The Modern-Day Napoleon Hill: Why Most People Don't Believe in Themselves! Evan Carmichael

Evan Carmichael believes the world's biggest problem is that people don't believe in themselves enough. He has spent the last 15 years trying to fix it.

Evan joins Jessica Neal and co-host Jeff on Truth Works for an honest conversation about self-belief, building a movement as an introvert, and why serving one person matters more than reaching millions.

Evan is not your typical YouTuber.

At 19 he built and sold a biotech software company. At 22 he was a venture capitalist raising $500k to $15M. Then he started making videos on YouTube in 2009, long before entrepreneurs were a category there, and for five years almost nobody watched. His first year online he had three comments, two of them from his own family.

Today his #Believe channel has over 4 million subscribers, he has written four books, and Ed Mylett has called him the modern-day Napoleon Hill.

In this episode, Evan breaks down the "believe walk" he does every morning, why he thinks your purpose comes from your pain, and how a mentor named Steve pushed him from 9,000 subscribers to millions by making him film the same foundation story 40 times. He gets candid about the hardest day of his life, the one day in 15 years he could not bring himself to turn on the camera, and what it taught him about being human.

He also shares the systems behind the work: the eliminate, automate, delegate framework, why he themes every day of his week, and the "CEO day" he uses to make the calls he keeps avoiding. Plus why he leads his 60-person team with directness rooted in love, the difference between pushing someone and hugging them, and how to know which one a person needs.

TOPICS COVERED

- Why lack of belief is the world's number one problem
- The "believe walk" and curating what goes into your head every morning
- How an introvert built a movement without wanting to be famous
- Why your purpose comes from your pain
- The five-year grind from 0 to a couple thousand subscribers
- Asking for help and why most people wait too long to do it
- Big Y vs little Y: staying motivated by serving one person
- Why successful entrepreneurs take action immediately
- Eliminate, automate, delegate: scaling yourself out of the work
- Theming your week and the "CEO day" thought exercise
- Leading with love: when to push someone and when to hug them


Evan's books, including Your One Word and Built to Serve, are available now.


Truth Works is hosted by Jessica Neal and Jeff, two leaders pulling back the curtain on how great companies and people are really built.