It’s been 1,563 days since my last drink

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Hey there,

I quit drinking alcohol on December 15, 2019.

It might have been one the best personal decisions I’ve ever made.

But… this isn’t a story about why you shouldn’t drink.

It’s a story about sacrifice… and why you can’t be successful without it.

––

My entire social life revolved around alcohol.

I’d spend my Thursday, Friday and Saturday drinking socially.

I’d spend Sunday recovering.

And then I’d spend Mon-Thu waiting for the weekend (and doing it all over again)

But in the back of my mind, I knew this wasn’t the life I wanted.

I had dreams to quit my 9 to 5.

I had dreams to build businesses.

I had dreams to be financially free.

But drinking kept getting in the way of that.

Then, one Sunday, when I was hungover as balls, I turned on a random Joe Rogan podcast.

The guest told her story about how she quit drinking and subsequently became one of the biggest comedians in the world.

I knew the answer immediately.

Drinking didn’t add anything to my life.

So I quit.

And that’s when the hard part started.

––

When you go sober, you realize how integrated alcohol is in our world.

And that makes it even harder to quit.

In my case:

Friends stopped hanging out with me.

Women didn’t want to go on 2nd dates.

Weddings felt a bit awkward.

There were SO many times where I almost said:

F*ck it. This is too hard.

But… every time I said “no” to drinking, I said “yes” to something else.

I said no to:

Alcohol

And I said yes to:

• Working out twice per day

• Waking up early with a clear head

• More energy

• Insane focus

• Increased productivity

• New ideas

My weekends (that were full of drinking and hangovers) were now full of LIFE!

I now had hours and hours of time to focus on the things I actually wanted to do - follow my dreams!

And this was my aha moment.

––

I realized that this wasn’t about quitting drinking at all.

This was about sacrifice.

In order to get what I wanted, I had to give something else up.

If you’re on this email list, I bet you want one of two things:

1. Financial freedom

2. Time freedom

But if you want this life, you must sacrifice SOMETHING.

I can’t think of a single person who didn’t sacrifice something on their way to success.

Maybe it’s Netflix every night.

Maybe it’s sleeping in on weekends.

Maybe it’s happy hour with co-workers.

I don’t know what it is for you.

But I know you’re just one decision away from something great.

––

Next Thursday (next week) I’m running a free webinar to share with you my sacrifice.

It’s the story of how I built a $1M business on 2 hours a day.

And I’ll show you how I think you can do it too.

You will have to say no to something in order to be there.

But this Yes just might change your life.

Say yes.

– Pat

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