SPI 908: This Is How You Know If You’ll Win or Quit in 2026
The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging Podcast
Pat Flynn
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
#908 Like me, thousands of people started online businesses after getting laid off in 2008. In fact, there were hundreds of us specifically teaching entrepreneurship around that time. But why am I one of the few who are still around in this space now? The answer is actually really simple. I just never stopped showing up. That's right. For the most part, talent and luck will never beat consistency. It's the one thing we have complete control over and the top factor that determines if we succeed or fail. That's why today's episode contains a hard truth you need to hear. As we're going into 2026, I'll give you the tough love that can help you avoid quitting too soon. So don't miss this session and my 30-day video challenge for a chance to prove you have the persistence it takes to succeed! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session908.
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| 0:00.0 | If you've been putting off short form video, while I've got something perfect for you, look, I get it. |
| 0:05.5 | Instagram Reels, YouTube shorts, TikTok, everyone says you should be doing it, but actually starting, |
| 0:10.2 | that is where most people get stuck. |
| 0:11.7 | And that is exactly why we built the 30-day video challenge, where for 30 days, we're going to |
| 0:18.0 | create videos together. |
| 0:19.3 | You won't be doing this alone. |
| 0:20.3 | You'll get daily prompts, live support, and real accountability to create videos together. You won't be doing this alone. You'll get daily prompts, |
| 0:21.5 | live support, and real accountability to help you publish one video every single day. Quantity is |
| 0:26.9 | important when you're getting started with short form video, and we want to help you do that. |
| 0:30.6 | So here's what happens when you finish. You're going to have 30 published videos under your |
| 0:34.5 | belt. You'll know exactly what resonates with your audience, and you'll have built real momentum on your channel. We're not throwing you in the deep end either. Before the challenge starts, I'm going to send you everything you need, quick tips and tricks, so you're ready to hit the ground running on day one. So if short form video has been on your someday list, let's make someday today. Go to 30Vios.com to join the challenge. |
| 0:56.5 | That's the number 3030 videos.com. Let's do this together. You got this. You know what's funny, |
| 1:04.2 | in 2008 when I got laid off for my dream job as an architect, there were probably hundreds, |
| 1:08.3 | maybe thousands of people who started teaching entrepreneurship and online business at the exact same time that I did. |
| 1:13.6 | We all had blogs. We all had big dreams. We all thought we were going to change the world. |
| 1:18.3 | But here's the thing that might shock you. I think I'm one of the last ones remaining. I mean, there's a few of us. |
| 1:24.9 | But out of the thousands, if not tens, if not hundreds of thousands |
| 1:28.8 | of people who are talking about making money online, I'm still here. Not because I was this |
| 1:34.3 | smartest, not because I was the most talented, and definitely not because I had some sort of secret |
| 1:38.6 | formula that nobody else had. I'm here because of one thing and one thing only. I just never stop showing up. |
| 1:46.7 | And if you're listening to this as we wrap up 2025 and head into 2026, which will be my |
| 1:53.1 | 18th year anniversary of doing this, being my own boss, starting smart passive income, venturing |
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