Aaron Paul asked his parents for three months of rent before Breaking Bad. Evan Carmichael avoided tapping his successful parents' network out of pride, which he now sees as a mistake. The difference between moochers and ambitious people who need help isn't the asking—it's what you do with it.
Good morning, Believe Nation! Today's message is: Allow people to help. Over to you, Aaron Paul.
I had so many ups and downs, so many struggles, so much rejection, but to me, I never saw myself going home. And to be honest, The first time I ever asked my parents for any sort of financial help, which was so hard for me to ask them for, because this is my dream, it's not their dream. Of course they want their, you know, they want to see their son succeed in their dreams, but first time I asked them for any sort of help was right before booking Breaking Bad. I was like, could you help me with my rent? And they paid my rent 3 months in a row, which was so hard for me to allow them to do. So, and it was so hard for them to do it. You know, they had nothing. And then I booked Breaking Bad and, you know, the rest is history.
So I see two kinds of people in the world. Often there are the moochers, and the moochers are the people who don't work, they just mooch off of other people, and they're more than willing to ask for help. Then you've got the people who are actually trying to build something, actually trying to make a name for themselves, actually trying to make a difference. And quite often those kinds of people are afraid to reach out and ask for help. And I get the idea that You don't want to ask your parents or your family for help. I get that, you know, there's a feeling like you want to make it on your own. I went through that same thing when I had my first software company. You know, I was failing and sucking and making no money, and my parents had had success in different fields, and I could have used them and said, "Hey, can you help make an introduction, a connection for me?" But I felt like I wanted to do it all on my own, and I had nobody to help me, no friends. And the first, you know, company that I went to was actually a bank. 'cause I figured, hey, bankers are supposed to help entrepreneurs, right? And I went to go meet my bank manager and asked if he could help me. And so I think people who are trying to do something important are often too afraid to ask for help, but it's important because asking for help can get you where you need to go. And a lot of people who don't ask for enough help end up failing and struggling and quitting and having to go back and get a job and never realizing their dreams. You can't do this alone. You need to be able to reach out and ask people for their help. So I hope that message sticks with you today and you find somebody that you can reach out to, to help you build your business and take it to the next step. So my question of the day for you today is, who have you reached out to and gotten some great help from? I'd love to hear the story, leave it in the comments below, and I think that by sharing that it could help inspire other people to also reach out to their network and try to get help for their business. Thank you for watching, continue to believe, have an amazing day, and I'll see you again tomorrow morning for another shot Avernespresso. Oh, I lost money down my shirt on the clap. Okay, we'll leave it there. We'll leave it there. Okay, question of the day. It's really hard talking without moving my neck. I am a robot. More money is falling down the shirt. It's stuck on my chest. Holy cow. Still more in there. It's raining money. Holy crap.
