hello believe nation my name is Evan Carmichael my one word is believe and I
Carmichael my one word is believe and I
Carmichael my one word is believe and I believe that entrepreneurs will solve
believe that entrepreneurs will solve
believe that entrepreneurs will solve all the major problems of the world I
all the major problems of the world I
all the major problems of the world I started a mentor me series on this
started a mentor me series on this
started a mentor me series on this channel with the goal to hang on people
channel with the goal to hang on people
channel with the goal to hang on people who have done a lot more than us and
who have done a lot more than us and
who have done a lot more than us and hopefully by watching more of their
hopefully by watching more of their
hopefully by watching more of their content some of their thoughts their
content some of their thoughts their
content some of their thoughts their mindset their beliefs their attitudes
mindset their beliefs their attitudes
mindset their beliefs their attitudes their way of thinking seeps into us to
their way of thinking seeps into us to
their way of thinking seeps into us to help us become the best version of
help us become the best version of
help us become the best version of ourselves so today we’re going to learn
ourselves so today we’re going to learn
ourselves so today we’re going to learn from Maya Angelou and some of her most
from Maya Angelou and some of her most
from Maya Angelou and some of her most inspiring moments mentor me Maya
inspiring moments mentor me Maya
inspiring moments mentor me Maya moment number four is my personal
moment number four is my personal
moment number four is my personal favorite and I’d love to know which one
favorite and I’d love to know which one
favorite and I’d love to know which one you guys liked the best
you guys liked the best
you guys liked the best also as Maya’s talking if she says
also as Maya’s talking if she says
also as Maya’s talking if she says something that really inspired you
something that really inspired you
something that really inspired you please leave it down the comments below
please leave it down the comments below
please leave it down the comments below put quotes around it so other people can
put quotes around it so other people can
put quotes around it so other people can be inspired as well and when you write
be inspired as well and when you write
be inspired as well and when you write it down yourself it’s much more likely
it down yourself it’s much more likely
it down yourself it’s much more likely to stick so you remember to enjoy
I’ve tried a lot of bangle I failed it
I’ve tried a lot of bangle I failed it in some things and succeeded it yeah but
in some things and succeeded it yeah but
in some things and succeeded it yeah but what I love about you is that you have
what I love about you is that you have
what I love about you is that you have you have attacked it all with great
you have attacked it all with great
you have attacked it all with great passion and I can look at all the books
passion and I can look at all the books
passion and I can look at all the books here that you have written I can look at
here that you have written I can look at
here that you have written I can look at all the things you have done from
all the things you have done from
all the things you have done from journalists to poet to writer to actor
journalists to poet to writer to actor
journalists to poet to writer to actor to producer all of those kinds of things
to producer all of those kinds of things
to producer all of those kinds of things which suggest this uncommon confidence
which suggest this uncommon confidence
which suggest this uncommon confidence in yourself and willingness to risk yeah
in yourself and willingness to risk yeah
in yourself and willingness to risk yeah failure yes yes but it maybe it’s more
failure yes yes but it maybe it’s more
failure yes yes but it maybe it’s more dangerous to risk to risk success we
dangerous to risk to risk success we
dangerous to risk to risk success we mean well a lot of people don’t really
mean well a lot of people don’t really
mean well a lot of people don’t really want success I’ve never understood that
want success I’ve never understood that
want success I’ve never understood that this is true it’s intimate because they
this is true it’s intimate because they
this is true it’s intimate because they don’t want it and the best evidence of
don’t want it and the best evidence of
don’t want it and the best evidence of that is they avail they say oh and
that is they avail they say oh and
that is they avail they say oh and abettor best evidence of that is they
abettor best evidence of that is they
abettor best evidence of that is they don’t try that sign right that’s right
don’t try that sign right that’s right
don’t try that sign right that’s right but to succeed means that I mean you’re
but to succeed means that I mean you’re
but to succeed means that I mean you’re in front of God and and lots of
in front of God and and lots of
in front of God and and lots of responsible people then you have to to
responsible people then you have to to
responsible people then you have to to either eat your words or or stand by
