The roller coaster of emotions I’ve gone through with this project, and it’s finally arrived.

eBay seller had me rolling this morning LOL 💀

Really enjoying @MrBeastYT’s content right now. This guy is a...well...beast! And he seems legitimately like a cool, down to earth dude. Props man!

So, this just happened…#WillItFly is now a Wall Street Journal Bestseller! OMG this is amazing! Thank you all!!!

How did we do on this 1st edition Fossil Pack?

Small creators are being taken advantage of - a rant.

Big Instagram milestone achieved for the Pokemon channel!

So this Pokemon card is worth over $3000 now, which is insane! But I also have a collection many people don't know about.

45 takes and 3 hours later, it finally happened. #rubegoldberg #physics #failingispartoftheprocess #scienceforkids Thanks for the inspiration @thephysicsgirl @smartereveryday @MarkRober

We did it! ❤️

“Wow, your new YouTube channel was an overnight success!” Yes, over 5000+ nights 😅

TikTok is 📈 😙

You’re gonna see A LOT of Super Bowl commercials for Electric Vehicles on Sunday. Millions of dollars spent on ads. You know who won’t have a Super Bowl commercial? Tesla. And guess who is going to get talked about the most? The company everyone will compare these ads to.

Our success is because of one thing: storytelling. We are studying everything we can about it. My team and I are reading books and watching lessons on scriptwriting, film/cinema and other forms of story. “Save the cat” is my favorite read so far, but there’s so much more to consume out there. I want it all. Storytelling IMO, is the number one skill any creator could learn, and the best way to learn is to not just study it, but tell stories and see what works, and what doesn’t.

Would love to interview @AndrewYang for the SPI podcast to ask him about how he’ll support entrepreneurship if he were to be elected President. Would you listen to that episode if it were to happen?

Have you ever been on your computer, on the Internet, only to pick up your phone to check the littler Internet?

This is for you if you keep bouncing around, trying to start new things all the time.

Lots of people are using this time consume more... But who here is creating instead? Shout out & feel free to link to what you’ve been up to. I’d love to see. 🙌🏼

So yeah, this just happened. 🤯

Everyone’s reaction to the #cybertruck Day 1: OMG. 🤮 That’s UGLY what are they doing!? Day 2: Hate it. The specs are great but that design - ridiculous. Day 3: You know, it’s not terrible. It’s innovative, different. Still, no way. Day 4: Ok...ok. Day 5: (Ordered) #future

Within 2 minutes, I received these emails: Email #1: Pat, I used to love you, but you’ve become everything I hate. Stop sending me crap. I’m done with you. Email #2: Pat, words cannot describe how thankful I am for your work. You’ve changed my life for the better. THANK YOU 🙏🏼

I’m not mentally prepared for this.

#ElonMusk on Education (paraphrased: “If we can get kids to get excited about playing a video game for hours, then we can design education and learning to be that interesting too.” Yes!

In case you needed this today: You got to be cringe, before they binge. You have to be a disaster before you become the master. You must be a mess before you find success. Whatever wordplay you want to use, this is just a reminder that it's going to be bad at first, but the worst thing you can do is not try at all.

Trending on @Forbes! 💪

Entrepreneurship should be a subject in schools on the same level as math, reading, science, etc. Whether a child becomes an entrepreneur or not, those skills are KEY to success IMO.

Unreal. I got to meet @mkbhd today, & now I’m even more inspired! Thanks for hanging for a bit & I look forward to your upcoming projects! If you’re not following Marques already you’re crazy: piped.video/user/marquesbrow…

Who else has a podcast? Shoot me a link to your show in your reply. I’m always looking for great new shows!

We. Did. It! Fully funded $100,000 Kickstarter campaign in less than 12 hours! Unreal, I can’t even breath regular right now. Thank you! 🙏🏼 switchpod.co

If you see this…MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄

My business podcast, Smart Passive Income, just published its 700th episode! The show started exactly 13 years ago, almost to the date. What a wild ride it’s been, and we are about to make some big moves as a company very soon. Look out for it! ❤️ 65 million downloads later, it still brings me so much joy 🥹 If you’ve ever listened to the show, thank you! 🙏🏼

This is how I tackle the "I don't have enough time" excuse, and how I follow-through on the bigger projects I work on. (Also, sidenote: it would be great if we could change thumbnails for videos on X here - unless I'm just not seeing how to do it. This still frame is eww lol.)

