Evan Carmichael credits Adis, who started as an intern programmer in 2008 and now heads operations at evancarmichael.com, with helping build his business. Carmichael hired Adis for his passion and hunger to learn, not existing skills, and watched him step up during crises and take on new challenges. He urges you to thank the people who made your business possible.
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Hey, it's Evan, and I believe it's important to thank the people who have contributed to your business, who've contributed to your life, and who have helped you become the business owner and the person that you are today. And so every week I make a new video thanking somebody who's had an impact on my life and business, and today I want to thank Adis. Adis started off as my programmer, now he's in charge of my operations here at evancarmichael.com. He started with me in 2008, and we've been through a ton of stuff and a lot of battles and wars together. And when I first brought Adyce on board, I wasn't sure if it was going to work out. I was part of an internship program. I had had interns in my company before, and when you're first starting up, it's a, it's a great way to launch a business and get some help, and it doesn't cost you a lot of money. I had mixed experiences. Some of the interns I had were really great. I had 3 interns that really helped propel my business forward and a whole bunch of duds and others who I had to let go because it wasn't working out. So when the opportunity with Adisa came along, I was a little bit jaded. I had some bad experiences with interns before. I didn't know if I wanted to do another one again. Adisa's situation was a little bit different because he wasn't even in the country. He was outside the country. To get into the country, he needed to get my approval to say, "Yeah, I want this guy." So I was responsible for him. The other interns that came to me, you know, if it didn't work out, I could let them go after a week or a couple days even. But with him, now I was responsible for him for— I forget how many months. And so it made me, it made me worried. Like, what if it didn't work out? So I said, okay, let me talk to the guy. And so I got on the phone with him, we set up a Skype call, and he was nervous, you could tell, and he had a very simple website. We can kind of see his picture on it, and he wanted to become a programmer and wanted to be a team lead and wanted to, you know, do things with his career, but he didn't have a lot of experience. He had a ton of passion, and that's kind of what sold me on it because I looked at it and said, ah, you know, This guy has done some work, but not that much, and I do need some help, but is it going to be worth it or not? You know, maybe I want somebody who's had a little bit more experience. But he had so much passion for what he was doing and for what he wanted to do that I said, this is worth it. This is worth trying. Even though he doesn't have the skills necessarily that I need yet, even though I'm responsible for him and he's coming to the country because of me, it's worth it. It's worth going for because he has the passion. I'd rather hire somebody who's super passionate about what they're doing and who's eager and hungry to learn and jumps at any challenge than the people who have tons of skills but don't have that passion to be successful. And so he came and it's been great and it's worked out. And every time I have a major problem, Adis is there battling alongside with me, helping me fix it. The guy loves taking on new projects, new opportunities. Anytime I come up with a new idea, a lot of people would say that's crazy, or they just see the amount of work that's involved, where he sees it as an exciting opportunity, a new challenge. And I always know that if I have a problem, Adis is in my corner to back me up. I don't micromanage him. I'm not all over him to say, "Do this, do this, do this." I know he gets his stuff done. And I know that if my website went down or if I had a major crash or some program, he would be working just as hard as I would to fix it, to get it back up, because he bleeds EvanCarmichael.com, and I love it, and I love him for that. So thank you, Adis. You've been an awesome help to my business since 2008, and I'm looking forward to tons more years working with you. And for everybody, you know, with your business, think about somebody who you can thank. You can make a video, you can send an email, you can write a letter, you can take them out to lunch. Recognize the people in your life, in your business who have had an impact. Say thank you. It will make you feel better, it will make them feel better. Do something today to make it happen. Believe. For those of you watching, you like this video, please give it a thumbs up below. I love seeing those come in. And hey, I want to hear from you. You have a comment about this video or a question for your company, leave it in the section below. I always read those and I'll make a video response for you. Thank you guys, I'll see you soon.