either eat your words or or stand by
either eat your words or or stand by them I think that I have agreed a long
them I think that I have agreed a long
them I think that I have agreed a long time ago Charlie Rose this may be what I
time ago Charlie Rose this may be what I
time ago Charlie Rose this may be what I might my greatest blessing I agreed long
might my greatest blessing I agreed long
might my greatest blessing I agreed long a long time ago that I would die now if
a long time ago that I would die now if
a long time ago that I would die now if I can admit that but no matter what
I can admit that but no matter what
I can admit that but no matter what happens I will do this thing this is the
happens I will do this thing this is the
happens I will do this thing this is the biggest Bugaboo of them all I will do
biggest Bugaboo of them all I will do
biggest Bugaboo of them all I will do that well then why couldn’t I attempt
that well then why couldn’t I attempt
that well then why couldn’t I attempt something lesser yeah so I will try was
something lesser yeah so I will try was
something lesser yeah so I will try was the 16th
the 16th
the 16th once again life for anybody what was the
once again life for anybody what was the
once again life for anybody what was the 89 assassination what does that do to
89 assassination what does that do to
89 assassination what does that do to your generation and lives with it at
your generation and lives with it at
your generation and lives with it at having no news people this is me and I’m
having no news people this is me and I’m
having no news people this is me and I’m man enough I still be angry I’m being
man enough I still be angry I’m being
man enough I still be angry I’m being angry with my country I’ll be angry at
angry with my country I’ll be angry at
angry with my country I’ll be angry at anybody let it happen come along if
anybody let it happen come along if
anybody let it happen come along if you’re not angry you’re either a stone
are you too sick to be angry it’s just
are you too sick to be angry it’s just the angry what you do even imagine
the angry what you do even imagine
the angry what you do even imagine there’s a difference you must not be
there’s a difference you must not be
there’s a difference you must not be bitter
bitter
bitter also that let me show you why bitterness
also that let me show you why bitterness
also that let me show you why bitterness is like cancer it eats it on the host it
is like cancer it eats it on the host it
is like cancer it eats it on the host it doesn’t do anything to the object of its
doesn’t do anything to the object of its
doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure so use that anger yes you
displeasure so use that anger yes you
displeasure so use that anger yes you write it you paint it you dance it you
write it you paint it you dance it you
write it you paint it you dance it you might it you see vote if you do
might it you see vote if you do
might it you see vote if you do everything about it you talk it never
everything about it you talk it never
everything about it you talk it never stop talking it when I was seven and a
stop talking it when I was seven and a
stop talking it when I was seven and a half I was raped
I won’t say severely they don’t rate
I won’t say severely they don’t rate this severe the rapist was a person very
this severe the rapist was a person very
this severe the rapist was a person very well-known to my family I was
well-known to my family I was
well-known to my family I was hospitalized the rapist was let out of
hospitalized the rapist was let out of
hospitalized the rapist was let out of jail and was found dead that night and
jail and was found dead that night and
jail and was found dead that night and the police suggested that the rapist had
the police suggested that the rapist had
the police suggested that the rapist had been kicked to death I was seven and a
been kicked to death I was seven and a
been kicked to death I was seven and a half I thought that I had caused the
half I thought that I had caused the
half I thought that I had caused the man’s death because I had spoken his
man’s death because I had spoken his
man’s death because I had spoken his name
name
name [Music]
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[Music] that was my seven and a half year logic
that was my seven and a half year logic
that was my seven and a half year logic so I stopped talking for five years now
so I stopped talking for five years now
so I stopped talking for five years now to show you again how out of evil there
to show you again how out of evil there
to show you again how out of evil there can come good in those five years I read
can come good in those five years I read
can come good in those five years I read every book in the black school library I
every book in the black school library I
every book in the black school library I read all the books I could get from the
read all the books I could get from the
read all the books I could get from the white school library
white school library
white school library I memorized James Weldon Johnson Paul
I memorized James Weldon Johnson Paul
I memorized James Weldon Johnson Paul Laurence Dunbar Countee Cullen and
