My friend Addison is a very successful entrepreneur. He started dropshipping webstores, founded car dealerships, and has developed algorithms that help to maximize returns on the stock market. He also grew a lawn care business, which he sold when he was done with it.

A few years ago, Addison decided to upsell used cars, even though he knew nothing about the car industry or how to fix up cars with mechanical issues. However, he didn’t let that stop him. He bought and sold several different cars, including an Audi TT and a Mini Cooper. While he had those cars, he took the chance to teach me how to drive with a manual transmission. He didn’t let fear of the unknown stop him from doing what he wanted to do, and that has always been an inspiration for me.

After that, he turned his attention to programming. He began learning how to code from scratch, and figured out how to integrate his code with the stock market. He worked on his algorithm for over a year, and was relatively successful. The most interesting part was that he hated coding, but he did not let that stop him from seeing the big picture and getting the results he wanted. During that whole year, he kept at his project and didn’t let anything slow him down.

Addison’s love for learning and his persistence has always inspired me. He is obsessed with the entrepreneurial mind, and is fascinated by how people invent new products and come up with new ideas. He’s read complex and confusing books simply because they were written by people he wanted to be like, and he’s watched hours of monotonous speeches simply because those speeches were by his role models. His persistence to finish what he starts has always been inspiring for how I should live, and every time I think of giving up, I remember what he built just by staying consistent.

This is someone I personally know. His name is Tom, and he’s built a six figure landscaping business at 19. He has been such a big inspiration to me, and I’m absolutely fascinated by his drive and success. He started mowing lawns at 14, but wanted to grow his business quickly. He relentlessly pursued customers and was obsessed with making their lawns perfect. At 16, he bought his own truck, a new F-150, to go with his business. When he went to the dealership with his Dad, the salesman was astonished when Tom wrote out the check for the truck. At 18, he had three crews working for him while he was in school. He made over 500 while attending his classes, and spent his afternoons hanging with friends and growing his business. Now, at 19, he makes over one thousand dollars a day with his landscaping business, and has begun doing complex landscaping projects. His crews work efficiently and quickly, and Tom has a rigorous process for choosing who will work for him to ensure a high quality result.

Some of the challenges that Tom faced was that he was often too young to advance the business by himself. When hiring employees, he had to have the employees under his father’s name, since he was too young to have the employees himself. When Tom was working with his different crews, customers were shocked when they realized that Tom was the owner of the company, not just a crew member. He was even too young to use the dump truck that they had, and only recently started driving it.

Tom is an inspiration because he ignored the status quo, knew what he wanted, and did not stop until he reached his goal. He’s such an inspiration to me and I hope that his business continues to grow.

Ryan Trahan is another of my favorite YouTubers. He was born in 1998 and makes many unique and amusing videos. His videos are one of a kind, including when he tries to make 1000 dollars out of a penny. He also makes videos on spending time in the quietest and loudest rooms, spending the night in the loneliest house on earth, and many others. He’s a very popular influencer and many people love his cheerful spirit and genuine content.

Cheerfulness is contagious, and that seems to be one of Ryan’s driving factors. He happily takes on new challenges for his Youtube channel, and he gravitates towards the challenges that seem impossible. His drive is also impressive, since he has been consistently putting out quality content for years now. The extent of editing that his videos have is impressive as well, and I know how hard it can be to successfully edit a quality youtube video.

One thing that makes Ryan’s videos unique is that he walks the viewer through every step of the video. He doesn’t show the beginning and the end result, but rather shows the viewer every step that he took to achieve his goal. For example, in his video to turn a penny into a thousand dollars, he does not just talk about what he does, but instead he shows videos of him doing all of the activities that allowed him to achieve his goal, such as selling packs of Gatorade to customers.

Ryan is an inspiration to me because of his consistent cheerfulness, innate drive, and charismatic interactions with people. I’ve been following his Youtube channel for a while now, and his life seems so exciting and full of adventure, which has inspired me to try to live like that. I think it’s important that people learn to go against the status quo and try to live adventurously.

