In this Thankful Thursday episode, Evan Carmichael emphasizes the critical role of gratitude for entrepreneurs, sharing how acknowledging the people who support you can sustain motivation and success. He thanks YouTube artist Matthieu Izem (Matthijs M.) for collaborating on the motivational video "Believed," describing the creation process, the video’s theme of belief, and its daily presence in his routine. Carmichael explains how the video has impacted hundreds of thousands of viewers and has inspired him to partner with other creators. He then urges viewers to actively express appreciation—through notes, calls, videos, or coffee—highlighting that such gestures boost both the giver’s and receiver’s morale and can super‑charge a day. The episode ends with a call to subscribe for more content.
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Welcome to another Thankful Thursday. I believe it's important to thank the people who've had an impact on your life because you can't do this alone. Being an entrepreneur is hard. It's, it's one of the hardest things that you're ever going to do in your life, and you need the support of people around you to help you get to where you want to go. And so today I wanted to thank Matthijs M. Matthijs M is a YouTube artist, and he creates motivational videos some of the best motivational videos online. He's really the best at what he does. He's awesome. And I saw some of his videos, and for a while I'd wanted to have my own set of videos. You know, I love making these videos. This is great. This will continue, but I wanted something else. I wanted people to watch one of the videos and be left with that feeling of belief, but feeling like they're ready to take action. You know, sometimes you walk out of a movie or you listen to somebody speak and you're You're just ready to do something. You're ready to step up. You're ready to go to the next level. You're ready to bust through the fear that you have and just go and take action. You're ready for action. That's what I wanted. I wanted all that in a video for myself selfishly, but also to share with other people. I reached out to Matthieu Hizem because he was the best at what he did, and fortunately he agreed to a collaboration. And we worked together on a video, and really it was all his work. I said, "You know what? You're an artist. I love what you do. Your work is amazing." Inspires me. The only thing I ask is that the video's theme is believe. Do whatever you want with the rest of it, just make sure that it's about believing. And he created something that's amazing, something that to this day I watch every day. I wake up, I grab my lentils for breakfast, I load my YouTube comments, and I play my believe playlist. And the first video always on my believe playlist is is "Believed by Matthieu Izem." And that video has had a strong impact on me, and it's impacted hundreds of thousands and soon millions of people. And I'm forever grateful. As a result, I've now made partnerships with other YouTube artists and given them exposure and following in the same footsteps where it's "Believed by" whoever that artist is. And so I just wanted to take the time today to thank Matthieu Izem for for your collaboration, your partnership. It was a great experience. It's impacted a lot of people, and maybe we could do it again. For those of you watching, again, it's hard being an entrepreneur, and there's a lot of people who make sacrifices and go out of their way to help you on a regular basis. So take time out of your day today to thank them. It could be a handwritten note, an email, a phone call, make a video. Take them to coffee. Just do something. Doesn't have to cost you anything. Just do something to show your appreciation and say thank you. It'll make you feel better. It'll make them feel better, and it'll supercharge your day. Believe. For those of you watching, you like this video, you can subscribe to the channel to see more just like this, and I'll see you soon.
