In this solo motivational video, Evan Carmichael answers a viewer’s question about launching an online real‑estate service and uses the example to illustrate his broader philosophy on entrepreneurship. He argues that any industry can be profitable if the founder is genuinely passionate and focused on adding real value to people’s lives. He stresses that passion, not money, is the key driver of success, and that a clear vision to improve the world should motivate a venture rather than a desire to escape a disliked job. Carmichael advises aspiring entrepreneurs to assess whether a business idea is a hobby or a passion‑driven mission, to seek mentorship from experienced industry veterans, and to test ideas with a learning mindset before fully committing. He concludes with a call for viewers to share how they discovered their passion and to support his channel.
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Follow your passion. I get a lot of people writing in to me and say, Evan, do you think this is a good business idea or not? And, and for me, you can make money in any business, in any industry. You can make money if you are following your passion. If you are helping people, you are adding value to people's lives, you can make money. One of the foundational rules here of business is If you add a lot of value to people's lives, you will make a lot of money. You want to make money? Add lives— add value to people's lives. You want to make money quickly? Add value quickly to people's lives. And you can do that in any industry. The key is that you're passionate about it. So whatever field you're trying to get into, if you're doing it just for the money, you're not going to be successful. But if you're doing it because you love it, because you're helping people, because you're changing people's lives, and them using your product or service their eyes light up, they go home talking about you because of how you've helped them do something. Like, that's, that's important stuff. That's where you can build a business around. It doesn't matter what industry you're in. And so my opinion on an industry or type of business doesn't really matter because I could tell you, yes, that's a great industry, look at the growth rates, it's taking off, you should definitely get into it. But if you're not passionate about it, you're gonna fail. Meanwhile, if there's an industry that's declining every year, is going down and down and down, but you're coming in with a new passion, a new way of doing something, you can make tons of money there. So it doesn't matter the industry, doesn't matter what you're getting into. It's more, are you doing something that you're passionate about? So this comes as a result of one of my YouTuber fans writing in. Love you guys. Exon, who wrote a long message. Thanking for the videos. Basically wrote in to say he wants to start a business with, with his friend in real estate, something as an online service. His friend is an expert in IT, and he writes in to say, what's your opinion on starting an online service, for example, in real estate, so we can look into the business to gain experience and also start something at the same time? I appreciate your work and your response. Eggs on. Again, like, real estate, great. Online, great. Can you make money? Absolutely. Is it something that you're passionate about? I don't know. That's going to be the key thing, right? Do you and your partner both love this? Do you have a vision of how you're going to change the world and make it a better place because of this online tool that you're creating? If you do, then go for it. You can make tons of money. You can be hugely successful. But if you don't, if it's something just, uh, whatever, you know, put a little time into it, see if it works, that's not a business. It's not going to work. Stop now and do something that you're passionate about. So what you've gotta figure out is, is this just a hobby, right? Is this something that you're gonna test out, you're gonna put a little time into it, you're gonna work on your skills, you wanna learn the industry a little bit, so you're gonna do it by learning. Then whatever, go for it, try it out, you'll learn. But you'll probably learn more going and being mentored by somebody, right? If you wanna learn about the real estate industry, the best way to do it is to go be mentored by somebody in the real estate industry who's built exactly what you want to do, because you're learning from all of their years of experience and they're showing you the ropes. So you don't have to try to figure it all out yourself. But if you're doing it because, you know, you have a passion for this, you really want to build something special, and your partner feels the same way, then it's a great idea. Launch it up. Let me know when it comes out. I want to check it out too. I'm not that huge in real estate, but I'll still check out the site. It's an important message for everybody watching the video. A lot of people want to become entrepreneurs, right? There's such an allure, right? Like, I want to be my own boss, I want to set my own hours, I don't want to work for some idiot who doesn't understand me, I'm tired of working for a company that, you know, doesn't care about their employees, it doesn't stand for anything important, right? There's a lot of reasons to want to start a business. But the one that should pull you in is you have a vision for the world that is different, right? You want to change the way something is done, and that is motivating you to start this company. You don't want to just run away from a life that you don't like, right? Your job, your coworkers, your boss, the company. You don't want to just run away from a life that you don't like. You want to be running towards something that you love. And I don't want you to waste your time and money and effort and energy and lose confidence and, and do all that trying the company just because you're trying to make money and avoid this life that you hate. I want you to run to something that you love, something that's going to really impact people, something that is going to help change the world, something you feel proud of to say, I made that, I'm part of this, this is awesome. And when you do that, That's the right business to be a part of. Believe. For those of you watching, let me know what you think. Let me know how you found your passion. Leave it in the comment section below. If you like this video, you can support me by clicking the link in the description and click on my face, subscribe to the channel. Thank you so much. I'll see you soon.