Someone said they’d burn my new book if I were to interview @AndrewYang 😳 Wanna create a line in your audience? Be curious about the future.

Happy Birthday to the Deep Pocket Monster YouTube channel. 🥳

This ticked me off. Had to make a video about it.

It’s amazing what can happen when you post online! Here is some behind the scenes video of my collab with @Lions before today’s big game!

Peter, I’m blown away. We sent this product to you knowing you saw an early prototype last year and loved the concept. We couldn’t have imagined you would take the time to film a video like this! Dude, just. I can’t even type right now. Thank you for your excitement for it...

Ok this is actually nuts. In the last 48 hours on my shorts channel, we have 28 million views. Definitely hitting new levels of viral here. 🤯

We did a thing today! 🙂 Thank you everyone who has supported this channel so far, a huge milestone, especially only after 2 years and 22 days 🙏🏼 Let’s go!

For the creators struggling out there today.

My 14 year old son just built his own PC. No help from me, not even with money. He chose all of the components himself with money he earned working for my company. I asked him how he figured it all out, and of course, he said YouTube. He showed me amazing resources like PCPartPicker I didn’t even know existed. It was crazy to watch him delicately piece this thing together, taking care for it unlike other things we just bought him before. So good. And now he’s got a new skill, and more confidence to take to the next thing. And now he says, “Time to play lethal company with the boys” 😅

As I always say, "Should have built an email list."

The bigger you go the bigger the imposter syndrome. But we get through it.

My 8 year old asked me about salaries and was surprised to hear that teachers make so little compared to others. When he asked why, it was hard for me to answer, and “that’s just the way it is” is not in my vocabulary. This is something I’d love to change. How tho.

I would much rather love a life full of “oh wells” than a life full of “what if’s”.

If you’re seeing this message, thank you, you’re awesome, and have an amazing day!

If you happen to see this tweet, I just want to say thank you. I appreciate you! 🙏🏻😌❤️

Learning more has made us useless.

Thoughts the morning after Card Party… Countless hours of prep was put in to create the show of a lifetime, and attendees, creators, sponsors and vendors are already asking about how to get involved next year! When convention veterans come by to tell me they’ve never been to an event like this and have never had so much fun before… When a parent comes up to say their kids have never been happier and it was absolutely worth the trip across the country… When a vendor tells me they’ve never made this much money on an expo floor before… And when you hear from the shy guy who wasn’t sure if he’d fit in anywhere that he’s made dozens of new friends for life, and they’re already planning to come together next year with his Card Party family… Wow. We did it! And it’s all thanks to the trust you put in me and my team. To ALL of the creators who came like @poke_rev @LeonhartYT @UnlistedLeaf @SuperDuperDanni @CooltrainerR @itspokedexter @dannyphantump__ @Breaking_Nate and more…you gave so much to make sure everyone had a great time. I saw all of your signatures everywhere throughout the event space. Thank you for that. ❤️ And thanks, most of all, to the attendees. It was an honor to meet you in person, and it was so special to me to get to know you, and there would be no community without you. I look forward to seeing you at Card Party Gen 2 🔥 Cheers, and now I gotta figure out how to get all this stuff out of the hotel and back home 😅 Love you all ❤️

Unbelievable game! Congrats to the Pats on an amazing comeback. Looking forward to seeing Goodell handing over the trophy to Brady 😬

✅ Set a World Record ✅ Pokemon Creators and Fans all in one place ✅ Made Lifetime Memories Together! Thank you for today #cardparty My heart is full ❤️

Just filed a couple of trademarks. Wow! The number of companies that send you mail and try to “scare” you into paying more money which isn’t necessary to pay…crazy. Would you like to see a video going into a bit more detail about this?

