another room. It's not because I'm trying to be disrespectful, but I don't want to be in this kind of environment. So I'm going to go to literally a physical, different physical place. And then, um, And then if she kind of continues to talk like that, then I would actually follow up on what I say I'm going to do. So she learns that after doing it, I'm going to actually— you really are going to go into their room because nothing really disempowers someone talking to you badly than leaving. So, you know, hopefully she'll catch on that the way that she is speaking is not helping you, and hopefully it would stop from there. I don't know, that's just some practical tips that I think would be helpful. And yeah, I think it's just important to let people know how their behavior is affecting you, because sometimes we don't even know how to communicate that. We don't even know how to say, "When you do this, you're hurting me," you know, and And maybe she doesn't even know that she is hurting you. I mean, it's pretty obvious when you tell someone that they're not going to be successful and that they're a failure, that that's hurtful language. But, um, yeah, so I'd start with remain— I'd start with remain respectful as best you can, but communicate to her what it is that's hurting you, and then let her know that if she continues, that there's going to be some kind of consequence. And then follow through on that, and hopefully that will stop.

I like it. Some good life advice that Rishi Kapoor is dishing out today. Um, yeah, you know, I agree with a lot of what Rishi said. I'm gonna take it in a different direction to add to it, to give you— You can? Not another option, just another side, because I think the answer is in both. You need to, as well as standing up to your mom and making her feel that it's important and obviously preserving your relationship to the extent that you want to, You need to stop blaming her for you not taking action. Mm-hmm. Just because your mom doesn't support you, so that means you're not gonna do anything, right? Like, you don't need your mom's support. Does it help? Sure. Does having your friends by your side help? 100%. You know, would it be easier? Absolutely. But it's also part of your story. Like, whatever you want to do as an entrepreneur or whatever business you're gonna start, I don't know if you you say you like Les Brown, if you want to be a speaker or whatever, you know, I don't know if you've seen Tony Robbins' movie I Am Not a Guru, which if you like Les, you'll probably like that video that Tony made. I'm gonna get a kill! Yes! Hahaha. In that video, he talks about his dad, and I haven't heard him talk about his dad, and maybe I just don't know enough about his stuff, but, you know, his dad was not the guy that believed in him or helped him or gave him what he needed, and he thanks him for that because if his father wasn't that man, then he wouldn't be who he is today. And so his father helped make him who he is today. He succeeded because his father was so negative and hurtful. Isn't that interesting? Interesting. So it's like what you make of the story, right? Like, you can change your environment somewhat, Right? Which is important. So surround yourself with Les Brown. If that's it, listen to his stuff, put his picture up on the wall, you know, daily habit of watching his stuff and just loving everything that he's doing. Great. If it's my videos or somebody else, great. Like do that too. Got another kill, super excited. But like your mom is not responsible for your success. So stop blaming her. It's on you. If you really want this, just because she doesn't support you, you still have to go out and get yours. And I think we should give you some great advice on what to— like how to deal with your mom and how to still have a relationship and how to, you know, it doesn't mean you have to offend her. It doesn't mean you have to put her down, right? Like because somebody puts you down, the reaction shouldn't be, "You're not supportive and you're a terrible mom and blah blah blah," right? Like Understand that most of what she's saying is probably out of love. She just doesn't understand your real path and she's never done it, so she's scared. Probably, right? She wants you to be successful and in her eyes, success is doing it a different way. Right. But do not blame your mom for you not going out and getting yours. If you don't get it, it's your fault. Yep. There you go. We got, we got like good cop, bad cop happening there.

But it's so true. Like, I mean, at the end of the day, you look at people who, you know, thinking back to that first question, Hani, me saying I want to be a legend. I said, are you aware of what most legends has, has it, like the kind of adversity that a legend actually goes through? Like, you know, you think about the Tony Robbins story, or like Oprah Winfrey, or anyone who's ever done anything on a legend status. Like, if you want, you know, there's this saying like, "You know their glory, but you don't know their story." So it's like anyone who's really accomplished anything that has been legendary has come at huge Price of adversity. So you're right, like, it, it's so horrible if the people that you love are the ones that doubt you the most, but it's so common amongst people who have to, you know, greatness usually bursts out of that very thing.

Yeah, and, and you know, like, you have a mom. There's a lot of people who don't. And they still go out and they still go get theirs and they still build a successful company. But you know, ah, twisted fate, I hate you. Okay, I'm okay. But yeah, you have a mom, right? That already puts you ahead compared to a lot of people. You know, we talked about John Paul DeJoria last time, who's, you know, the billionaire who was homeless and in shelters and his mom gave up on him and gave him up and you join gangs. And like, again, as long as that you let that be your story, that my mom doesn't support me so I won't be a success, then, then you're gonna live it. Where if you approach it as, you know what, it's on me, my responsibility to be successful, I will go out and do it no matter what comes in my path, which is also the Les Brown, you know, philosophy, then you'll be You'll be a lot more successful. And I think what Rishi gave you was great tactical advice on how to deal with your mom. Like, once you get the mindset that it's on you and not your mom, it doesn't mean like you still have to deal with her. You still have to try to, you know, have a great relationship. And I love the tactical advice that she gave you to try to do that. It's a tag team effort here today.

