RAW - Thank You Mom and Dad!

Hey, it's Evan. I believe that it's important to thank the people in your life who have helped make your life exceptional and your business exceptional because it's hard running a company and we have to rely on other people to help us out. So I thought I would create a regular series thanking the people in my life and hopefully it inspires you to thank and recognize the people in yours as well. Let them know that, hey, we appreciate all all the work you've done to help us get to where we are. So today, this is a big one, I want to thank my parents. Now my parents have always been super supportive of everything that I've done in my career, even growing up, all the things that I wanted to do. They are not entrepreneurs themselves, but they always supported my business ideas. I remember one of my first ideas was to buy and sell baseball cards. I had a huge passion for baseball and loved going and buying cards and selling them at a profit. And I remember maybe once a month going up to this place called the Orange Tent that was maybe 2.5, 3 hours away from my house, and they would drive me there and they would look around. But the main reason I went there was because there was this store, this little shop set up within the Orange Tent where they sold baseball cards, and I would always get excited for it and bring my money and bring my cards and haggle and negotiate, and I was maybe 10 years old, and I would negotiate down to the last nickel or dime, and it was my early days of entrepreneurship and negotiation, and my parents had no idea about baseball cards. They didn't really care about baseball cards, but they saw that their son had a passion for something, and they were extremely helpful and supportive in helping me foster that. And so I'm really appreciative. I remember probably the hardest moment ever in my business career was in my first real company. It was a software company. And I wasn't making the money I wanted to make, barely surviving, struggling to get by, having disagreements with my partners. And I remember one day in particular where I was having a family dinner, so I was at home at my parents' house, and I got into an argument with my business partner. We had been struggling for so long, and we both had the same goal of wanting to see our company succeed. We just had different visions on how to do it, what to do next. And I think when you're just struggling and struggling for so long, you get frustrated and you start to snap at each other. And After the call, you know, at the end of the call, I said like, "This is it, I quit. I don't want to do this anymore. This business is just taking too much of me, and I don't see how we're gonna make it, and that's it. Like, I can't do this anymore. I'm quitting." And I felt like such a failure after that, you know, like I put all this work and effort into it, and to hear me say that I quit, felt like such a failure, such a down moment in my life. It was like the lowest I've ever been in my life. I hung up the phone on my partner, and I just started crying, uncontrollably crying. Everything was going wrong. I think my mom heard that I was crying, and she came up and she put her hand on my shoulder and asked what was wrong. And for 10-15 minutes I couldn't even say anything. It was just too overwhelming. I was so upset and frustrated, disappointed in myself. I just cried and the tears are coming down my face and she just had her hand on my shoulder and was there for me. And after about 10-15 minutes I was able to muster up a few words. And even though she didn't say anything, we didn't really have a huge conversation that night. Having her there and having that support, you know, meant a lot to me and helped me get through that, that tough night. And the next day I got up and went back to work, and that's part of being an entrepreneur. And everything I've done, my parents have been extremely supportive. Even the stuff I'm doing now, you know, my mom's always listening in on the radio show and watching the videos and is getting, you know, very involved. And again, even though it doesn't really apply to the things that she's doing in her life, it they both want to see their son be successful and they want to help out as much as possible. So thank you, both of you, for all of your help over the years. It's meant a lot and I'll never forget it. Emotional. So for those of you, again, try to recognize the people in your life who have had a tremendous impact on your business, on your life, because we can't do it alone. Running a business is really hard. We need to lean on people to help us. We have to have people support us through the way. If it's, you know, financial or ideas or just a shoulder to lean on, I'm sure there are people in your life who've had an impact. So thank them, you know, an email, a handwritten note, video like this. Find time today to thank somebody in your life who's had that impact. They'll feel great about it and you'll feel good about it too. Thank you guys. If you like this video, you know the drill, thumbs up below. And I'd love to hear from you. Please leave a comment under this video. Let me know who supported you and your ventures. And if you have a question, let me know too. I'd be happy to Friends, for you. See you guys soon.