Pat Flynn
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147 appearances
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first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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They launched two different products around the same time and they each made over $100,000 in a week. And I was like, bro. One week. One week from their software launch. And their audiences were smaller than mine at the time. And I said, oh, let's do this. And so I was like, I need to create a WordPress plugin too. So I found a developer on Google, hired them.
It was gonna cost $10,000 to do this little idea that I had. Didn't tell nobody about it because I wanted it to be a fun secret. I wanna launch it big and surprise the world with it, right? And what was supposed to take $10,000 in six weeks took about $20,000 in six months. because I didn't know even exactly what I wanted.
I was working with this developer overseas and they weren't understanding what I wanted. They would give me something and I was like, this isn't it. And they're like, what do you want? I'm like, I don't know. And we just kept going back and forth and wasting time, wasting money. Eventually I got it to a point where it was worthy to share now. And it was like, okay, we finally got something.
We got through that. And I wanted to share it with a few friends. I don't even know if I shared this with you at the time, but I shared it with a few buddies. I was like, guys, I've been working on this secret project for the last six months. Check this out. I did a little demo. Meh. And I was like, wait, what do you mean, meh? Like, well, it's kind of cool. I mean, what if it did this, though?
And like, it shouldn't do this. And what if it did this? Yeah, it would actually be better if it was like this. And I was like, I don't have any more money to spend on this thing. I did this backwards. So I learned two really important things from this $20,000 lesson, which I never launched this thing, by the way. I learned, number one, with new ideas, it is worth it to share upfront.
I was afraid some people were gonna take this idea and steal it, and that's always the fear, right? But the truth is, if you're the one doing the work, and if you're the one who's passionate about it, somebody might like the idea, but you're gonna be the one to execute it.
And there's so many more benefits that can come from people saying, well, what if I did this before you build it versus after, and getting that feedback that you want that, right? The second thing I learned, which was a more important lesson, was when I did something simply because I was chasing the money, It always failed. And that has been the case every single, that was the big one though.
That made me go, okay, before I start something, why am I really doing this? Who am I doing this for?
But if you don't know who you're doing it for and the service that you're offering to them, how much value you could bring to them, how much more convenient something can be because you're the one to step up to create something, then you're just shooting darts at a dartboard.
I know a lot of people. We know some of these people who are multimillionaires. They have mansions, the nice cars, a huge team, and they are miserable because they're not actually excited about the work they do.
Absolutely. And right now, I mean, I'm in my 40s now and... You know, my kids are getting older and I just don't have room in my life for BS and I wanna fill as much time with joy as possible.
Maybe a better question would be, who can I help right now who could pay me a lot of money and be so thankful for that?
As an Enneagram three, that is my lifeline.
I don't know what Enneagram Alex is. Probably not. You're probably a one since you're more. If you don't know what the Enneagram is, it's one of the several different kinds of ways to understand more about who you are and like the different numbers mean different things.
Like my wife, for example, is a six, which means she's very loyal, but it takes a little bit of time to break through that barrier. But once you're in, she will die for you. Wow. Which when I learned that about her, that opened up so many more amazing conversations in our relationship. This is a side tangent, by the way, but... I used to take her to these business events with me, like this.
She's not here tonight, by the way, and you'll understand why in a second. I used to take her to these events and I was like, babe, there's so many amazing people here. Go talk to them, hang out, have fun. We're generating revenue, we're making money, and these are amazing people who we can build partnerships with. It's like you're just sitting there. A lot of you know where this is going already.
I'm like, you're just sitting there. She's like, you're sleeping there. on the couch. But I didn't understand. I was like, there's this opportunity, but I was seeing it from my lens. not her lens. And when we discovered the Enneagram and had this common language and I discovered that, oh, it was because she was protective.
It was because she was unsure and like has this barrier and that's something that could be a good thing and could be a bad thing. And she was just protecting us by not building relationships because we eventually found out that there were people who were trying to get to her to get to me. She was protecting me and I didn't know that. And so, and she's learned about me.
She's like, oh my gosh, you're like, you gotta go on stage and like, you gotta be cocky and like talk about all your business and how much money you're making. And I'm like, no, I'm showing people that it's possible.
As an Enneagram three, my value comes in knowing that I am of service to other people. That thank you is really important to me. Again.
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