Spotted in the wild! ☺️#leanlearning

From inside my storage unit, this may scare some people. 😅

Top #20 video on YouTube today, AND the shorts channel just crossed 1M subs! What a day!

Congrats to @MKBHD on 8 million subscribers! A massive inspiration to me and other creators out there, keep going Marques! 🙌🏼

If you can nail this, you'll nail your content.

A quick tip for new video creators out there. This has saved me HOURS.

We did it! 🥹 What a way to start the new year. Thank you! ❤️

Two years ago no one knew me in the Pokemon niche. Today, we're 500,000+ subscribers strong, and now I'm hosting a LIVE event for fans and creators called @CardPartyHQ this June for 1000+ people in CA. Some random thoughts & lessons from a creator's perspective:

I’ve been keeping a running tab of excuses I’ve told myself this year. Every time one enters my head, I use an Apple shortcut to say it out loud and put it into a Trello board. Saying it out loud, and then reading it again later - I see how ridiculous they are. It’s helping.

Just announced a 4-day work week to our entire team, starting next week. This will be exciting, rewarding, but also challenging too! We'll be covering more on this topic soon, and will be sharing how it goes later in the year! Yay Team SPI!

Has anyone else’s kids recently become obsessed with chess? It’s awesome! There seems to be a wave of interest around the schools around here, at least here in SoCal. Now I’m studying up so I can keep my title in the family 😂

Holy crap I just found #superfansbook at the airport in Atlanta during a layover! Whatttt!?!? Still unreal to me - just, WOW! 🙏🏼 Thanks to everyone who made this real!

Just got back from the most incredible family trip to Japan! I had to go back with the family after an amazing solo trip this past August for Pokemon Worlds. The food, the culture, the anime scene, the transportation system, and most of all of the people and their politeness was just so great to expose to the kids to at their ages (11 and 13). We came back with even more respect for this country and all it has to offer. We hit up Disney Tokyo, DisneySea, Universal Studios, Nara, Osaka, Shibuya, Ginza, and Akihabara - so many memories made! Hope to go back again soon and learn even more Japanese before then.

I shared the news I hit the New York Times Bestseller list with my 82 year old dad today, who growing up never told me “good job” or “well done”. It was always, “You got a 95% on your test? What happened to the other 5%?” I have PTSD whenever I see a yellow legal pad or one of those black US Government issued pens. Today, however, my dad told me that last week, before I found out I hit the NYT list, he wrote a note on a card and inserted it into one of my books at Barnes and Noble. He told me he wrote something like: “This is my son’s book, and it would be amazing for you to buy it to support his work.” Bro. 😭 He’s always supported me, just in his own way. If someone out there buys that book and finds that note (we live in San Diego), please share it with me! I’m so thankful to have had support from my parents all my life. I know many people aren’t that lucky, and maybe when I was younger I just didn’t understand it, but he did spend hours making sure my math was perfect, when he didn’t have to. I’m a mess rn. From 4 years of work on this book, to hitting the list, to a big keynote I had to prepare for this week, to now this — I’m so grateful, and my mind is mush. 😅 I’m going to celebrate Father’s Day with my family (and my dad) tomorrow, and thank you all again for supporting my book! We did it! 🫶

Hey @Pokemon, we did something special this weekend at @CardPartyHQ! @PokemonTCG

It happened. @switchpod is now on @BestBuy 🥳

This is a good sign. 🫶

People are funny.

Wife: Why r u having coffee so late? Me: I'm gonna be up recording some hardcore videos. Wife: 🤔 Me: For an online course! Wife: Uh huh.

I gifted each of my kids a ROTH IRA for Christmas! They are employees of my company & saved up enough to max out contributions for 2023 ($6500) – so really they gifted it to themselves - I just set it up for them as a custodian. Tax-free growth at 11 & 14 is gonna set them up huge!

