In this motivational video, Evan Carmichael urges entrepreneurs to disregard doubters and "haters" and to pursue ventures they are truly passionate about. He opens by emphasizing the inevitability of criticism and the need for personal courage to follow one’s own vision, regardless of external expectations. Carmichael then answers a viewer’s question about entering the electronic music and events industry, acknowledging the stigma and perceived risks but encouraging the asker to follow his love for the field, even suggesting he could reshape the scene by eliminating drugs and alcohol from his events. Throughout, he distinguishes constructive feedback (a counselor) from destructive criticism (a jailer) and stresses that genuine passion, a desire to solve problems, and a willingness to work hard are the true drivers of success, not market hype. He repeatedly calls viewers to engage—like, comment, and share thoughts—while sharing a personal anecdote about eating lentils for breakfast, reinforcing his informal, community‑focused style.
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Forget what other people think. If you want to be successful as an entrepreneur, you're going to have a lot of doubters, you're going to have a lot of haters, you're going to have a lot of people who want you to be a certain way, who have a plan for your life. And you have to have the courage to say, "I'm going to do my own thing, and I don't care what you think, and you either support me in this or you don't. And I'm going to make mistakes, I'm going to fail, I'm going to fall down, and I need you to have my back because that's what a good friend does, or a good family member does. And if not, then you don't need to have these people in your life. I got a great question from one of my readers, Esteban. And Esteban wrote in saying basically he wants to start in the electronic music business, have his own events, production companies. He's worried that a lot of adults have told him that it's not a good business to get into. People look down on the business, there's a lot of alcohol, other drugs that are involved in the business, and they're telling him don't go into it. And he wanted my opinion on what to do because he feels he really loves this. If you love your business idea, you have to go for it. You have to try. You owe it to yourself to try because you're gonna look back on your life 40 years later and say, "I really wish I did that." And it may only last 2 months. You may get into it and feel like you know what, that was a huge mistake, that wasn't for me. Or you may find the business of your dreams, and everything can change. You know, if there's an atmosphere of drugs and alcohol in the business, you can clean that up. You could be the guy who doesn't have drugs and alcohol at his events. You can change it, you can make whatever business you want, but you're only going to be successful if you're following something that you're really passionate about. Use advice as a counselor. But not a jailer. So when somebody's telling you something, you can take it into consideration. It's definitely worth getting feedback on what you're doing, as long as it's constructive, as long as it helps you. If people are just putting you down and saying this is a terrible idea, that doesn't help you move forward. Okay, give me some suggestions for what I can do to make this better, or keep your opinions to yourself. You shouldn't care about what other people think about what you're doing. As long as you're doing it for the right reasons, you're doing it for you, you're doing it for your community, you're doing it to have an impact, you're doing it because you see a world that could be better and you want to be a part of it. And the bigger your dream is, the more radical, the more change-inspired it is, the more resistance you're going to have. The more people are going to hate on the idea, the more people are going to try to hold you back because it's too different, it stands out too much, it's not the safe route that most people follow. You have to break out of that. You have to have the confidence that it's going to follow through, that it's going to happen for you. And it doesn't even matter what my opinion is, right? If what I'm saying resonates with you and gives you some advice, that's great. If it doesn't, throw it away. You can't listen to me saying this is a great business idea. I can't tell you if your idea is a great business idea or not. You can make money in any industry. You can make money with any business. The key thing that's gonna make the difference for you is, are you super passionate about this? Are you getting into it just to make money, or you're getting into it to change the way something is done, to solve a real problem, to make progress? If that's why you're doing it, you're gonna make money. It doesn't matter what business you're in. It doesn't matter what I think, if it's a hot market or not. You can lose tons of money in a hot market, and you can make tons of money in a down market. And the difference is going to be how much you care. So if you care about this, if you're willing to slug it out, if you're willing to go for it, you're trying to follow your passion, ignore what the haters think, put their feelings aside, and let them know you're either on board supporting me, what I'm trying to do, or get out of my way. Because you can't let the haters hold you back. Belief. For those of you watching, like the video, please give it a thumbs up below. It always makes me want to do more. And please let me know what you think. Leave a comment, good or bad. I want to hear what you have to think. I love seeing those comments come in every morning. I'm eating my lentils for breakfast and I want to see the comments. I respond. I'll make a video response if you have a question. Thank you so much and I'll see you soon.
