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DYB Podcast EP89 Pat Coye’s Sober Path to $1.5M and Beyond

SUMMARY:

Where does grit come from? 

For Patrick Coye, one could say it started at the young age of 10, when his father passed away in front of him and he became the man of the house. 

He began taking odd jobs in the neighborhood —grunt work from digging holes to picking up job sites— just to help put food on the table.

While attending college, he honed his boxing skills and continued working near his home town. 

Then a new business venture was offered. 

Would his time and talent in the boxing ring over-ride the new business he was starting with a friend? Would it last? 

Listen to Patrick’s story as he shares his journey with us today to find out!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

  • The bottlenecks and eventual turning point for Patrick going solo and breaking through to 1.5 million dollars in sales
  • The pattern of behavior Patrick discovered that was holding him back
  • The book that was pivotal in his discovery and life change to catapult him to 1.5M and beyond
  • The people in Patrick’s life that change his trajectory

LISTEN HERE:

QUOTES:

10:10 Steve Where does your drive come from? Pat I’m just really striving to be the best possible version of myself. I want to uplift others around me. I’m just trying to give 100% of myself. When I go to bed at night, I want to be fulfilled with my day. That’s where really where it comes from. I look at my past and I wasn’t fulfilled with my days–at the end of the day, my weeks, my years. And so just feeling fulfillment every single day.

11:24 I would go out with friends on the weekend. Friday night, Saturday night– if it was football season, we’re definitely drinking Sunday, but Monday would come rolling around. I’d be lethargic. I’d get some of my work done, the bare minimum of what I had to do. Tuesday, I’m trying to play catch up. Wednesday, starting to feel somewhat normal, but still playing catch-up. Thursday, feeling good. Friday. Wait. The same routine happens over again. So, once I completely eliminated alcohol from my life, I really took a hard look at myself and I listened to a book called Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins. Absolutely. Life-changing; he talks about the 40% rule. Majority of people, they give 40% of themselves and they leave the rest on the table because they’ve never pushed past that. So, I looked at myself and I was like, really, why do you leave it on the table? And I realized I had a whole lot left.

12:22 Pat At the end of 2018, we were doing $600,000. The next year, the first year after I quit drinking, 2019, $1.1 (million) and then, last year, $1.5 (million). So I basically tripled my business once I quit drinking. Steve Yeah. Nothing short of remarkable.

22:56 Steve With everything you have going on now. What do you do to stay focused? Pat Power of routines. It is extremely important. I feel if I can go to bed at a certain time and wake up or I can go to bed by a certain time and wake up right around that same time, every single day, everything else just flows together. So my morning routine stretch, meditate, read workout. If I can get those four things done, I’m golden, but, really, if I had to eliminate three things there, I would say, and you just do one thing– it’s just working out. There’s so many studies that say working out is so good for your mental health, your mental clarity, and releasing endorphins.

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ADDITIONAL FREE RESOURCES:

Patrick Coye Facebook Business Page
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About the Author

As many of you know, my journey has been one of grit, grace, and transformation. At 19, I was a high school dropout, single father, and struggling paint contractor in Michigan. I later moved to Florida, where I faced both personal and professional hardships. With nothing left to lose, I turned to prayer—and was blessed with a relentless hunger to learn. I devoured books, attended seminars, and discovered better ways to streamline and grow my business—even through the Great Recession (and yes, I did hit the wife lottery along the way!). In 2014, I published How To Double Your Business and later sold the painting business, launching a new chapter: coaching others to grow their businesses. For the past 10 years, I’ve dedicated myself to helping business owners scale through the DYB System, while also drawing from frameworks like EOS, Scaling Up, and The Four Disciplines of Execution. Yet something was still missing—something more adaptive, integrated, and complete. Then I found Pinnacle. After months of research and interviews with other Guides, I joined Pinnacle. Their tools and strategies have exceeded every expectation. Now, as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help leadership teams implement a custom-tailored operating system that draws from the best in the industry—but flexes with your unique business. It’s a dynamic, proven approach to achieve clarity, momentum, and lasting growth. I’m no longer taking on any more 1:1 coaching clients… Instead, I now specialize in working with visionary business owners who are ready to get their leadership teams aligned—around a clear vision, a focused strategy, and an actionable execution plan. With the tools and process I now have as a Pinnacle Business Guide, I help turn alignment into momentum, and momentum into results. If your business is growing—but your leadership team isn’t fully rowing in the same direction—let’s talk.