Thanks, Evan Carmichael. Lots of love, feeling the love. Um, all right, I'm gonna keep going unless you tell me to stop. Um, if I'm also— yeah, got a double kill, double kill, triple kill! All right.

I'm on fire in this game.

We're doing well. All right, next question comes from Shakira. Shakira, Shakira. Yeah, Shakira says, I'm just starting off and I want to start a lipstick line and it's going to be homemade and I was wondering what did you do to start it off or what— wondering what should I do to start it off and Should she consider sponsorship and suppliers? So, great question, Shakira. In fact, if you watch episode number 6 of this League of Legends series, we spoke with Victoria who wants to break into the curve modeling industry, and she also is interested in starting a lipstick line. So there might be some helpful information there for you. in regards to starting a lipstick line. I would— some of the really cool things that I know I learned from Evan's feedback there is that probably the most important thing you're going to want to do when it comes to a lipstick line is differentiating yourself. Obviously cosmetics is going to be an inundated industry. And so what's going to make your lipstick different? And a couple ways that you could go about doing that, there's ingredients. So is your lipstick different because, you know, you make it from some amazing organic product? You know, it's a process that you make it really unique? Or is it the branding and the messaging of the lipstick that is is unique, you know. And Evan, one of the things you mentioned was if it's about branding and messaging, then you can actually license or buy an existing line and then, you know, bring your own label and marketing to it. So a couple of different ways that you can go about it. And, you know, I think people really— I mean, I really like that whole concept of like people buying, buying your message, people buying who you are. So I always think it's great, hey, like maybe you want to start a YouTube channel. That way people can just start getting familiar with who you are, and that way I think people are more willing to buy into product as you get familiar with who you are, what your story is. And yeah, so, and I would bootstrap it. I wouldn't jump right to sponsorship right away. I would bootstrap it, make a great, great, great product, make a great lipstick, be focused on what your message is, and, you know, get some traction, and then push it forward. Sharing with friends, your family, your community. If you're a YouTuber, your YouTube community, encouraging them to try it out, get their feedback. Yeah, I wouldn't jump right into sponsorship and wildfire. What say you, Evan Carmichael?

Yeah, one, I also want to be conscious of this Is anything happening in the chat, Rishi? I don't know if— I can't keep my eye on it, so I don't know if there's anything that we need to address happening in there. But yeah, you know, we did an entire episode on raising capital and this was brought up, so I think the answer there will help you, but also, you know, the other Q&A part of that could also be helpful for you.

That's episode 5, Evan, by the way, for anyone who wants to go back and watch. Episode 5 of League of Legends. I love it.

I love the attention to detail because I have no idea what episode it is. Zero idea about the episode number. Oh my, Yasuo's gonna die. All right, my team is going crazy trying to get kills and win.

But, um, by the way, there's a lot of stuff in the chat about your game, just so you know. I'm reading through all the comments, but yeah, go ahead.

Okay, should I be doing better? I'm doing okay actually. I think, I mean, the awareness isn't great, but I'm 7/0/4, so that's pretty solid.

No, Ryze is encouraging you like he always is. Ah, well, that's Ryze.

He's giving you love. Ryze is always gonna give love. Guys, can we do Baron? Let's go, come on, help me up Baron. Let's win this game. We gotta end. I gotta do video shoot today. Um, yeah, so Some of the advice that we talked about before, yeah, one, like that key point of differentiation, what is so special and different about you? Is it about the product? Like, do the products currently suck or is it your messaging? And understanding that can help you figure out the best path forward, right? Like if the products themselves are not great and you are using a special ingredient that nobody else knows of or like Susan, then you need to get into the kitchen and just start making it. If it's not the product, if it's the messaging, if it's the giving back to the community, if it's the, you know, supporting refugees or, you know, whatever it is that makes you tick, then the product itself needs to be good, needs to be something you would recommend and use, but doesn't have to be something you develop yourself. It's more the marketing, the branding. Oh, we're gonna win! We're gonna win! Ha! We won! GG! Yes! So those are my thoughts. And yeah, I think that other video will be helpful too. And just find a way to get started, like something small to get started every day. Spend half an hour every day working on your dream, researching, learning, talking to people, build the momentum every single day. I got an S. I got the best score in the game. That's what's up, friends. All right. Love it. All right. Cool. Well, we're good. That was a massively extended version of our usual session, but the game ended actually relatively quickly. So it was good.

That's so great. It's awesome. And this is perfect timing because my battery just ran out on my laptop.

Rishi's battery is dying. All right, cool. Well, thank you guys for watching. Thank you, Rishi, so much. I think we're on for Friday again, same bat time, 9 AM Eastern. Continue to believe and cup, or whatever your one word is. And we'll see you soon.

Peace, y'all.