How to STAY EXCITED & Crush Your Goals | 13 Minutes of Motivation

Today I want you to get excited. Hey guys, it's time for another book update, and I'm on my way to Whole Foods, and I'm excited. You know, last week I missed my writing day because I was in New Orleans speaking at a conference for Sage, and I'm just ready to go right now. I'm so excited. I can't wait to get to Whole Foods and answer your questions here on this video and just start banging it out. The end is near. We're working down on the last section of the book. And I don't know, I'm just really excited about going and writing. And thinking about my excitement and I can't wait to get there, it kind of reminds me of business and a lot of you guys. It's important to keep the momentum going in your business. And it's important to get excited. I'm not saying every day you're going to be always pumped and super excited for your business. But if you are not excited for too long in your business, then something's wrong. Then you've got to change it. You gotta shake it up, you gotta tap back into whatever you're passionate about and transform your business so that's something that you can get excited by because if you are not excited about your business, then you're never gonna do anything great with it. Okay, so this week the message is get excited. Now over to your questions. First up, Tamara Weeks who asked, Evan, are you behind on writing because of the conference? So I'm a little bit behind. We have a schedule to, I have to have the book in the publisher's hands by mid-October. And so we still have a few weeks left to kind of wrap it up and then do all the final tuning of it. So put me a little bit behind, but not too much. I still have a little— I still have some time left before I have to get it in, but the clock is ticking and I got to get it in soon. Next up, Ed D, who wrote in to say, hey Evan, I developed a business model for an advertising business. There's one major flaw, which is it's dependent on other people being honest. I like to live in a bubble and believe that everyone is honest. At the moment, I'm not sure which path to take. First, go ahead with this model and risk getting burned. Second, change them all and illuminate my faults and turn into every other agency. Thanks, Evan, you are great. And if I never saw your videos, I would never become an entrepreneur. Well, first off, I appreciate the last part of that message. That means a lot to me. You know, I put a lot of love and energy into this channel and do it for you guys. And to hear that you're inspired to be an entrepreneur because of me touches me, man. Made my day. Super excited. So thank you for that. To answer your question, It's a tough one because I believe in honesty too, and I like to work with honest clients and honest team members. And I've, you know, I've set myself up to potentially be burned. You know, the people on my team, I don't track what they do, right? I don't track their hours. I don't micromanage them. And so they could be screwing me over all day long. I'll do work with clients before I get paid sometimes, and because I trust in a relationship. Okay, so my iPad cut out because I ran out of space, had to delete some old pictures and videos, and here we are again finishing the answer. So I've been very rarely burned by people who aren't being honest, but I've also done a lot of screening in advance and do small starts before actually getting started on the bigger project. So I think your model can work, but on a limited scale. What I mean by that is if you're working with a select few people that you screen and you build good relationships with, then I think it can work. If you're trying to build something much bigger, if you're trying to build something where you don't even know who your customers are and you're building like a web model around it, then I think you could be setting yourself up for some failure and some negative expectations. And so I just try to guard against that. I'd also try to look for, is there a way that you might be able to merge the two? You know, could honesty be a part of it, but then there's still a way to check and report? And, you know, if you look at eBay's success story and how they started, Pierre Midyar said that he believes people are good in general. People are good, and he trusts people to deliver the package, right? I mean, a big part of eBay is I'm spending money on something, will they actually ship me the product that I'm spending the money on? And so he believes that most people people are good, but you're going to have a few bad apples. And as long as you can mitigate the bad apples— and eBay does it through reviews and ratings— and if you can have that kind of system set up, then I think it can work for you. Next up is Isaac: How to meet the right woman for an entrepreneur life? Wow, that's a hard question. And, uh, okay, let me— I'll tell you my personal story. I, I always believe that it's It's hard for somebody to understand an entrepreneur if you're not an entrepreneur. And my first real relationship lasted about 5 years and it was with a girl who didn't understand business, didn't understand entrepreneurship, didn't understand what was happening in my company. And little things like, you know, if I had to go do something, if I had to go speak at an event, you know, she wouldn't come out to support and You know, it just made me feel like I was on my own. I was doing it all on my own. And obviously we hung out and, you know, afterwards, but I felt alone. And so after that relationship ended, I thought, well, maybe I need to be with another entrepreneur, you know, be with somebody who's doing it herself because she'll understand me. She'll understand what I'm going through. And the next relationship I was in, I actually married this woman who had her own business. And all we ended up doing was talking about business. My business, her business, and it was very stimulating intellectually. But after 5 years, we ended up getting divorced, and what I found out was we ended up being much better business partners, business advisors to each other than— watch out, bus coming through— we ended up being much better business partners and advisors than we did being in a romantic relationship. And that was an interesting lesson to learn. Then I didn't really have a strategy of do I want to be with an entrepreneur or not an entrepreneur. I was just trying to find somebody that I loved. And then I met Nina. She might be watching this video. If you are, I love you, babe. And Nina's great in that Nina's not an entrepreneur, and I don't know if she would ever have the gumption to start her own business. She works a typical job, but she She supports me in everything that I'm doing. And I think the one thing that I found really helpful for me is to involve her and explain what's going on. I think that's probably a mistake I made in my first relationship with a non-entrepreneur. Nina's extremely supportive, but I don't always do the best job, and I have done more recently, just kind of explaining what's happening, telling her about the projects, telling her about what I'm worried about, having her involved in the comments, right? She leaves a lot of the comments now for you guys. So she feels like she's