Evan Carmichael studied Les Brown, Warren Buffett, and Steve Jobs and found they shared one thing: belief they could transcend their origins and persist through challenges. Success requires three beliefs: that you can start, that you'll follow through, and that your work matters.
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What thing would you like to leave us with in order for us to be a success, either on YouTube or any other place?
The most important thing I think is just to believe. I've studied more successful people than most people, and just the work that I do, you know, Anthony at the beginning talked about Les Brown and Warren Buffett and Steve Jobs, like what makes these people so special. They're not that much better than you or me, they just believed in themselves. They believed that where they were born does not need to be the same place that they end up. They believed that they could create something special. They believed in themselves to get started. They believed themselves to follow through. They believed in the work that they're doing. And so there's that old quote of whether you believe you can, you can't, you're right. And I think that's the missing ingredient for most people.