Starter Story - "so you made 1 cent per hour?"

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On Jan. 7 2018 I made my first internet dollar:

A whopping $3.32

I couldn’t even buy myself lunch.

What's even crazier... is on that same day, I got my paycheck (from my 9-5 job).

The deposit was for: $3,274.

But... that 9-5 money felt worthless.

Instead, I stared at that $3.32 for HOURS.

It was the turning point. The most important $3 I ever made.

Why?

Well, I was already making good money with my day job, right?

I had a regular, steady paycheck. Twice per month.

But honestly, I didn't feel like I deserved that money.

I'd show up, write a few lines of code, and then magically get thousands of dollars deposited into my account.

It just felt like... it could evaporate at any moment.

I didn't feel in control of my future.

I wanted something that was 100% mine.

So every morning, I built.
Late into the nights, I built.
Even when I didn’t want to… I built.

I didn’t always know what I was doing.

Most days felt like I was running in the mud.

But I was building something that I owned.

And after many months and hundreds of hours…

Finally,

That first dollar.

Pennies compared to my paycheck.

I did the math.

I was making ~1¢ per hour.

But you know what?

Those $3 bucks unlocked something that I never knew existed:

Making money on my own terms.

Internet money feels like magic.

You almost don't believe it's possible until it happens to you.

It feels like a miracle.

That some stranger on the internet would actually pay me for something I created.

That someone you will never meet, used their hard-earned money to buy YOUR thing.

It’s batsh*t crazy when you think about it.

And that’s the beauty of it.

See, there’s this crazy agreement you make with yourself when you start building.

You agree to trade a lot of time for a little amount of money.

But in exchange, you learn a skill that 99% of people don’t have: how to make money.

Sure, you might have a few months of nothing.

But one day – when it finally clicks – you will start to print money from thin air.

That’s the power of entrepreneurship.

And that’s what I’m talking about at my free live workshop tomorrow.

I’ll share with you my 3 secrets to building an online business, including:

1. The secret to reverse engineering a $1M business idea (it's not what you think)

2. How to get your business in front of millions working just 2 hours a day

3. The secret behind all successful businesses that nobody talks about (for a reason)

Once you learn the things that I learned, I promise your life will never be the same.

Click HERE to save your spot.

(^^ limited spots available)

– Pat

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