Laurence Dunbar Countee Cullen and
Laurence Dunbar Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes I memorized Shakespeare
Langston Hughes I memorized Shakespeare
Langston Hughes I memorized Shakespeare whole plays fifty sonnets
whole plays fifty sonnets
whole plays fifty sonnets I memorized Edgar Allen Poe all the
I memorized Edgar Allen Poe all the
I memorized Edgar Allen Poe all the poetry never having heard it
poetry never having heard it
poetry never having heard it I memorized it I had Longfellow I had
I memorized it I had Longfellow I had
I memorized it I had Longfellow I had Gita Maupassant
Gita Maupassant
Gita Maupassant I had balsa Rudyard Kipling I mean it
I had balsa Rudyard Kipling I mean it
I had balsa Rudyard Kipling I mean it was the Catholic kind of reading and
was the Catholic kind of reading and
was the Catholic kind of reading and Catholic kind of story when I decided to
Catholic kind of story when I decided to
Catholic kind of story when I decided to speak
speak
speak I had a lot to say and many ways in
I had a lot to say and many ways in
I had a lot to say and many ways in which to say what I had to say I listen
which to say what I had to say I listen
which to say what I had to say I listen to the black minister and listen to the
to the black minister and listen to the
to the black minister and listen to the melody of the preachers and I could tell
melody of the preachers and I could tell
melody of the preachers and I could tell when they would start up from that kind
when they would start up from that kind
when they would start up from that kind of thing when we didn’t know they mean
of thing when we didn’t know they mean
of thing when we didn’t know they mean to take our soul straight to heaven or
to take our soul straight to heaven or
to take our soul straight to heaven or whether they meant to – just straight to
whether they meant to – just straight to
whether they meant to – just straight to hell I understood it so out of this
hell I understood it so out of this
hell I understood it so out of this either which was a dire kind of evil
either which was a dire kind of evil
either which was a dire kind of evil because rape on the body of a young
because rape on the body of a young
because rape on the body of a young person more often than not introduces
person more often than not introduces
person more often than not introduces cynicism and there is nothing quite so
cynicism and there is nothing quite so
cynicism and there is nothing quite so tragic as a young senic because it means
tragic as a young senic because it means
tragic as a young senic because it means the person is going from knowing nothing
the person is going from knowing nothing
the person is going from knowing nothing to believing nothing in my case I was
to believing nothing in my case I was
to believing nothing in my case I was saved in that mutinous sea and the sort
saved in that mutinous sea and the sort
saved in that mutinous sea and the sort of day I was saved and I was able to
of day I was saved and I was able to
of day I was saved and I was able to draw from human thought human
draw from human thought human
draw from human thought human disappointments and triumph enough to
disappointments and triumph enough to
disappointments and triumph enough to triumph myself I see you as a brave
triumph myself I see you as a brave
triumph myself I see you as a brave heart woman how do you see yourself dr.
heart woman how do you see yourself dr.
heart woman how do you see yourself dr. Angelou a working woman every side yes
Angelou a working woman every side yes
Angelou a working woman every side yes they always in the process I never take
they always in the process I never take
they always in the process I never take your shoes off that’s it I’m working all
your shoes off that’s it I’m working all
your shoes off that’s it I’m working all the time I laugh as much as possible
the time I laugh as much as possible
the time I laugh as much as possible yeah I just don’t trust people who don’t
yeah I just don’t trust people who don’t
yeah I just don’t trust people who don’t die act as if I’m serious negative
die act as if I’m serious negative
die act as if I’m serious negative they’ve got some kind of airplane gluon
they’ve got some kind of airplane gluon
they’ve got some kind of airplane gluon stuck with fourth that fits the bed for
stuck with fourth that fits the bed for
stuck with fourth that fits the bed for it I think I don’t know if you’re
it I think I don’t know if you’re
it I think I don’t know if you’re serious about your blurring as it
serious about your blurring as it
serious about your blurring as it becomes for hey that’s for being serious
becomes for hey that’s for being serious
becomes for hey that’s for being serious hmm I think if you’re serious you try to
hmm I think if you’re serious you try to
hmm I think if you’re serious you try to make a change if you don’t like a
make a change if you don’t like a
make a change if you don’t like a situation you try to change it do
situation you try to change it do
situation you try to change it do whatever you can to change it and if
whatever you can to change it and if
whatever you can to change it and if everything you do salt flat and
everything you do salt flat and