Vlog Creations, a Youtube channel owned and operated by Charles Ross, creates some of the best videos I have seen on Youtube. Charles routinely does unique pranks, such as filling his PC with beans and hiring a repairman to come and fix it. He’s also done pranks such as (safely) putting a bear in his living room and hiring an exterminator to remove it, while pretending that he thinks it’s just a raccoon. He has a genuine personality and goes on many tangents with his friends. They’ll talk about either really stupid topics or get into heavy philosophical ones. No matter the video, I’ve never been disappointed and watch his videos all the way through.

He doesn’t judge anyone and is so kind to everyone he sees. If he causes someone trouble in one of his pranks, he makes sure to pay them for participating or doing something else to fully remedy the issue. He talks about past mistakes that he has made and he is very open with his personal life. I also respect that he doesn’t attach himself to earthly possessions. He has plenty of nice things – including a nice house, ATVs, dirt bikes, and nice cars. But he only uses them for fun and isn’t overly protective over them. His nonchalant attitude about possessions seems like such a liberating mindset and it’s been encouraging to learn from him.

He has 3 million subscribers, but he doesn’t let his fame get to his head. He’s very humble about his success, and he prefers just having a good time with his friends. He says the primary purpose of his channel is “to provide entertainment through a balance of comedy, courage, creativity, and consideration in a consistent manner.” He does this profoundly well, and that’s why he is one of my favorite people to watch on Youtube.

Jimmy Donaldson, commonly known as Mr. Beast, is one of the wealthiest and most popular YouTubers in the world. He made his first video when he was thirteen and continued from there, making gaming videos and reviews. He incorporated several friends into his channel, including Chris, Karl, and Chandler, and together they skyrocketed into popularity.

My friend, who is working on a business to help YouTubers gain more followers and views, says that he employs several of MrBeast’s techniques in his algorithms. Most of MrBeast’s videos have eye-catching titles, usually with a large amount of money or time involved in doing a certain challenge. His videos are short, ranging from 10-15 minutes long, and he uses short clips to keep the audience engaged. Over the years, the prizes for winning his challenges have ranged from Lamborghinis to thousands of dollars in Subway gift cards. Another technique that MrBeast uses is his continual philanthropy throughout his videos. He’s made several videos where he checks out everything in a supermarket, then donates it to the homeless. He’s also not afraid to give away tens of thousands of dollars as consolation prizes for people who almost win his contests. He actually gave my grandmother’s friend a house in one of his recent videos, and it was very emotional. He’s hilarious and all of his friends have such great personalities.

I’ve loved watching MrBeast’s videos as I’ve grown up, and he treats his success in a way that few celebrities can manage. MrBeast is very humble and modest, and he prefers having a good time rather than flexing with his materials and money. My younger brothers are obsessed with his Youtube channel, and his wonderful philanthropy and success seem to be such an inspiration to them. He’s a great guy and an absolutely amazing Youtuber.

At 19, Bill Gates saw a problem with computers and dedicated his life to improving them. He was frustrated that the computer language BASIC couldn’t be used on smaller computers, so he and his friend set out to fix this issue. They eventually dropped out of Harvard to found Microsoft and quickly rose through the ranks of the tech companies. They licensed one of their products to IBM and gained enormous credibility as a tech company. Worried about IBM pushing them out of the deal, Gates integrated Microsoft so tightly with IBMs computers that it made it impossible for IBM to kick them out of the deal.

Gates’ fame and finances rocketed up during the late 1980s, and many smaller computer companies were coming to him to use his software. He did not stop at just making money for himself though. He launched the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a charity dedicated to improving the world in countless ways, such as curing malaria and supporting global health organizations. Later on, it started focusing heavily on education.

Bill Gates has inspired me with his relentless drive and flexibility, which allowed him to build one of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world. Something about his story stood out to me in a distinct way. He did not dream to do something that was beyond his capabilities. Instead, he started relatively small and used the tools at his disposal to build something unique. I have noticed this pattern in several other industries, where people have seen a solution to a recent problem and have the tools necessary to address that problem. For example, in my economics class, we learned about the law of marginal utility, which was founded by three different people in Europe. These people had no knowledge of the other’s existence until they had all published separate works which contained very similar information.