I've made my books Let Go & Will It Fly, both free on Kindle to help. Let Go was about what happened when I was laid off in 2008 and how I dealt with all of the emotions back then, and Will It Fly can help you get started on that new business idea: amazon.com/Pat-Flynn/e/B00CF…

My son: “When you play video games, like Minecraft, and you can look around the world you’re in, what happens to the part of the world you can’t see, like behind you. Is it actually still there or does it render fast enough so you think it’s there.” Me: 😳🤔🤷‍♂️ *Asks Twitter*

I got to see @blink182 tonight. My wife and I had to leave a bit early but right before we left they played Stay Together for the Kids, a song that I played on repeat in the 11th-12th grade when I was at a super low point in my life. I was in tears. It was a full circle moment because I’m the happiest I’ve ever been with my family and where I am in life now. ❤️ It was a magical night. Thanks you guys.

This happened overnight! Well, it took over 10 years, but I mean we hit the big 200k subscriber milestone in the middle of the night #TeamFlynn! Thank you! 🙏🏼 Look out for a celebration video today inspired by you! 🙌🏼 See you @ #vidsummit2019 smartpassiveincome.com/youtu…

If you happen to see this tweet, know that I’m incredibly grateful for you! 🙏🏼 #HappyThanksgiving

Made it to Japan! The airport is so welcoming 😀

This was the moment! Thank you Deep Pocket Monster fam. We did it!

I was born in the late 1900s. That sounds weird, but true.

Still blown away by how much @CaseyNeistat cares about people. It’s no wonder he’s as successful as he is. He made a huge impression on me yesterday, and it was a highlight of the year to chat with him! Thanks Casey for being a class act, all the way through!

Happy LET GO DAY! 12 years ago, to this date, I was laid off from my dream job as an architect. I celebrate this day every year because it's what changed everything for me. I didn't know it at the time, but it was the best thing to ever happen to me...

My face after seeing how this video is performing just after 15 hours. And it's 46 minutes long LOL.

Went into a local Barnes and Noble to sign one of my books and put it back on the shelf, and this note from my dad was on the inside of it already. 😭 I’m gonna cry. I ❤️ my dad so much! instagram.com/p/B1Us1DFjTVd/…

Watching #slackfrontiers & excited to see @TYehoshua take the stage (Chief Product Officer) to talk about the future of @slackhq and remote work 🤟🏼 bit.ly/PatHuddles #slackpartner

Insane. 🙏🏼

Ok these IG Reels are kinda fun to make.

Happy “Let Go Day”! I celebrate this date, June 17th, every single year. It’s been 17 years since I was laid off from my dream job as an architect in 2008. What was very difficult at first turned out to be a huge blessing in disguise. I found something better. I was unplugged from the Matrix. I, for the first time, decided my own future and became an entrepreneur. If I wasn’t laid off, I guarantee I wouldn’t have been pushed to do what I do today, so I count my blessings and remember just how hard that time was, and celebrate what has opened up for me since. Thanks to my boss back then for removing my ball and chain. 💪

Just found out that if you want to delete a Facebook Group you're in charge of, you have to manually remove every member one-by-one until you're the last one left, and then you have the option to remove/delete it. This is insanely asinine. 😠

My son is telling me about his day at Minecraft Coding camp, and how he was using photoshop to design new items. He's 7. Just, wow. ❤️

Big day! Our son just rode his bike without training wheels for the first time!

So…my autograph is apparently registered with a grading company now 🤯

Just finished interviewing @MKBHD for the podcast. 🤟🏼 I think I did a good job containing my excitement! 🤣 Marques, obviously, knocked it out of the park. Can’t wait to share this podcast with you on Jan. 2 to kick off the year. Thanks for the convo Marques, I appreciate you!

We are now officially a #1 Bestseller! Thank you #TeamFlynn! 🙏🏼

It’s happening. #cardparty

One million here we come!

Proud parent moment! Our boy is learning how to code & using photoshop! Props to my wife for finding Minecraft camp!

Out with the old learning methods, in with the new.

I’m now a National Bestselling Author! #13 in all books in all formats and genres today on USA Today! You all had so much to do with this. THANK YOU! Truly. 🙏

I'm scheduled to record Episode 500 of the Smart Passive Income Podcast tomorrow. That's insane. 🤯 If you've ever listened to the podcast, thank you so so much. Hosting the podcast has been life-changing in so many different ways for me...