everything you do salt flat and can’t change it then change the way you
can’t change it then change the way you
can’t change it then change the way you think about it move to another position
think about it move to another position
think about it move to another position to look at it in doing so you may find a
to look at it in doing so you may find a
to look at it in doing so you may find a new way to change
people will very often try to respond to
people will very often try to respond to you on the level on which you address
you on the level on which you address
you on the level on which you address them so if you say aren’t you wonderful
them so if you say aren’t you wonderful
them so if you say aren’t you wonderful aren’t you then did my goodness you’re
aren’t you then did my goodness you’re
aren’t you then did my goodness you’re beautiful oh you’re so bright people
beautiful oh you’re so bright people
beautiful oh you’re so bright people will try even if they’re not they really
will try even if they’re not they really
will try even if they’re not they really will try to lift themselves after that
will try to lift themselves after that
will try to lift themselves after that on the other hand if you say you know
on the other hand if you say you know
on the other hand if you say you know you’re a dog
you’re a dog
you’re a dog you really also know you’ll never be
you really also know you’ll never be
you really also know you’ll never be anybody in fact you are nobody now and
anybody in fact you are nobody now and
anybody in fact you are nobody now and you never have been sooner or later that
you never have been sooner or later that
you never have been sooner or later that person will address will respond on the
person will address will respond on the
person will address will respond on the level on which he or she is address we
level on which he or she is address we
level on which he or she is address we will say figuratively or literally let
will say figuratively or literally let
will say figuratively or literally let me show you where dog is let me show you
me show you where dog is let me show you
me show you where dog is let me show you where low really is I will show you that
where low really is I will show you that
where low really is I will show you that years ago I did a movie called quited
years ago I did a movie called quited
years ago I did a movie called quited custard and there was a young man the
custard and there was a young man the
custard and there was a young man the first day who first spoke I couldn’t
first day who first spoke I couldn’t
first day who first spoke I couldn’t believe it I walked around behind him
believe it I walked around behind him
believe it I walked around behind him try to ignore him but the second day he
try to ignore him but the second day he
try to ignore him but the second day he and another young man black man ran to
and another young man black man ran to
and another young man black man ran to each other and they were about to fight
each other and they were about to fight
each other and they were about to fight and hundreds of of extra started to run
and hundreds of of extra started to run
and hundreds of of extra started to run away but one black man walked up to the
away but one black man walked up to the
away but one black man walked up to the two young men and I was that and that’s
two young men and I was that and that’s
two young men and I was that and that’s just one bothered by his shoulder so let
just one bothered by his shoulder so let
just one bothered by his shoulder so let me speak to you it’s a rib please would
me speak to you it’s a rib please would
me speak to you it’s a rib please would you do would do I said let me speak to
you do would do I said let me speak to
you do would do I said let me speak to you honey you know I’ll tell you
you honey you know I’ll tell you
you honey you know I’ll tell you something you know you’re as in no limit
something you know you’re as in no limit
something you know you’re as in no limit obviously and I he finally calmed down
obviously and I he finally calmed down
obviously and I he finally calmed down and I said do you know how much you need
and I said do you know how much you need
and I said do you know how much you need it do you know what you mean to us do
it do you know what you mean to us do
it do you know what you mean to us do you know that hundreds of years of
you know that hundreds of years of
you know that hundreds of years of struggle have been for you you please
struggle have been for you you please
struggle have been for you you please baby take a minute
baby take a minute
baby take a minute don’t lose your life on his own I put my
don’t lose your life on his own I put my
don’t lose your life on his own I put my arm around him he started to weep tears
arm around him he started to weep tears
arm around him he started to weep tears came down that was too fast sure cool
came down that was too fast sure cool
came down that was too fast sure cool hmm he I took him I walk him down into a
hmm he I took him I walk him down into a
hmm he I took him I walk him down into a little gully and kept his back to the
little gully and kept his back to the
little gully and kept his back to the people so they wouldn’t see him and I
