Pat Flynn - Smart Passive Income Founder | How Lean Learning Created a Million-Dollar Empire

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

Business, Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Pat Flynn is an American entrepreneur, author, and podcast host best known for founding Smart Passive Income, a platform that teaches people how to build online businesses and generate passive income. After being laid off from his architecture job in 2008, he turned a small study guide website into a thriving business, eventually expanding into blogging, podcasting, and online courses. Flynn is widely respected for his transparency, ethical approach to marketing, and focus on serving his audience first.

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➡️ Talking Points

00:00 – Intro

01:31 – How Pat Flynn Got Started

03:48 – Are We Learning Too Much?

06:57 – The Problem with School

13:43 – How Pat Changed His Mindset

20:03 – “Just in Time” Learning

29:32 – Sponsor Break

33:25 – Timing Your Next Big Idea

36:23 – Creating Healthy Pressure

46:32 – Mastering Microskills

54:36 – Mindsets Over Milestones

58:30 – Sponsor Break

1:01:08 – Microskill Mistakes

1:07:15 – Teach to Learn

1:12:57 – Expertise vs. Experience

1:17:44 – Final Thoughts

1:24:55 – Pat’s Lesson for His Kids

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