a part of the business. Feels like she understands what I'm going through and she can relate. And I think as an entrepreneur, it's up to you to not just take on everything yourself, but also kind of help explain what you're going through and get them involved. In terms of finding the right person, I guess, you know, I've never done the online dating, so I can't give you much experience there, if that's the right path or not. One thing that I found helpful In terms of meeting anybody really, is doing the things that you love. You know, I met Nina through salsa dancing and we had that shared passion together and it's something that we both enjoy doing and it developed into a relationship. And so I would just start doing the things that you love to do and you'll end up meeting the people that have similar interests. But make sure again that you're open and you're explaining what's happening in your company and Yeah, that's helped me and hopefully that can help you. Next up, Dread Dog. Thanks for this video, answer my question. My next question is, do you think it'd be a good idea to start a channel that tracks my journey towards my goal, which is starting my own business? I think it would help keep me motivated and show others that if I can do it, so can they. Thanks again and can't wait to read your book when it's published. Thank you, man. I appreciate the book support. I am excited to get it out there in people's hands and hopefully change some lives. To answer your question, First of all, I think it's a great idea. I think it's a great idea to track your journey. One, for you to see how far you've come. You know, a lot of people don't realize how, how many steps they've actually taken forward, where all they see is, I haven't got the results I want, I don't have the momentum I need yet, I'm not where I want to be, I'm not making enough money, I'm not having a big enough impact yet. I do that too, right? Like, I want to be— I should be doing better, I should have a million subscribers on my channel, right? We criticize as we look forward, but we don't realize the success that we've already had when we look back. And so I think having a journey and documenting it would be super helpful and motivating for others, but also for you. You know, when I look back at my old videos, I'm, I'm shocked. Like, wow, those are some bad videos. That was really bad. And so yes, I'm not at, you know, a million subscribers yet, but I'm way better than I was before. And having that journey helps, helps me feel more motivated and like I'm making some good progress. Sun is on my face. Let me flip the hat around. How's that? Go Jays go! So my second part of that is, are you into video? You know, is that a skill that you want to learn? Is that something that you find interesting? If you guys are starting a YouTube channel, if you're into video is not probably going to be the best idea for you, but you can start a blog if you like writing, or you can follow it on Twitter if you like to tweet. So do what you like to do and put that into the content format that works best for you. The other thing I'd say is you'll get better, right? If you want to learn that as a skill, being good on camera, that's a great way to do it. It's just to start doing it. Stop thinking about it and start doing it and be consistent with it. And over time, if you look back, you'll find that, hey, not only is your business growing, but you're getting better on camera as well. And then the last part about inspiring people, I love that, man. Why am I doing this book series? Why do I keep track of what's happening with my book? It's to motivate me, but also hopefully motivate you in that, you know, life happens. I don't have all the answers. I'm making mistakes. I'm sharing my process, my ups and downs, and you guys are joining me for the journey, and I think it's hopefully inspiring other people to want to do something bigger with their lives and take on big projects as well. And so if you want to join that momentum, create a new revolution yourself as well, I think it's, it's fantastic because businesses should be around to inspire others and create social value apart from just making money. Last question is Bassem. Hello Evan, I'm struggling in my life for the past 4 years without any success until now, especially as I moved I just moved to the US as a new immigrant looking for the American dream. I'm fresh off the boat, have a language barrier and a new culture also. I don't know how to develop myself and set goals. I feel like I'm lost in life. I'm 30 years old. Any advice please? Thank you. My role model is Jean-Claude Van Damme because he came to the US as a new immigrant. He worked as a delivery pizza guy. Sorry for my bad, weak writing in English. That's somebody— I'm feeling your pain and, you know, We all go through these periods in our lives when we're not sure what to do and we have these moments of crisis. I think, first of all, you have to recognize that some of your thoughts are holding you back. The fact that you don't have perfect English, nobody cares about it, right? Van Damme didn't care about it, right? He started as a pizza delivery guy and here he is, you know, being the superstar that he is. And I think that as long as you feel like your English is going to hold you back, then it will, you know? I understood you perfectly. I'm making this YouTube video now for you, right? Don't let that or any other limiting personal belief hold you back. People will say that, "Oh, I'm an immigrant. I don't speak the language. I don't understand the culture. You know, I don't have the education. I don't have the money. I don't have the resources." Whatever excuse you want to fill is just an excuse, and as long as you hold that in your head, then it's going to prevent you from doing something great. It's gonna hold you where you are. And so if you're ready to break free, what I start to think to do is, what am I passionate about? What am I excited about? What gets me going? Not worrying about having the perfect plan, because it's never a perfect plan. Just start doing something. Don't worry about having the perfect goal, right? What is that you want to do? Do you want to be an actor? Do you want to be a chef? Do you want to open up your own convenience store? Do you want to be a software entrepreneur? Like, what is it that you want to do and just start doing it. And as you go, you'll find that your goals will change, your plans will change. And just like I started off at the start of this session, this video, get excited. What are you excited about? And go do that. And don't worry about having a perfect plan because again, it's never going to be perfect. Okay? You know, I want you to keep me posted. I want you to keep me updated. I want you to do one thing that gets you excited that maybe you felt like you can never do because of whatever excuse you have in your head. Just go out and do that and then come back and leave a comment post update because I want to, I want to hear about your, your journey. Okay, man. Thank you guys for watching. If you have a question for me that you want me to answer in the next edition of my Evan's Book video, leave it below and I'll see what I can do. Thank you guys. Continue to believe. I'll see you soon.