people so they wouldn’t see him and I
people so they wouldn’t see him and I used my hands to dry his cheek and I’d
used my hands to dry his cheek and I’d
used my hands to dry his cheek and I’d kept talking to him Wheatley Wheatley
kept talking to him Wheatley Wheatley
kept talking to him Wheatley Wheatley for the next week while I was on that
for the next week while I was on that
for the next week while I was on that film whenever I walked by he
film whenever I walked by he
film whenever I walked by he this end so I told it the good morning
this end so I told it the good morning
this end so I told it the good morning miss answer dears try to introduce
miss answer dears try to introduce
miss answer dears try to introduce courtesy into your speech to each other
courtesy into your speech to each other
courtesy into your speech to each other you have no idea what it will do for
you have no idea what it will do for
you have no idea what it will do for your brother or sister to whom you see
your brother or sister to whom you see
your brother or sister to whom you see and you surely have no idea what it will
and you surely have no idea what it will
and you surely have no idea what it will do for you it will lift you up and
do for you it will lift you up and
do for you it will lift you up and Martin change request I’d rejoined the
Martin change request I’d rejoined the
Martin change request I’d rejoined the seventy to me to talk because I had left
seventy to me to talk because I had left
seventy to me to talk because I had left him to go to Mountain well there really
him to go to Mountain well there really
him to go to Mountain well there really several movements like the cold I could
several movements like the cold I could
several movements like the cold I could miss the National MS in the stage that
miss the National MS in the stage that
miss the National MS in the stage that are so separated Mountain even made
are so separated Mountain even made
are so separated Mountain even made Martin look like it at time until the
Martin look like it at time until the
Martin look like it at time until the understood over that the minute right
understood over that the minute right
understood over that the minute right and but that’s a wonderful thing about
and but that’s a wonderful thing about
and but that’s a wonderful thing about the icon you continue to grow and you
the icon you continue to grow and you
the icon you continue to grow and you develop courage the most important of
develop courage the most important of
develop courage the most important of all the virtues because without courage
all the virtues because without courage
all the virtues because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue
you can’t practice any other virtue
you can’t practice any other virtue consistently if you’ve seen they know
consistently if you’ve seen they know
consistently if you’ve seen they know the truth and had enough courage to
the truth and had enough courage to
the truth and had enough courage to change your way of thinking to say hey
change your way of thinking to say hey
change your way of thinking to say hey everybody you know what I said last week
everybody you know what I said last week
everybody you know what I said last week I don’t believe that anymore a little
I don’t believe that anymore a little
I don’t believe that anymore a little child just freaked me out but I never by
child just freaked me out but I never by
child just freaked me out but I never by my life there’s nothing I don’t love
my life there’s nothing I don’t love
my life there’s nothing I don’t love about my life it’s a struggle but that’s
about my life it’s a struggle but that’s
about my life it’s a struggle but that’s life that’s why they call it life when I
life that’s why they call it life when I
life that’s why they call it life when I see cruelty that’s that’s unfair come
see cruelty that’s that’s unfair come
see cruelty that’s that’s unfair come listen
listen
listen that’s nasty good day to anyone just
that’s nasty good day to anyone just
that’s nasty good day to anyone just rude and stupid but I don’t see a lot of
rude and stupid but I don’t see a lot of
rude and stupid but I don’t see a lot of that and if I do I try to do something
that and if I do I try to do something
that and if I do I try to do something about it rather than I don’t you sit in
about it rather than I don’t you sit in
about it rather than I don’t you sit in the dark and curse the dark I try to
the dark and curse the dark I try to
the dark and curse the dark I try to light a match you may write me down in
light a match you may write me down in
light a match you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted line
history with your bitter twisted line
history with your bitter twisted line you may tried me in the very dirt but
you may tried me in the very dirt but
you may tried me in the very dirt but still like dust al
still like dust al
still like dust al does my fashion and subsections
does my fashion and subsections
does my fashion and subsections why are you be said the gloom just
why are you be said the gloom just
why are you be said the gloom just because I walked as if I have oil wells
because I walked as if I have oil wells
