PatzMB - From Engineering Degree to 400K Followers – The Summit’s Patrick on Trolls & Fame

What does it really take to build a life online… and what happens when it all disappears overnight?

In this episode of You Can Do Hard Things, I sit down with Patrick — content creator and my fellow cast member from The Summit — for a conversation that’s as honest as it is entertaining.

We go behind the scenes of the show and beyond the highlight reels to talk about:

• The real journey from engineering degree to 400K+ followers
• How social media actually works (and how he turned it into a full-time income)
• Trolling, online hate, and why “the comments are brutal”
• Losing his TikTok account and the reality of relying on platforms you don’t control
• What really happened on The Summit — including the injury that forced him out
• The mindset it takes to keep going when things don’t go to plan

Patrick also shares how he built brand deals from scratch, why not everyone is cut out for content creation, and what he’s building next — including plans to take things to YouTube in a big way.

This is a raw, funny, behind-the-scenes look at both reality TV and the creator world — and a reminder that doing hard things doesn’t always look the way you expect.