Pat Flynn

How do you actually create an emotional connection with someone? You do such a good job of this. The stories that you tell. Storytelling is gonna be the most powerful number one skill in the world that you can learn right now. No matter what industry you're in, whether you're an employee or an employer,

How do you actually create an emotional connection with someone? You do such a good job of this. The stories that you tell. Storytelling is gonna be the most powerful number one skill in the world that you can learn right now. No matter what industry you're in, whether you're an employee or an employer,

Learning how to tell a story, make a connection and emotionally have somebody hang on to your words and listen to you. That's how you make movements. That's how you make change. So I'm big right now on storytelling. Yeah. And I'm trying to teach my kids that as well. And they're now on stages and talking in front of people with. hopefully some good skills behind them.

Learning how to tell a story, make a connection and emotionally have somebody hang on to your words and listen to you. That's how you make movements. That's how you make change. So I'm big right now on storytelling. Yeah. And I'm trying to teach my kids that as well. And they're now on stages and talking in front of people with. hopefully some good skills behind them.

Like three or four years in, you have the honeymoon period, as they call it in the beginning, where you have those butterflies about your business. You can't stop thinking about it. The what ifs are the, what if this works? What if this blows up? What if this is successful? But those what ifs start to transition into, What if I wasn't meant to do this? What if this doesn't work?

Like three or four years in, you have the honeymoon period, as they call it in the beginning, where you have those butterflies about your business. You can't stop thinking about it. The what ifs are the, what if this works? What if this blows up? What if this is successful? But those what ifs start to transition into, What if I wasn't meant to do this? What if this doesn't work?

What if this fails? What if somebody outdoes what I do? And you start to question. The imposter syndrome starts to come into play. And that is a very common thing. Who here has tried to do something outside of their comfort zone and has felt that imposter syndrome get in the way? Almost everybody in the room. And... Even when you're making it. Even when you're making it.

What if this fails? What if somebody outdoes what I do? And you start to question. The imposter syndrome starts to come into play. And that is a very common thing. Who here has tried to do something outside of their comfort zone and has felt that imposter syndrome get in the way? Almost everybody in the room. And... Even when you're making it. Even when you're making it.

When I started my business, so a quick story. My... business journey started not by teaching business, but I actually created one helping architects pass an exam. I was laid off in 2008. It was a bad fiscal year, Alex.

When I started my business, so a quick story. My... business journey started not by teaching business, but I actually created one helping architects pass an exam. I was laid off in 2008. It was a bad fiscal year, Alex.

I got laid off from my dream job. I went to Berkeley, got a 4.2 grade point average in high school, graduated magna cum laude from Berkeley, got a great job in the Bay Area, was living my dream. And then I got the rug pulled out from under me in 2008 and I didn't know what to do. Moved back in with my parents two months after I proposed to my girlfriend. Wow, really?

I got laid off from my dream job. I went to Berkeley, got a 4.2 grade point average in high school, graduated magna cum laude from Berkeley, got a great job in the Bay Area, was living my dream. And then I got the rug pulled out from under me in 2008 and I didn't know what to do. Moved back in with my parents two months after I proposed to my girlfriend. Wow, really?

And she stuck around, thankfully. Wow, did she move in too? She moved in with her parents as well. Wow. And I was like, this is great. This is awesome. Can I come over and hang out with your parents now? It just was not a good thing. And it wasn't until I discovered online business and I discovered that I had some superpowers.

And she stuck around, thankfully. Wow, did she move in too? She moved in with her parents as well. Wow. And I was like, this is great. This is awesome. Can I come over and hang out with your parents now? It just was not a good thing. And it wasn't until I discovered online business and I discovered that I had some superpowers.

I had taken an exam that was very difficult in the architecture space and I passed and I started to share that information online. And no way did I feel like an expert. But because I was the one to step forward and say, hey, I just did this and you can do it, too. I started to be seen and positioned as the expert. And that was so weird to me. It was so new to me.

I had taken an exam that was very difficult in the architecture space and I passed and I started to share that information online. And no way did I feel like an expert. But because I was the one to step forward and say, hey, I just did this and you can do it, too. I started to be seen and positioned as the expert. And that was so weird to me. It was so new to me.

And I remember in October of 2008, I launched a study guide. It was a PDF file of my notes. And I sold it for $19.99. And I was deathly afraid. I had no idea what I was doing. And I was like, this has to work. And I remember I launched it at like 12 a.m., so like midnight, and it was on my website that I had.

And I remember in October of 2008, I launched a study guide. It was a PDF file of my notes. And I sold it for $19.99. And I was deathly afraid. I had no idea what I was doing. And I was like, this has to work. And I remember I launched it at like 12 a.m., so like midnight, and it was on my website that I had.

And I had some traffic coming to the website, so I was hopeful, I was crossing my fingers. I wake up at 6 a.m. and I go to check my email, no sales. And I'm like, okay, well, I'm gonna start looking for architecture jobs. And that's exactly what I did. I worked on my resume and I was just like, well, tried it, didn't work. I'm looking for proof that I was not meant to do this, right?

And I had some traffic coming to the website, so I was hopeful, I was crossing my fingers. I wake up at 6 a.m. and I go to check my email, no sales. And I'm like, okay, well, I'm gonna start looking for architecture jobs. And that's exactly what I did. I worked on my resume and I was just like, well, tried it, didn't work. I'm looking for proof that I was not meant to do this, right?