because I walked as if I have oil wells pumping in my living room just like
pumping in my living room just like
pumping in my living room just like moons and like Suns with the certainty
moons and like Suns with the certainty
moons and like Suns with the certainty of tides just like hope springing high
of tides just like hope springing high
of tides just like hope springing high still like that did you want to see me
still like that did you want to see me
still like that did you want to see me broken bowed head and lowered eyes
broken bowed head and lowered eyes
broken bowed head and lowered eyes shoulders falling down like teardrops we
shoulders falling down like teardrops we
shoulders falling down like teardrops we can buy my soulful crying does my
can buy my soulful crying does my
can buy my soulful crying does my sassiness upset you don’t take it to
sassiness upset you don’t take it to
sassiness upset you don’t take it to heart just because I laugh as if I have
heart just because I laugh as if I have
heart just because I laugh as if I have gold mines digging in my own backyard
gold mines digging in my own backyard
gold mines digging in my own backyard you can shoot me with your words you can
you can shoot me with your words you can
you can shoot me with your words you can cut me with your lives you can kill me
cut me with your lives you can kill me
cut me with your lives you can kill me with your hatefulness but just like life
with your hatefulness but just like life
with your hatefulness but just like life I learn does my sexiness offend you Oh
does it come as a surprise that I dance
does it come as a surprise that I dance as if I have diamonds at the meeting of
as if I have diamonds at the meeting of
as if I have diamonds at the meeting of my thighs
my thighs
my thighs out of the huts of history’s shame I
out of the huts of history’s shame I
out of the huts of history’s shame I ride up from a past rooted in pain I
ride up from a past rooted in pain I
ride up from a past rooted in pain I ride a black ocean leaping and wide
ride a black ocean leaping and wide
ride a black ocean leaping and wide Welling and swelling and bearing in the
Welling and swelling and bearing in the
Welling and swelling and bearing in the time leaving behind nights of terror and
time leaving behind nights of terror and
time leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise into a daybreak miraculously
fear I rise into a daybreak miraculously
fear I rise into a daybreak miraculously clear I rise bringing the gifts that my
clear I rise bringing the gifts that my
clear I rise bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave I am the hope and the
ancestors gave I am the hope and the
ancestors gave I am the hope and the dream of the slave and so bad thank you
dream of the slave and so bad thank you
dream of the slave and so bad thank you guys so much for watching I’d love to
guys so much for watching I’d love to
guys so much for watching I’d love to know what did you think of this video
know what did you think of this video
know what did you think of this video what was the most inspiring moment from
what was the most inspiring moment from
what was the most inspiring moment from this video that left its mark on you and
this video that left its mark on you and
this video that left its mark on you and why leave in comments below I’m super
why leave in comments below I’m super
why leave in comments below I’m super curious to find out I also want to give
curious to find out I also want to give
curious to find out I also want to give a quick shout out to Lauren Lauren thank
a quick shout out to Lauren Lauren thank
a quick shout out to Lauren Lauren thank you so much for picking up a copy of my
you so much for picking up a copy of my
you so much for picking up a copy of my book your one word and making that
book your one word and making that
book your one word and making that review on your YouTube channel about it
review on your YouTube channel about it
review on your YouTube channel about it I really really really appreciate it and
I really really really appreciate it and
I really really really appreciate it and I hope that you enjoyed the read this
I hope that you enjoyed the read this
I hope that you enjoyed the read this week I read your one word by Evan
week I read your one word by Evan
week I read your one word by Evan Carmichael and I’ve been a fan of eben
Carmichael and I’ve been a fan of eben
Carmichael and I’ve been a fan of eben Carmichael’s channel here on YouTube for
Carmichael’s channel here on YouTube for
Carmichael’s channel here on YouTube for awhile he inspires entrepreneurs to go
awhile he inspires entrepreneurs to go
awhile he inspires entrepreneurs to go out and just do their best so thank you
out and just do their best so thank you
out and just do their best so thank you guys again for watching I believe in you
guys again for watching I believe in you
guys again for watching I believe in you I hope you continue to believe in
I hope you continue to believe in
I hope you continue to believe in yourself and whatever your one word is
yourself and whatever your one word is
yourself and whatever your one word is much love I’ll see you soon
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