Pat Flynn - Smart Passive Income Founder | How Lean Learning Created a Million-Dollar Empire
Pat Flynn - Smart Passive Income Founder | How Lean Learning Created a Million-Dollar Empire  
Podcast: Success Story with Scott D. Clary
Published On: Mon Jun 02 2025
Description: ➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstoryPat 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.➡️ Show Linkshttps://www.instagram.com/patflynn/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGk1LitxAZVnqQn0_nt5qxw https://www.linkedin.com/in/patflynn3/ ➡️ Podcast SponsorsHubspot - https://hubspot.com/  Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/scott Federated Computer - https://www.federated.computer Lingoda - https://try.lingoda.com/success_sprintCornbread Hemp - https://cornbreadhemp.com/success (Code: Success)FreshBooks - https://www.freshbooks.com/pricing-offer/ Quince - https://quince.com/success Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/success Prolon - https://prolonlife.com/clary NetSuite — https://netsuite.com/scottclary/ Indeed - https://indeed.com/clary➡️ Talking Points00:00 – Intro01:31 – How Pat Flynn Got Started03:48 – Are We Learning Too Much?06:57 – The Problem with School13:43 – How Pat Changed His Mindset20:03 – “Just in Time” Learning29:32 – Sponsor Break33:25 – Timing Your Next Big Idea36:23 – Creating Healthy Pressure46:32 – Mastering Microskills54:36 – Mindsets Over Milestones58:30 – Sponsor Break1:01:08 – Microskill Mistakes1:07:15 – Teach to Learn1:12:57 – Expertise vs. Experience1:17:44 – Final Thoughts1:24:55 – Pat’s Lesson for His KidsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.